Triathlete article talking about how the 2 day ‘22 event planned out….starting post StG with an 4-5 month lead time.
The first step was going to the county, the mayor, and the local agencies to ask for their support,” Frey says. “They knew we had this backlog of athletes. But they also knew the economic impact of this race, so we got the support from them right away.”
https://www.triathlete.com/...nd-bigger-than-ever/
(Posting from phone so sorry if link isn’t active)
This sounds like revisionist history so that the 2 day race is all the fault of IM. It completely sounds like the island balked on the future of a 2 day race, whether there was already a contract/handshake deal/ verbal deal / or TBD. Which is understandable if rumors are correct I think the mayor sat in traffic on Thur for over 2 hours. Like I can totally see why they wanted to bail on the idea. The fault I place on IM is awarding KQ slots to athletes seemingly knowing that wasn’t a done deal for 23. Now that’s not a ton of athletes affected but it’s still bad biz practice.
Brooks Doughtie, M.S.
Exercise Physiology
-USAT Level II
The first step was going to the county, the mayor, and the local agencies to ask for their support,” Frey says. “They knew we had this backlog of athletes. But they also knew the economic impact of this race, so we got the support from them right away.”
https://www.triathlete.com/...nd-bigger-than-ever/
(Posting from phone so sorry if link isn’t active)
This sounds like revisionist history so that the 2 day race is all the fault of IM. It completely sounds like the island balked on the future of a 2 day race, whether there was already a contract/handshake deal/ verbal deal / or TBD. Which is understandable if rumors are correct I think the mayor sat in traffic on Thur for over 2 hours. Like I can totally see why they wanted to bail on the idea. The fault I place on IM is awarding KQ slots to athletes seemingly knowing that wasn’t a done deal for 23. Now that’s not a ton of athletes affected but it’s still bad biz practice.
Brooks Doughtie, M.S.
Exercise Physiology
-USAT Level II
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B_Doughtie: Dec 4, 22 7:00