imsparticus wrote:
Tribike53 wrote:
as a perspective first time WC qualifier having been in the sport for 4 years now I would order them this way 1) (a) WC must be in Kona. I am not interested in spending big bucks on an ironman WC elsewhere in the world. Especially Nice that I could race a few months earlier for half the price.
2) (c) WC must allow men & women to race separately. I was on the fence before the split on this one but it was clear to me after watching the women's race this past weekend Women deserve their own day.
all other concerns to me are secondary and I don't care how they fall out.
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b) WC must be in the same time & location for men & women (doesn't mean it must be the same day),
d) WC must have the potentially best-in-world participants,
e) WC must provide equal racing chances to all athletes (at least on a rotating basis)?
You say, "women deserve their own day." Doesn't that mean that men also deserve their own day? Rhetorical question.
I am a man and I am all for equal rights. I also like doing things with woman. I would have no interest in doing an all men Ironman (or any all man race). I love travelling to a race and talking with men and woman from all over. Woman add to the experience. If "women deserve their own day" at the IMWC, don't they also deserve their own day at every Ironman race? If not, why not?
to answer your last question (bc it seems the others are rhetorical)
I’m all for women pros to go off an hour before pro men at all pro races so that AG men and pros don’t interfere with their race. That seems like a fair medium but I’m open to other options if they make sense.
Logistically speaking, I’m not a race director, but having a separate women day at every race doesn’t seem possible even if you could argue it’s fair. I’d happily accept I’m wrong if that’s off