Abu Dhabi

bryangiggsy

I see 3 of Ireland top triathletes will be toeing the line in Abu Dhabi on Sat

Bryan McCrystal
Liam Dolan
Owen Martin

Format is 3k,200k,20k

BTH

Izoard aint going to be happy he's not on your list.

tunney

Izoard

Dundalk - the town that the recession has yet to hit

tunney

Izoard

McCrystal on Slowtwitch photos for day one of the race too.

mloc123

What are the temps out there at the moment? 40+?

shotgunmcos

Brian McCrystal

Matt Molloy also heading over

tunney

Izoard

shotgunmcos wrote: »

Matt Molloy also heading over

Why is the bloke from Strawberry Alarm Clock going?

pgibbo

mloc123 wrote: »

What are the temps out there at the moment? 40+?

News just in from Izoard:

Right...made it! Just as well - bike is in rag order...:eek:

Wall-to-wall pros wandering around and very friendly.

Also the cream of Irish talent - was sitting at a table with LCD, Owen Martin, Bryan McC and Matt Molloy...spot the odd one out:)

Temp expected to be 28 C on Sat - however, it feels waaayyy hotter between 11-3pm.

Bambaata

This thread needs a poll on who people think will have the fastest time ;-) Should be interesting, hopefully there's decent tracking

shotgunmcos

Brian McCrystal

Bambaata wrote: »

This thread needs a poll on who people think will have the fastest time ;-) Should be interesting, hopefully there's decent tracking

Done

airscotty

LCD?

mloc123

BMC for me

Fazz

Brian McCrystal

I think it will be close.
Matt Molloy for the Swim prime obviously.
BMC for the Bike Prime. Maybe Owen Martin close? I know Liam Dolan known for Bike also but not sure how close it'll be there?
Run - Owen Martin? BMC?


With a 200k Bike, 20k run and calm waters I can't look past BMC.
Whatever he loses in the water he will recover on the bike, and he's running fast.

However it's all down to heat management also, and nutrition of course.

Should be good that's for sure, hope they all do very well!

bryangiggsy

Bryan McCrystal
Liam Dolan
Matt Molloy
Owen martin
Izoard

in that order

Bambaata

Its a very interesting one alright. BMC might be helped by going in the Pro field as he could get pulled along with the bikers if he's out of the water close. That said these guys are all very experienced so i would imagine they can pace themselves very well. BMC for me anyway. 200k bike is a monster distance and his running seems to be flying.

Izoard

bryangiggsy wrote: »

Bryan McCrystal
Liam Dolan
Matt Molloy
Owen martin
Izoard

in that order

Gutted!

Busy removing a couple of cables from LCDs Look at the moment....

tunney

Izoard

Izoard wrote: »

Gutted!

Busy removing a couple of cables from LCDs Look at the moment....

Oh no. Not the Look cabling......................

tunney

Izoard

Bambaata wrote: »

Its a very interesting one alright. BMC might be helped by going in the Pro field as he could get pulled along with the bikers if he's out of the water close. That said these guys are all very experienced so i would imagine they can pace themselves very well. BMC for me anyway. 200k bike is a monster distance and his running seems to be flying.

This is basically a bike race, a 200k TT with a swim warm up and run cool down.

shotgunmcos

Brian McCrystal

Voted Matt Molloy. He will be first out on the road and I reckon BmcC and LCD will come through in that order. He won't lose much to LCD and will pip him over the 20k run. BmcC will suffer on the run if he hammers the bike in that heat and Owen Martin running fastest of the 4 will close the gap but run out of road to make an impression...

Hope they all race well

griffin100

Owen Martin

I voted for Izoard so he wouldn't feel neglected and upset by his fellow Boardsies going into this race. And also because if conditions are tough then I think there's a chance that all these lightweight thoroughbreds may suffer and drop out whilst the cart horse plods on...........oh and I've also put next months mortgage payment on Ireland to beat France this weekend

pgibbo

shotgunmcos wrote: »

Voted Matt Molloy. He will be first out on the road and I reckon BmcC and LCD will come through in that order. He won't lose much to LCD and will pip him over the 20k run. BmcC will suffer on the run if he hammers the bike in that heat and Owen Martin running fastest of the 4 will close the gap but run out of road to make an impression...

Hope they all race well

I'm not sure on that and the only reason I'm unsure is because from what I've read Matt is treating this as a training event and seems to be going in to it off a heavy training load. Plus he has been working all week over there too. Ordinarily I would agree with you but I'm not 100% sure. I think it will be a close one. Pity they aren't off in the same wave.

LCD could be a dark horse though. He's some biker and from what I hear he can suffer and just keep going!

