Runner Rick wrote:
UK2ME wrote:
vecchia capra wrote:
The Atomic Man 70.3 scheduled on October 9th near Knoxville, TN is only $90 plus a $5.40 sign up fee. Also around that time is the Goosepond 70.3 in Scottsboro, AL that runs about the same price as the Atomic Man. Seems to me that people would figure out that WTC races are too expensive and seek out races that are less expensive and pretty interesting to compete in.Your post made me go looking, and the web info for Atomic Man is... well, horrible.
I agree, but Atomic Man is a really good race. Uber easy logistics, lots of swag, great roads on the bike. Super cheap. Kevin Mahan does a great job as the RD.
I believe it! And I'm glad that you have that as a local race. But speaking personally here - I'm in Maine. I don't know that the roads are great and the race has fantastic logistics unless I can find that information online. I am absolutely willing as a participant to travel to races that are interesting and fun and worth it, but if IM races are what I can most easily find information on, that's what I'm going to travel for - right?
Note: I say that to play Devil's Advocate because I'm actually not planning on doing any IM-branded races. I just think that because I am on ST I am therefore more edumakated than a significant number of the one-and-done tri population who are a big driver of increasing prices for WTC races. People need to know that these races are out there so that they can make a conscious choice to support them, which is the first step towards voting with their wallets.