ITU World Triathlon Series 2014: Auckland April 5/6

El Director

It's a few months away I know but I'm already looking forward to it :cool:

Cool new website too

Also a 25% discount code: XMHOL13

€15 for what you get is great value IMO, great turbo material.

Chicago and Edmonton are the new kids on the block. San Diego and Kitzbuhel gone (Kitzbuhel has the ETU Champs year). London is in May! San Dieago.

What of the Irish? I know Bryan Keane is definitely looking to start more and of course Aileen will look to build on last years World Champs silver in London. Will we see Conor Murphy get on the start line for any? What about Nobel, perhaps a move to IM 70.3 after success last year? I doubt it but who knows.

I'm sticking my neck out now...despite being genuinely delighted for Gomez last season, Johnny Brownlee is the future and I think he will take it over his injury prone brother, who may have his eyes on some other prize anyway.

El Director

El Director wrote: »

It's a few months away I know but I'm already looking forward to it :cool:

Cool new website too

Also a 25% discount code: XMHOL13

€15 for what you get is great value IMO, great turbo material.

Chicago and Edmonton are the new kids on the block. San Diego and Kitzbuhel gone (Kitzbuhel has the ETU Champs year). London is in May! San Dieago.

What of the Irish? I know Bryan Keane is definitely looking to start more and of course Aileen will look to build on last years World Champs silver in London. Will we see Conor Murphy get on the start line for any? What about Nobel, perhaps a move to IM 70.3 after success last year? I doubt it but who knows.

I'm sticking my neck out now...despite being genuinely delighted for Gomez last season, Johnny Brownlee is the future and I think he will take it over his injury prone brother, who may have his eyes on some other prize anyway.

Perhaps a mod could change the title from "Triathlete" to "Triathlon"

couerdelion

Great value - the only thing I didn't like last year was that you can't download the races to watch offline (I couldn't work out how to do it anyway).

MrCreosote

I'm looking forward to the Cape town one too.

Table Mountain! Sharks!

shotgunmcos

Any one up for making this a prediction competition this year? Basically come up with a system of gaining points per race and an overall league?

El Director

shotgunmcos wrote: »

Any one up for making this a prediction competition this year? Basically come up with a system of gaining points per race and an overall league?

Sounds fun. Count me in MCOS.

BennyMul

shotgunmcos wrote: »

Any one up for making this a prediction competition this year? Basically come up with a system of gaining points per race and an overall league?

a boards Fantasy league for the season?

Select 3 Men and Women before the race and get points based on their results , your score will then be based on the total combined score of your selection.

points per position:
1st - 300
2nd - 250
3rd - 240
4th - 230
5th - 220
6th - 210
7th - 200
8th - 195
9th - 190
10th - 185
11th - 180
12th - 175
13th - 170
14th - 165
15th - 160
16th - 155
17th - 150
18th - 145
19th - 140
20th - 135
21st – 25th - 100
26th – 30th - 75
31st – 35th - 50

Fastest swim, bike or run split of the day - 20 points
DNF -50 points

bopperr

Hows about for every race in the mens you can only pick one of the brownlees/gomez if more than one of them are racing?... will make it more challenging.

BennyMul

bopperr wrote: »

Hows about for every race in the mens you can only pick one of the brownlees/gomez if more than one of them are racing?... will make it more challenging.

I did consider looking at a budget and assigning a value to each athlete, in the same way all the other Fantasy games are ran.

It may not be fair or correct but we could remove them from the equation, (no one can pick them), and the official results will be adjusted accordingly and appropriate points awarded.

Shedite27

We do one with the golf each year that works off the odds on Paddy Power for each race. You need 3 golfers/racers whose odds add up to over 50/1 or whatever.

So you can't just pick A. Brownlee 3/1, J. Brownlee 4/1 and Gomez 6/1, you'd have to pick a outsider at 25/1 or whatever.

Would mean we'd have to have access to PP early in the week of each race. When do they put up their prices? Alternatively we could just assign values at the start of the year

El Director

Or...if doing it like the fantasy footy... assign values to each athlete based on their ranking points and then just decide on a budget for spending.

1.JavierGomezESP4220 (JG value is 4.22)
2.JonathanBrownleeGBR4195 (JB value is 4.195)
3.MarioMolaESP3726 (MM value is 3.726)
4.AlistairBrownleeGBR3140 (etc...)
5.RichardMurrayRSA2937
6.JoaoSilvaPOR2795
7.LaurentVidalFRA2680
8.SvenRiedererSUI2494
9.DmitryPolyanskiyRUS2407
10.VincentLuisFRA2243

That can be done for all 123 female athletes and 150 male athletes.

