he’s a genuinly nice dude. We met at Challenge Daytona this year, and were actually on the same flight to ATL. Had a convo with him about non triathlon things and he is very funny. He’s incredibly strong and has a great work ethic.
Specifically, his intensity is admirable. there are very few people who can/do go to work every day like he does. He really can push himself and it’s crazy to watch.
I’d love to see him recruit more experts that could help him with technique because it’s pretty obvious that over the ironman distance, technique is very important come hours 6-7 of the race. I’d also like to see him show up to shootout in Tucson while he is there, because that’s my favorite group ride to do (I was there last weekend and it’s just a blast) and I think he would learn soooo much from doing a group ride like that… And maybe I need to be better at pushing 400 watts for time, so to each his own…