Julie ran VERY well...but she rode 11 minutes slower than Daniela did the year before. Julie's sister Nina rode 2:27 both years, N=1 but for context. I would need to see something that suggest uber biker, that's more of a Tamara Jewett style athlete in this particular example, at that particular race. Then looking at other results, she really isn't an But she's renowned as a biker in short course - which is kind of the point. Looking at the actual PTO stats, and their rankings - cycling is her weakest discipline. She could certainly be good but we will see for sure. The short course kids are ALWAYS going to dominate post Olympics but then we realize, they are different sports and some will do well and we will say - look - short course people are the best! But in the end, Alistair is far inferior to Jan LC, which was flipped with SC, Daniela couldn't hold a candle to many SC athletes but she's the GOAT in my opinion LC.

Comparing SC draft legal to non draft even - it's also different. I don't know - just the argument that SC Dl are the better athletes as a blanket statement is truly not following the nuances of the sport in my opinion.

Short course coming over? Not sure - GTB said she might try cycling, I don't actually believe Spivey is going to be strong enough on the bike but we will see, Caldwell maybe? But in the end, it's going to be short course studs like Mathis and Youri that rock the LC world...probably. Guys and ladies that just fall out of the SC system.

Thanks to anyone who actually reads this rambling. Just thoughts...

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