juanillo wrote:
In Spain triathlon is mainly practised by men in the middle of their 40 y o crisis that have enough money to spend it in the gear. Manufacturers and race organicers know it so they milk the cow. The other segments of clients are not profitable.I raced in Spain once (Sprint Triatlon Benalmadena) and the people there were nothing like what you describe.
They weren’t slow either, most of them. Smallest percentage of overweight AGers I’ve seen in a race. But no IM-like superhuman pretense, regular gear, and a versatile age and gender structure. Also: no finisher medals (finally!), but a cool sleeveless included in the EUR 20 race fee.
In a word: substance over form. No dick swinging, just regular triathlon in the form of a smashfest. I was humbled in that race. Only my run went ok relative to the rest of the men’s field.
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