In April, the Usa Triathlon (usatriathlon.org), published a study about multisports athletes. The results are very interesting and show a growth in the sports in the USA. An article on the study can be found here.

I liked a graph that shows the attitudes the respondents have toward triathlon.

As the top attitude, athletes participate for the personal challenge. This is very true for me and for most people I know. Specially considering the information on table 22 where the average age of the participants in triathlons is around 38.

I am surprised at the responses of two attitudes:

1. Where i finish relative to others is important to me is very low from what I expected.  I thought this attitude would be high, considering that most of triathletes I know are very competitive with others and with themselves.

2. I spend a good portion of my leisure time with Triathletes is also very low. Do most athletes avoid other triathletes or they don’t have enough networking opportunities to meet other triathletes?

A summary of the report is available here.