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it was far too fast even for a 53km schedule (which was never going to happen)
According to Hutch, he was scheduling for 54.5km and hoping to get the 5k and 10k records on the way. If true, that would explain things a bit.
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That's silly. No one gives a fuck about intermediate records.
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According to Hutch, he was scheduling for 54.5km
If true, that was shockingly ill judged.
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I can't believe that's true, that's 4:24 IP pace. The second they did any training they would have known that he couldn't have kept that up for more than about 10-12km.
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My suggestion was an air horn to the face in the home straight until you slow down properly. There's really no excuse for the rider or coach to let him go out that fast, it was far too fast even for a 53km schedule (which was never going to happen).
12min in it was all over, I was expecting him to stop to be honest so full credit for keeping going. They really mustn't have done their homework/enough training (his bike was built weeks ago, not months) and instead gone off some very bad calculations.