IM-Yeti wrote:
Triingtotrain wrote:
Someone we both probably know who has done many Ironmans has been hit 7 times by a car in Vermont but this person is fearless and will never stop riding the paved roads.That is terrifying and infuriating and disappointing. So many cyclists getting hit and often killed, and the motorists typically facing little to no consequences. I don't love grinding away on a trainer at all, but the risk/benefit of cycling on shared roads is ever shifting more and more away from taking the risks of the road for me.
I appreciate your post. I wish things were different. I am not a fan of sitting on my trainer doing 5 hour Ironman training rides inside. At least I have the gravel roads and mountain bike trails to supplement my training.
I felt compelled to say something about the riding in Vermont because this person's view is not shared by many here (of course we are all entitled to our own opinions). So many other triathletes share my feelings about road safety in Vermont. And the tragic incidents I mentioned above were not some random events that happened over a 20 year time period. We had several road cycling deaths in Vermont within a small time frame of a few years when I was training for Ironmans in Chittenden County Vermont.
Death is easy....peaceful. Life is harder.
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Triingtotrain: Oct 13, 21 12:48