http://www.saynotodrafting.org Initiative against Ironman drafting Fri, 19 Feb 2010 02:00:52 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I just became a facebook fan of “Say no to Drafting” and eagerly made my way to the Wall in order to share with everyone my frustration with how other competitors complain about the enforcement of triathlon rules. Indeed, I was even surprised to see that there are fans of ... http://www.saynotodrafting.org/i-am-absolutely-flabbergasted/ Pointing fingers is easy. It is usually the first reaction. We get angry with drafting and first to blame are the ones we see drafting, second reaction is the marshals, then organizer, then the organizations... One by one we can easily blame everybody. And everybody is to blame! And nobody is to ... http://www.saynotodrafting.org/who-should-we-blame-for-drafting/ Flat, dragstrip courses are notorious for drafting, and when it's in the US or Europe people tend to notice. Tucked away in the most isolated Ironman location in the world though is one of the flattest fastest courses there is, Ironman Western Australia, Busselton, the next race coming up this ... http://www.saynotodrafting.org/weekend-preview/ After several years of racing elite at Olympic Distance (drafting) it became apparent that it was not the discipline for me. I was not a strong enough swimmer and the uncooperative nature of the chase packs lead me to pursue 70.3 Ironman triathlon. I have had much more success in this ... http://www.saynotodrafting.org/ironman-70-3-world-championship-2009-by-tom-room/ Andrew Starykowicz has a record that speaks volumes about his biking ability. When he qualified for Clearwater 70.3 world championships at Steelhead 70.3 he rode 8 minutes in to Keiren Doe and Andy Potts and following that he rode 30sec in to Matty Reed at the US Open in ... http://www.saynotodrafting.org/andrew-starykowicz-talks-to-sntd/ At the finish line in Clearwater Greg Welsh asked the 2008 70.3 world champion, Terenzo Bozzone,  if the race was ‘clean’ and he replied; I wouldn't say it was clean. . . if there are that many guys around that can hold 28mph the sport is really going places. Well that's ... http://www.saynotodrafting.org/top10-bike-splits-at-clearwater-tell-it-all/ Found some Ironman 70.3 World Championship drafting photos on facebook. People were so relaxed to even tag themselves in these photos but I will not mention names. http://www.saynotodrafting.org/ironman-70-3-world-championship-2009-facebook-photos/ Photos of Ironman 70.3 World Championship cycling leg on Ironman.com are obviously carefully selected so no drafting is shown. Not one photo shows drafting which we all know took place! In the same time while we saw this video on youtube.com Ironman.com published this article. I am sure video coverage of races ... http://www.saynotodrafting.org/how-long-will-the-king-walk-around-naked/ What a joke Ironman Florida is! Nothing else needs to be said! For a fact I know a lot of people cycled at least 10-15 mins faster than their ability, and ran faster as well, this is why obviously. What a joke! http://www.saynotodrafting.org/ironman-florida-2009-what-a-joke/ WTC has announced it’s plans to introduce a PRO registration scheme. Officially this is to compliment their new anti-doping program and to improve the quality of competition, unofficially I have my own ideas. Simultaneously however they have raised the bar for Kona qualification to within 5% of the winners time and for ... http://www.saynotodrafting.org/could-wtc-licences-record-drafting-points/