A triathlon joke

It’s strange to find a joke that makes reference to triathlon, but here is one:

Source.

Attitudes toward triathlon

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.

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Qbike is not an online store but a site that compares prices from about 35 online bike stores.

At Qbike you can find almost anything for your bike and you can compare prices or find very good deals.

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If you choose something like Bikes you’ll see a menu like this:

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There are two thing I don’t like about Qbike (they seem to happen only on real cheap or on sale items):

1. Sometimes the results might be misleading. For example you can find road shoes for $30 but when you click on the item, they are only available in either very large or small sizes.
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