HuffNPuff wrote:
I gotta admit that I thought HITS Would have died years ago but apparently there is a market niche for poorly attended races where people Have a high probability to be on the podium with the other two (or fewer) people in their age group.
Not specific to HITS, ALPHA, or any other âNewcomersâ in Race Management, but more a general observation:
The above represents one of the ugly sides of Triathlonâs success:
The development of the entitlement attitude/crowd, the need to brag/up others (equipment/times), loss of understanding of the nature of competition (soul) and, as above,
the disrespect of fellow competitors (spirit).
But, itâs all good. They can have their catered events, where they can bitch and moan about actually having to swim, the bike course not being accurate/flat, the lack of shade/ice on the run.
Please stay away from grassroots events, because you would be feeling as out of place as others would feel annoyed/aggravated by your âattendanceâ.
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