Izoard

griffin100 wrote: »

I voted for Izoard so he wouldn't feel neglected and upset by his fellow Boardsies going into this race. And also because if conditions are tough then I think there's a chance that all these lightweight thoroughbreds may suffer and drop out whilst the cart horse plods on...........oh and I've also put next months mortgage payment on Ireland to beat France this weekend

I have all the above posts pasted to the hotel room wall, feeding the hunger...:)

bryangiggsy

shotgunmcos wrote: »

Voted Matt Molloy. He will be first out on the road and I reckon BmcC and LCD will come through in that order. He won't lose much to LCD and will pip him over the 20k run. BmcC will suffer on the run if he hammers the bike in that heat and Owen Martin running fastest of the 4 will close the gap but run out of road to make an impression...

Hope they all race well

Hard to see it tbh . I believe BMC will put about 20 mins into Molloy on the bike and about 10 into LCD. Over 180k i have their bike splits at 4.30 (BMC) 4.40(LCD) and 4.50(molloy). ..& add another 20k of time to that. Molloy will be 6-8 mins faster in the water than BMC and about 10-12 mins faster than LCD. Thats assuming BMC nails his nutrition as i believe its his first time going long. Cant see BMC giving up 12-14 mins on the run. the real race will be between Molloy & LCD

hf4z6sqo7vjngi

Izoard

LCD for me, cannot see him being too far off BMC on the bike. Both are savage bikers. He takes it on the run with a few k to go. Molloy third, Martin 4th and Izoard will be stopped midway through the bike for taking EPO:)

This is on the list of races i would like to do, helps we have friends living over there to keep accom costs down.

mloc123

Molloy is over rated, BMC will easily beat him.

All the talk last year about Molloy setting a new Irish record, he didn't even finish as the first 'Irish' person.

bryangiggsy

Carolyn Scrawny Village wrote: »

LCD for me, cannot see him being too far off BMC on the bike. Both are savage bikers. He takes it on the run with a few k to go. Molloy third, Martin 4th and Izoard will be stopped midway through the bike for taking EPO:)

This is on the list of races i would like to do, helps we have friends living over there to keep accom costs down.

Ill take your money Fran...4 pints in gleesons being the wager. bmc over lcd

hf4z6sqo7vjngi

Izoard

bryangiggsy wrote: »

Ill take your money Fran...4 pints in gleesons being the wager. bmc over lcd

Done

pgibbo

mloc123 wrote: »

Molloy is over rated, BMC will easily beat him.

All the talk last year about Molloy setting a new Irish record, he didn't even finish as the first 'Irish' person.

He did in Kona though! Plus he beat BMC handily in Galway 70.3

shotgunmcos

Brian McCrystal

pgibbo wrote: »

He did in Kona though! Plus he beat BMC handily in Galway 70.3

Beat me to it Agree he is coming off a heavy block which included a 75 half marathon and this is a training event. BmcC has a real advantage going as PRO and has the biggest bike output. I just question his ability to balance it over 200km and still run sub 6 minute/mile pace off it. I've no doubt he has the pedigree though with some IMs under his belt. I have LCD ahead of him on this one and if he has a really good swim and catches Molloy before T2 it could be interesting

tunney

Izoard

shotgunmcos wrote: »

Voted Matt Molloy. He will be first out on the road and I reckon BmcC and LCD will come through in that order. He won't lose much to LCD and will pip him over the 20k run. BmcC will suffer on the run if he hammers the bike in that heat and Owen Martin running fastest of the 4 will close the gap but run out of road to make an impression...

Hope they all race well

Based on previous races by MM.

Good swim. Fantastic first 100km on the bike, not so great second 100km. Blow on the run

Fazz

Brian McCrystal

shotgunmcos wrote: »

Beat me to it Agree he is coming off a heavy block which included a 75 half marathon and this is a training event. BmcC has a real advantage going as PRO and has the biggest bike output. I just question his ability to balance it over 200km and still run sub 6 minute/mile pace off it. I've no doubt he has the pedigree though with some IMs under his belt. I have LCD ahead of him on this one and if he has a really good swim and catches Molloy before T2 it could be interesting

BMC is the 100Mile TT Irish Champ right?

And his Galway 70.3 bike was some 10mins faster than MM I think.
The only reason he wasn't in the top 5 in that race is due to cold/circumstance issues where afaik he had no arm warmers and nearly froze on the bike and barely remembers the last half of the race.
His run was 1:36 odd that day, easily 10+ mins off his norm pace.
Think he ran a sub 1:20 half on it's own a few weeks later.

SA70.3 was pretty damn solid too barring puncture.

With those credentials, and off with the Pro wave it's gotta be his race imo.

Anyway, abu is 4 hours ahead, race start is 6:40am ish so by the time we get up we'll have a few answers...
http://www.premiertiming.com/live/adit2012/
http://www.tri247.com/article_9752_Abu+Dhabi+2012%3A+live+race+coverage.html?region_id=&category=abudhabi