How many of you were in Cozumel on Nov. 19th?? I was. The “safety” issue is BS. There were boats out by the swim start already. There were no waves. No current. A 10kts wind. Ironman is lowering itself race-by-race.
It is not a matter of “put up with whatever race format the RD thinks of”. That is not an ironman triathlon. Is not a crossfit competition to see how much weird stuff can you do running up and down. If it rains in Wimbledon they don’t just change the game to an indoors frontenis or pingpong game… if triathlon wants to be taken seriously, it just can’t change its format for whatever reason and then in a very Slowtwitch fashion, blame the athletes who say an Ironman is an Ironman: swim, bike, run. Not a “ if that ocean is not flat” we do a bike-run. If it is not safe to swim, then it is not safe to do the triathlon. Period. But in Cozumel there was no severe winds/thunderstorms/swells… it was FLAT. A little choppy. A little. And if you want to see it by yourself, check the link posted a few post before, and then express your opinion. We are not talking about if it is a safety issue. We are taking about that there was no REAL justification for canceling the swim. The mexican navy guys that said they didn’t give permission did not support their opinion on any weather reports of forecast. Come on, there were even people doing SUP a few minutes later! Although they probably were not “ironman athletes”, just some random tourists washing up the hangover…
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It is not a matter of “put up with whatever race format the RD thinks of”. That is not an ironman triathlon. Is not a crossfit competition to see how much weird stuff can you do running up and down. If it rains in Wimbledon they don’t just change the game to an indoors frontenis or pingpong game… if triathlon wants to be taken seriously, it just can’t change its format for whatever reason and then in a very Slowtwitch fashion, blame the athletes who say an Ironman is an Ironman: swim, bike, run. Not a “ if that ocean is not flat” we do a bike-run. If it is not safe to swim, then it is not safe to do the triathlon. Period. But in Cozumel there was no severe winds/thunderstorms/swells… it was FLAT. A little choppy. A little. And if you want to see it by yourself, check the link posted a few post before, and then express your opinion. We are not talking about if it is a safety issue. We are taking about that there was no REAL justification for canceling the swim. The mexican navy guys that said they didn’t give permission did not support their opinion on any weather reports of forecast. Come on, there were even people doing SUP a few minutes later! Although they probably were not “ironman athletes”, just some random tourists washing up the hangover…
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