In fairness it was not Marco who made the comment about apartheid, but if we are using that gauge, and we look at what Canadians have done to the indegenous people in my country, we need to ask Ironman to ship out of here too. One could argue that Jews are the indegenous people of Israel, who pre date Islam, and Palestinians are the subsequent settlers before the influx of Jewish settlers after 1948, but in any case, my point is if Ironman has to pack up out of any place that have some apartheid leanings or mistreatment of certain groups of people, there would not be that many countries left to operate inside. All human societies have imperfect records and some degree of blood on their hands. Hopefully sport can be a bridge, not a further point of division.

Getting back on track, for obvious reasons, my biz engagement in Israel is delayed, so maybe at some point all stars align and I can take the trip over for work and do the race. I think it would be cool to do a swim in the Sea of Galilee just for historical significance reasons.