Former #11 David Zaharakis - Surviving full-Ironmans

Wow, I’d have never guessed a niche type 2 sport doesn’t pay as well or as easily as a mainstream football code plastered all over every media platform you can find… :laughing:

It’s certainly very evident how hard David is hustling on his social media.

Did anyone happen to ask him about his Kona aspirations and what he needs to do to get there?

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Either giving up the triathlete gig or upgrading to better wheels (just listed his Giant Trinity on marketplace).

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Also nearly broke 8 hours this year (presume this was Busselton)

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I imagine it’s just upgrading to a new bike.

he has been over in the USA doing a training block this year but is back in melb now.

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His bike doesn’t look super dated (and if this was Jan/Feb and I’d finished tidying up some finances I’d look to buy it for the extra set of wheels alone!) but he can definitely upgrade.

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Had a look at his Strava and he’s riding what looks like the 2025 Trinity so presumably just offloading his old bike.
I will also say he’s giving up Watts/time with his bike set up.

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Port Macquarie, and 8hrs is Farking quick

Edit: there’s no swim time in those results

Yeah it’s a bit weird.
His bike & run splits add up to about 8 hours so idk what’s going on.

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Reading the swim got cancelled.

Behind the seat bottle, aero helmet (and keeping it horizontal rather than the sail he’s presenting in this clip), and a hydration kit and he will shave a few minutes off his bike leg. Could also look at calf sleeves or aero socks.

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Hi. Is this still available?

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Competed at the 70.3 World Champs in Marbella last weekend.
For a triathlon course I gather the bike is (comparatively) hilly and his average pace was only about 32kph (Notwithstanding that cycling clearly isn’t his strong suit, I still maintain he’s giving up Watts with his setup from the highlight vids I saw lol).

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And selling socks.

I did appreciate the ad being under the line “moving people”.

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I assume whoever it was in here posting about potential gains by moving his bottle mount are now happy!!! (Unless that’s the other bloke lool)

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Yeah that was me haha.
Much better set up. Just needs some aero socks/calf sleeves and he’s as sorted as you can get without going into a wind tunnel.

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