So for example - the budget is say 7, you could have:

Gomez 4.22
Luis 2.243
Rana 0.379 = 6.842

Person with highest total - once you calculate their points from that race wins.

Problem: The budget would have to be moving as the scores move up after each race.

Just an idea...perhaps too much hassle though.

shotgunmcos

I like the fantasy league scenarios. Before we establish scoring etc, are we doing a fresh lineup each race or submitting say 20 m and 20 FM athletes before the first race and that's it for the season?

Double points for Grand Final too.
I like the idea of fastest split primes, dnfs, penalties etc..

shotgunmcos

http://www.triathlon.org/results/result/2014_mooloolaba_itu_triathlon_world_cup/264270

Mooloolaba WC means the ITU series is only around the corner. 20 days actually. Keane, Shaw and Conor Murray in action

BennyMul

So are we on for a fantasy league for the season.

I propose we use El D idea for valuing (using their world ranking points).
http://wts.triathlon.org/results/rankings

initial budget 7000 (for example may need to be adjusted as the womens points are less than some mens)
Teams to be picked by midday the Friday before hand.

select 3 athletes total value under 7
Allowed 1 free transfer per race.
any additional transfer costs you xx points.

points will be awarded
points per position:
1st - 300
2nd - 250
3rd - 240
4th - 230
5th - 220
6th - 210
7th - 200
8th - 195
9th - 190
10th - 185
11th - 180
12th - 175
13th - 170
14th - 165
15th - 160
16th - 155
17th - 150
18th - 145
19th - 140
20th - 135
21st – 25th - 100
26th – 30th - 75
31st – 35th - 50

Fastest swim, bike or run split of the day + 20 points
DNF -50 points

and if interested a side game for a select few IM events?

if there is the interest I will setup it up.

Trig1

BennyMul wrote: »

So are we on for a fantasy league for the season.

I propose we use El D idea for valuing (using their world ranking points).
http://wts.triathlon.org/results/rankings

initial budget 7000 (for example may need to be adjusted as the womens points are less than some mens)
Teams to be picked by midday the Friday before hand.

select 3 athletes total value under 7
Allowed 1 free transfer per race.
any additional transfer costs you xx points.

points will be awarded
points per position:
1st - 300
2nd - 250
3rd - 240
4th - 230
5th - 220
6th - 210
7th - 200
8th - 195
9th - 190
10th - 185
11th - 180
12th - 175
13th - 170
14th - 165
15th - 160
16th - 155
17th - 150
18th - 145
19th - 140
20th - 135
21st – 25th - 100
26th – 30th - 75
31st – 35th - 50

Fastest swim, bike or run split of the day + 20 points
DNF -50 points

and if interested a side game for a select few IM events?

if there is the interest I will setup it up.

Sounds like a great idea... I'm in

Solobally8

Count me in too

MrCreosote

Me too.

How about the commonwealth games as an extra bonus round too?

Does the winner simply get to bask in the satisfaction of being the best, or should all the runners-up get the winner a small tri-related trinket?

shotgunmcos

Im in and will sponsor a tri related trinket. I think all runner up could post the winner something random and tri related. Could be a gel, book, magazine, bike part etc...

shotgunmcos

Auckland Start List

Wow, what a field to kick off the 2014 series. :eek:

OK folks let's agree the budget (7,000 ITU ranking points?)and pick our 3 m & f athletes for this weekend? Who do you like? 3 Irish racing, any idea why Aileen is absent?

Another thought, your budget may not stretch to the actual podium 3 so I propose picking a scoring 3 and a podium prediction for bonus points. Like 10 points per podium predicted and an extra 20 for exact podium position predicted. Thoughts?

Decision lock down for Friday or anything posted after the race start doesn't count?

Keep same 3 athletes with 1 transfer m & f per race or pick a fresh set of asthletes each race?

BennyMul

Do we need a page on google doc to allow for the tracking of athletes and points.?
I will put on together over the next few days to give time to think of your selection.

Fazz

Sounds messy if doing transfers, and allocating points scoring positions etc.

What about each pick 1 male and 1 female for the series.

Then a possible bonus of each race pick your male and female podium for a bonus xxx points.

Or simpler again pick 1 winner per race. Only get points if correct winner.

BTH

Fazz wrote: »

What about each pick 1 male and 1 female for the series.

Then everyone picks the Suarez and Hazard and nobody wins. Its almost as if thats been done before........

mossym

this might help

http://trifecta.usatriathlon.org/

BennyMul

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AhqkcmFQUTRqdFUyZGxOR01lUEZaaG9XN0tUT2Y0QkE&usp=sharing


forgive the crudeness didn't have the time to slap bells and whistles on it. will add the functionality to the leader\ranking page over the weekeend.

any comments, changes etc welcome.

bopperr

How does one enter? Cells are locked.

