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And McElroy just dropped.....
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drafted morerun faster.Pearson is the only real hope for the US men in Tokyo and his swim in that race was promising, although I don't think any of the top swimmers were 100% on their top form in the water with some having swam much, much less in the year of COVID. He and McElroy can crush on the run at times, but so far in his very short career Pearson has shown more promise for making the front pack out of the water. He also won the pro field at a competitive 1/2 marathon field a few weeks prior to this race with a 1:02 on a tough course.
All I know is if Pearson turns out to be a legit podium contender for Tokyo, USAT better ramp up the Gwen machine and get some PR/Media training going because the guy interviews like a fencepost. If you didn't see his Breakfast with Bob interview for Daytona, it was painful. My favorite part though was when Bob opined that perhaps leaving pro running and cross training for triathlon has actually made him a faster runner and he just deadpanned basically, no, I weigh 10lbs more on raceday for triathlon - I would be faster if I just ran. It just shut down what I assumed was a line of questions Bob had on that topic.
So very sworry to have missed this race. As you may have noticed, I've been too busy with work lately to be online as much.
For those not familiar - He is very, very new to the sport compared to his competition. He was a pro runner and USAT asked him to stop off in Omaha at the Sprint/Oly AG Nationals in 2017 to try out a triathlon on his drive home to the East Coast from Boulder to visit family. He had done a triathlon one time prior in high school. He borrowed a road bike with flat pedals and proceeded to crush everyone taking the overall national championship in the sprint race by about 1:40 coming out of the water 2nd then running a 14:14 5K.
I do like Pearson's stupid Twitter polls but the trash talking was stupid. I wouldn't be surprised if it was encouraged by PTO as you say. PTO doesn't seem to know even the very basics when it comes to marketing.
Zaferes and Spivey aren't just a hope, they are in the conversation for podium favorites. Rappaport is more of a hope with a few other dark horse American women in there. US Women's team is very, very talented. Of course, it all likely hinges on how healthy Duffy is by then.