Yes, I accept that it's a complex tactical/strategic game. The process is interesting. But the goal?
It's just that I'm not feeling the 7 or 8 hour benchmark at all, and I'm not that curious how fast you can complete 140.6 miles with drafting allowed throughout, with pacers who can rotate in and out, on a course designed with nothing but speed (and the ability for pacers to rotate in and out) in mind. Like, if "the limit of human capacity" is 6:39 or 6:49 for the men, really, that fascinating?
And precisely because it's the process that's more interesting, I'd prefer to see more faces I recognize in that process.
Then again, if this is a publicity event for a non-triathlon target audience (stated goal of the Phoenix Foundation: encourage kids to exercise), who cares what I think.
"FTP is a bit 2015, don't you think?" - Gustav Iden
It's just that I'm not feeling the 7 or 8 hour benchmark at all, and I'm not that curious how fast you can complete 140.6 miles with drafting allowed throughout, with pacers who can rotate in and out, on a course designed with nothing but speed (and the ability for pacers to rotate in and out) in mind. Like, if "the limit of human capacity" is 6:39 or 6:49 for the men, really, that fascinating?
And precisely because it's the process that's more interesting, I'd prefer to see more faces I recognize in that process.
Then again, if this is a publicity event for a non-triathlon target audience (stated goal of the Phoenix Foundation: encourage kids to exercise), who cares what I think.
"FTP is a bit 2015, don't you think?" - Gustav Iden