Racing to come back, us to continue putting good content on the front page and here in the forum, and for us all to be a touch more welcoming to newcomers around here.

We'll get there...

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I'm not sure that this metric has that much meaning though, since regular posters come and go over the years. Whenever someone "resurrects" an old thread from say 2011, what I will always notice is that roughly 80% or more of the posters on that thread haven't posted in 5 or more years. ST has a very high turnover rate in terms of regular posters, which mirrors the sport of triathlon. Of the 100s of guys/girls I known to do a few triathlons, only maybe 5 or 6 of us are still swimming, biking, and running. Triathlon, simply by its nature, has a very high burnout rate. I think a more meaningful statistic would be the number of unique posters posting at least twice a month over the past 12 months; this would probably end up being a rolling average as people would fall on and off of the list.

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"Anyone can be who they want to be IF they have the HUNGER and the DRIVE."

well, it has a relevance to me ;-)

yes, we have a high turnover rate. however, we also have a high rate of recidivism on this forum, which reflects triathlon. not that many people retire from triathlon. they just think they retire. we have a lot of folks unretire from both triathlon and from this forum.

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Dan Empfield
aka Slowman

IME, a few people come back to tri but, as they get older, the vast majority gain weight, get injured, and can't/don't want to run anymore. They never liked swimming to start with so the one thing they might keep doing is the bike; however, even that becomes less attractive as they get older and see more guys getting seriously hurt, which tends to put a damper on cycling enthusiasm. I haven't been in the sport quite as long as you have but I have been in since 1986 so I do have some years of experience in this game. Also, I live in the southeast where people tend to be fatter than in California, so that may be part of the diff in our viewpoints. In any case, always a pleasure to get some insight from The Man himself. :)

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"Anyone can be who they want to be IF they have the HUNGER and the DRIVE."

I still have vague memories as a poster on the original forum. Can't remember my username back then.

Doing less triathlon these days, but still manage to do one at least once a year.
Good thing there are plenty of people here that post on my other sports like nordic skiing, gravel and road cycling, kayaking, etc.