RD has provided the proof, and its a crazy fast time. He was always going to take flack for it, a damned if you do, damned if you don't. He will definitely have created some hype around himself and maybe got the competition thinking a little. Which if that was his aim, he has achieved it. As somebody pointed out. The Ingebritson brothers haven't done that on the track yet. Two things that need to be Q on his run. It is not a measured course It was a rolling start He was moto* pacedThe course could have been short or long, so he could just as easily been even quicker. But it is hard to claim PB on your GPS only. A quick comparison: his gps shows -15m avg elevation and topo maps show avg of +9m Rolling start makes a huge difference, just ask anybody trying to hit a target pace on an interval. Moto pacing also helps massively, yes in a race you get to draft other athletes but this is generally not as efficient and then tactics come into play. People are going to question it, and at some point they look like D!ckheads for being trolls. It was a good even a great effort but with the above he doesn't come out clean either. My position, take it for what it is. A really great training run that shows how much damage he can do to his competition. Move on.
