Archive for the 'opinion' Category

Who should we blame for drafting?

Tuesday, December 15th, 2009

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 blame.
We are to blame as [...]

Andrew Starykowicz talks to SNTD

Saturday, November 28th, 2009

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 Dalas. In 2009, for the [...]

Should the PROs draft or not?

Thursday, October 8th, 2009

I am trying to understand the position Ironman PROs are in when it comes to drafting.
PROs are making a living from Ironman and triathlon racing which is super hard. If they do not draft they will drop 10 positions and might even be beaten by age-groupers who might draft. This will result in their sponsorships [...]