This. She aint living off her triathlon money, that's for sure. It's not as if she's living off $22k yearly running money. And one thing to think about with triathlon- she was hella successful and made a ton of money on prize money. BUT that meant she had to do it someone else's way..IE- had to live in Australia (I dont think she had "lived" in the U.S. since 2012 time frame), had to race in 8 different countries throughout the year, so sometimes that meant she'd have to live in X country for 3 weeks to adjust to time/travel issues. ETA: AB bitched for years about the WTS race calendar and the "demands" it put on athletes- and it's also why he won what 1 world championship I believe because he never raced enough to score high in the series and thus win. ITU schedule is nothing but a grinder, hell triathlon schedule is a grinder. And there was no real end goal for Gwen, she had gotten that, and she def wasn't going to go long course, so when your really awesome at something you start to hate- you start to see great value in even "marginal" values in other things. Moving to a sport where you have 1 training base, travel 4 times a year, get to see your kid and hubs every day- that's huge win even on "low" salary compared to what you could have made somewhere else.

So while she made a ton of money, she also pretty much earned every penny with "investments" into earning every penny.

So even if she's only earning 1/4th of $200k which I would almost gurantee is the least amount of money she's "sponsored" by taking this move, that puts her in a position of power because it's HER decision and lifestyle now- not anyone else's. I also contend she's making a comfortable salary with that condition. So maybe it's not her triathlon max earning year salary but this move aint put her in the poor house.

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Brooks Doughtie, M.S.
Exercise Physiology
-USAT Level II