USAT implements Safety Breaks

Triathlon Forum
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-Colorado Springs

USAT has taken the bold move of implementing #SafetyBreaks at all sanctioned races. This comes following a summer spent at community pools where children are required to exit the pool at the top of every hour:
“We thought, well why not. Triathlon is getting way to hard for average people, and this is a great way to bring more people into the sport”

Moving forward, at the top of every hour, the race will stop, no matter wheee you are. You can take 5 minutes to rest, get something to eat, or post your accomplishment on your favorite social media site #TriathlonSafetyBreak
Your race time will stop as well, and it will continue promptly at :05 past the hour.

We will implement this all new, exciting strategy at the #USATNationalChampionship race.
“What better place to put this into action, than with the nations top 15% in the age group from any USAT sanctioned race”

We have patted ourselves on the back over this several times, so please, is you see one of us, pat us on the back for making this change.

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Will this be implemented in time for IMMT? Asking for a friend :slight_smile:

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4 months and 20 days late…i hope.

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Will this be implemented in time for IMMT? Asking for a friend

Because your ‘friend’ is concerned about a B.S. USAT rule while racing in Canadia?

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it was a joke…sorry… did you really take the original post seriously?

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i say the opposite, let’s be lard asses for 50 mins and only do 10 mins of exercising every hour…That’s how you reach the masses!!!

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Not really. Note the spelling of the foreign country that you probably never heard of, ya know, given your screen name and all.

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Not really. Note the spelling of the foreign country that you probably never heard of, ya know, given your screen name and all.
Got it, you’re just being an asshole. Have a great day.

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This new policy would work for Honeymoons too. Not that I have one coming up…

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The heck?

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100% support this

Have also seen that pros will now wear a pink arm band

Any age grouper touching a pro during the race will be DQed
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Please pink font your humor attempts.

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This is a great idea. Would give all the Facebook Triathletes time to hone their craft. Im thinking USAT should incorporate race selfies into the rankings system as well.

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Please pink font your humor attempts.

The humor was so obvious it didn’t need pink.

To the OP … well done!

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I want to say “pink font your signature cause you a joke” but I didn’t think he would see it as humor😂
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4 months and 20 days late…i hope.

Well, it certainly involved the numbers 4 and 20
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Not really. Note the spelling of the foreign country that you probably never heard of, ya know, given your screen name and all.

Which is the funny-spelled foreign country? USAT?