Slowman wrote:
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.
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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