rock Posted June 11, 2014 Author Posted June 11, 2014 Reid winning back to back marathon champs is reminiscent of Burry, XCO racer, XCO training but could still pull off Epic wins, a medal at marathon world champs at a young age when everyone says/thinks marathon is for the older guys who need to specialize in marathon cause they are not competitive in XCO any more. Reid will go far is he is prepared to battle overseas and smash local races while he is home.
Spoke101 Posted June 11, 2014 Posted June 11, 2014 Don't forget that James also snapped his chain at 13kms, fixed it and chased back and still rode everyone off his wheel. I was lucky/unlucky enough to race the XCM with them, and I can say on that course the strongest man won fair and square.If the normal marathon guys are moaning that it was to technical and not enough rolling roads then go do a road race, this is MTB and National Champs to boot so it should be the toughest race in the calender.
Stretch Posted June 11, 2014 Posted June 11, 2014 Don't forget that James also snapped his chain at 13kms, fixed it and chased back and still rode everyone off his wheel.I was lucky/unlucky enough to race the XCM with them, and I can say on that course the strongest man won fair and square.If the normal marathon guys are moaning that it was to technical and not enough rolling roads then go do a road race, this is MTB and National Champs to boot so it should be the toughest race in the calender. when I read that I thought to myself - yikes this oke is going places. We need to give this young chap as much support as possible to be able to groom him for the next olympics - and having BS tuning him will only add to his desire...so BS keep making stupid comments please
Weight Weenie Posted June 11, 2014 Posted June 11, 2014 Good subjective race report by Max, wish the others could learn from the Sabie Gardener. http://www.sssenterprise.co.za/south-african-marathon-championships-pietermaritzburg/ However the juniors are now throwing their toys on Twitter as Buys was selected for Commonwealth and they feel Reid should have gone, even saying Jeroen was in on it as a selector, to which he then replied he had stepped down to avoid a conflict of interest.
Guest Smimby Posted June 11, 2014 Posted June 11, 2014 Good subjective race report by Max, wish the others could learn from the Sabie Gardener. http://www.sssenterp...ermaritzburg/�� However the juniors are now throwing their toys on Twitter as Buys was selected for Commonwealth and they feel Reid should have gone, even saying Jeroen was in on it as a selector, to which he then replied he had stepped down to avoid a conflict of interest. your link is broken.....
jcza Posted June 11, 2014 Posted June 11, 2014 Good subjective race report by Max, wish the others could learn from the Sabie Gardener. http://www.sssenterp...ermaritzburg/�� However the juniors are now throwing their toys on Twitter as Buys was selected for Commonwealth and they feel Reid should have gone, even saying Jeroen was in on it as a selector, to which he then replied he had stepped down to avoid a conflict of interest. Can understand them spitting their dummies, the selection criteria was crystal clear and James Reid should have been selected. http://www.cyclingsa.com/Article.aspx?uid=2493
Rudi Pollard Posted June 11, 2014 Posted June 11, 2014 Isn't this exactly what happened with Cherise for the 2012 Olympics? She met all the qualifying criteria, but then they selected a lower ranked rider above her???
Stretch Posted June 11, 2014 Posted June 11, 2014 your link is broken.....http://www.sssenterprise.co.za/south-african-marathon-championships-pietermaritzburg/
Stretch Posted June 11, 2014 Posted June 11, 2014 Good subjective race report by Max, wish the others could learn from the Sabie Gardener. http://www.sssenterp...ermaritzburg/�� However the juniors are now throwing their toys on Twitter as Buys was selected for Commonwealth and they feel Reid should have gone, even saying Jeroen was in on it as a selector, to which he then replied he had stepped down to avoid a conflict of interest. <moving my comment to the correct thread>
babyball Posted June 11, 2014 Posted June 11, 2014 Not sure I should be commenting on this thread, but, I would like to comment on the Reid / Commonwealth games issue: He has won the selection races including the race up at Afriski (Lesotho where he beat everyone (elites included) by a substantial margin). Wins SA marathon champs (Not XCO but shows his on form). Congrats to Phil Buys and nothing against him but I really feel that Reid should have been selected 10x before Phil. Everything needs to be done according to the rider that has the best chance of a medal, Reid has a slim chance but Buys has no chance. If Buys proves me wrong, which I hope he does, I would be the first to admit it
jcza Posted June 11, 2014 Posted June 11, 2014 Not sure I should be commenting on this thread, but, I would like to comment on the Reid / Commonwealth games issue: He has won the selection races including the race up at Afriski (Lesotho where he beat everyone (elites included) by a substantial margin). Wins SA marathon champs (Not XCO but shows his on form). Congrats to Phil Buys and nothing against him but I really feel that Reid should have been selected 10x before Phil. Everything needs to be done according to the rider that has the best chance of a medal, Reid has a slim chance but Buys has no chance. If Buys proves me wrong, which I hope he does, I would be the first to admit it Spot on
Stretch Posted June 11, 2014 Posted June 11, 2014 can a mod move the last few discussions to this thread https://community.bikehub.co.za/topic/140296-sa-team-for-commonwealth-games-in-glasgow-2014/page__st__16#entry2329858
Jaco-fiets Posted June 11, 2014 Posted June 11, 2014 I feel Phil has a much better chance at a medal than Reid. Having said that, if Reid featured higher acc to selection criteria he should be given the chance
Weight Weenie Posted June 12, 2014 Posted June 12, 2014 Hmm not so sure of this one, seems he has sorta nominated himself... http://www.bicycling.co.za/race-news/evans-pleas-team-work-worlds/
rouxtjie Posted June 13, 2014 Posted June 13, 2014 if its the same course as worlds and clearly JR proved to be best suited, they should all work for him...or am I over simplifying this...I like KE idea, and I am sure he is talking about Reid when it comes to getting a saffa on the podium. Also this will mean huge confidence boost for JR if they(the whole team) pulls it off..
Stretch Posted June 13, 2014 Posted June 13, 2014 Hmm not so sure of this one, seems he has sorta nominated himself... http://www.bicycling...am-work-worlds/ so does this mean they must all work together to help the current SA marathon champ to get the best position?
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