…but in a Kipchoge "Ineos 1:59 Challenge " style in the spring of '22.
“We will have special HUUB wetsuits that will be thicker than permitted under ironman rules, and provide more buoyancy and make us faster. While on the bike, we will draft off pacers like in the Tour de France.”
Personally I’m a doubter on sub 7 unless they use moto draft on the bike
if we are talking drafting from other human cyclists, then without giving it too much thought I;m going to wade in at 7h10 for Ali
45 / 1 / 3:51 / 0 / 2:33
That’s drafting behing human cyclists. If they draft behind motorised vehicles or look for mad wind assist then crazy times are possible. So much depends on the conditions set for the bike I reckon
So they’re making up their own event to get a “world record” will they be printing off their own certificate from that website @Jorgan found? What a ludicrous thing, I’m glad I don’t know who LCB is, and Brownlee has gone seriously down in my estimation.
Not particularly, but had a little more respect for it, Kipchoge had won most of the major races, had the actual record under normal conditions etc. Has Brownlee even got the British record? He’s won what Western Australia and a “covid secure” duathlon? How about he actually tries to win kona rather than using his Olympic distance fame to take away from others?
It’s a marketing spectacle, personally i don’t see the problem with it. Why not. Nobody informed actually considers it a real world record. If they get some exposure and a payday out of it, why not? It’s their job at the end of the day.
I guess it depends on how ‘legit’ they want it to be. Clearly it’ll be on a sliding scale, starting a fair bit away from in a race situation.