HuffNPuff wrote:
That's not relevant Dave. You are saying you would go back for a specific event that is not likely to return for many years if ever. The question is will you go back next year for whatever race they put on to replace Challenge Penticton? Will you go back and do Ironman Canada if it returns to Penticton?I do not do long stuff anymore so nope, no IM's for me. Too old. (Just hope they never bring Tahoe back :) )
So does not matter if Challenge or IM. I am a short course guy!!
And, I have zero desire to go to any location to race if only one event. Way too much money and way too little racing for me.
Getting 4 races in 9 days at Penticton was the best bang for the buck possible. One plane cost. One bike transportation cost. Just a few
more days of hotel costs.
One of many reasons I had zero interest in Rotterdam. Again, all that money for a single race. No way.
Even though I am qualified for 3 races in Denmark, and hope to get a ranking spot for the LC tri for the 4th, just struggle if I want to fly that much and
be out of NA. Plan tickets are only 1K round trip so that is not bad. Seems the hotel costs would be around the same as Penticton. Just not sure yet what
that weather might be like, and is it a "nice" place to visit? Bike shipment costs will probably be nuts so renting might be a better option. And need to see if they will do a Multisport Legend program like Penticton did.
Another big positive for Penticton is the way the community closed down their main roads for the races!!!! Was total first class, and it was in the heart of the town.
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