BennyMul

Hey did you try this link, (the first one I put in I forgot to open it up not enough coffee today)

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AhqkcmFQUTRqdFUyZGxOR01lUEZaaG9XN0tUT2Y0QkE&usp=sharing#gid=0

If you then go to the selections tab, you enter your name, use the drop down to select your picks for both Female and Male, the total spend will be calculated for you.

PM if you still have issues.
B

Pmaldini

BennyMul wrote: »

Hey did you try this link, (the first one I put in I forgot to open it up not enough coffee today)

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AhqkcmFQUTRqdFUyZGxOR01lUEZaaG9XN0tUT2Y0QkE&usp=sharing#gid=0

If you then go to the selections tab, you enter your name, use the drop down to select your picks for both Female and Male, the total spend will be calculated for you.

PM if you still have issues.
B

Hey BM,
is it agreed on 3m & 3f and 7000 points?

Shedite27

Perfect. Just entered there. Presume there's no transfers yeah?

shotgunmcos

Also in. How will scoring work?

BennyMul

Lets make life simple for us.

Budget is 7000 for each,
Select 3 Male & 3 Female.
Points awarded for each selection based on the below.
I will lock the page tonight to prevent sneaky trading

Monday I will take the results and do up the leader board.
Selection page will be available again for the next race.

Where you are allowed a free transfer per gender.
any additional transfer will cost 50 points.
You can enter the league at any time however you will have missed out on x number of races.

any questions, comments, concerns shout.

1st - 300
2nd - 250
3rd - 240
4th - 230
5th - 220
6th - 210
7th - 200
8th - 195
9th - 190
10th - 185
11th - 180
12th - 175
13th - 170
14th - 165
15th - 160
16th - 155
17th - 150
18th - 145
19th - 140
20th - 135
21st – 25th - 100
26th – 30th - 75
31st – 35th - 50

Fastest swim, bike or run split of the day + 20 points
DNF -50 points

MrCreosote

Nice work.
I'm in and I'm in to win!

Solobally8

What did I do wrong?


Also come on the Irish!

Pmaldini

I'm in, looking forward to it even more now

hf4z6sqo7vjngi

What time does this kick off at and does anyone have a coupon code for this year?

Ceepo

Jordy Savory Ratchet wrote: »

What time does this kick off at and does anyone have a coupon code for this year?

10pm Irish time i think for Elite Women, 1,30 am for Elite Men


PS double check, just in case

MrCreosote

1am for the women's race (Irish time)

4:30am for the men's.

Sorry! (NZ 11 hours ahead at the moment- clocks changed last night)

Ceepo

MrCreosote wrote: »

1am for the women's race (Irish time)

4:30am for the men's.

Sorry! (NZ 11 hours ahead at the moment- clocks changed last night)

will be tucked up in bed so

Trig1

Just bought my season ticket on the ITU website and working nights tonight so looking forward to watching the lot

Ceepo

Trig1 wrote: »

Just bought my season ticket on the ITU website and working nights tonight so looking forward to watching the lot

Working tonight ????????
Since when did watching Triathlon become work

Trig1

well it will be on in the background while I work

Ceepo

Trig1 wrote: »

well it will be on in the background while I work

OH RITE :D:D

shotgunmcos

Hey trig you going for a midnight run before it kicks off?

Trig1

why you around?

Not back running yet Mike, gonna be another few weeks I reckon before I venture out running, see you Monday evening for cycle anyway?

johnk123

For anyone that has Sky, (And has the BT sports channels), there is some coverage on BT sport 2 now about the brownlees.

Race coverage kicking off at 1am. Great to see it's getting Live coverage. Channel 414!

Am I too late to get in on the predictions?

johnk123

johnk123 wrote: »

For anyone that has Sky, (And has the BT sports channels), there is some coverage on BT sport 2 now about the brownlees.

Race coverage kicking off at 1am. Great to see it's getting Live coverage. Channel 414!

Am I too late to get in on the predictions?

Well I added myself! Obviously, if I'm too late, I'll (hopefully) join next round!

Trig1

not kicked off yet so I'd say your just in time....so anyone got any predictions for a 1.2.3 in mens, and what order
I'm gonna go for a surprise Mola/Gomes/Brownlee in that order

Trig1

anyone having problem with live feed?

shotgunmcos

Missed swim, thought it was starting at 0130, who was first out of the water?

Trig1

Carolina routier... I have no live video feed :mad: (in work anyway) and just paid 20quid

Dory Dory

Hey....is there a party going on 'round here?? You boys are up late tonight.

shotgunmcos

Crash, Gorgenson down but got going again. She is prob some 20 sec off chase group