Yeah those are good examples and I usually cringe a bit over those as well. AWA basically = frequent flyer. It’s useful for bike placement in transition but not much else. I have had fb friends win “national championships” and make grand social media posts about it and similar examples. Later when I look up the result there are like 2 other people in their AG. That actually happens a lot.
You can only race who shows up and depending on who those two are, that may be more than enough reason to be proud? at one of our larger local races we have ~40 participants in my AG. but in reality I am not racing more than 2-4 of them, the rest are just participating. Even at some IM pro races the top 4-5 is more or less a lock unless someone blows up and even with 50 MPRO’s the remaining 45 are not really racing for the win.
Good points and don’t disagree.
I’ve been doing these local mini sprints not far from me. I have won the women’s race but so far there is only one woman I’m truly racing against. She’s a better swimmer, we’re identical almost on the bike but I have to go into heart attack mode/max HR to catch her on the run. It’s so hard and super fun. I’m happy with myself since I am 10 yrs older and previously did primarily half and full distances. And never been great at short intense races. But if I were to post about it on Instagram, I don’t mention I won. I just say I had fun with local triathletes in a beautiful place. But each to their own.
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In larger street races that I’ve been in, I’ve posted things like “This morning, I was the fastest Runner, overall … from my little South Jersey town, here”
Adjusting the message, of course, upon results
But, I never race anymore (maybe next year?) I just make up my own stuff & have fun, without crowds, or timing, or whatnot
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