Subject: RE: Kansas City Triathlon - "Triathlete Experience" Drew,
I can tell you that no advantage will be given to anybody paying for the "experience". In triathlons all transition areas should be designed to be "flow-thru" transitions.
For example: A true "flow-thru" transition should put swim in/run out on the North end of transition. Bike Out/Bike in would thus be on the exact opposite on the South end of transition with an alley down the middle...thus giving no advantage to one athlete over another. Athletes should always be moving forward in their transitions.
I don't know exactly what is in store for some of the things offered in the "Triathlete Experience" because it is not my creation...but I can say that no athlete will be at advantage over another because they paid an extra $50.
However, if you pay $2000 for the latest greatest carbon whatchamagig...I can tell you that you will gain approsimately 38.3 seconds over 40K!!!
I hope I cleared some of this up.
The Kansas City Triathlon is made up of a board of great people that truly care about the sport of Triathlon in Kansas City. Trust me they didn't form the board and the race because they were needing more things to do in their lives...they are doing it because they love the sport and see that it needs help in KC. The local market has suffered long enough. Triathlon is blowing up in every other large city in America...except for Kansas City. The numbers remain stagnant at the events. Between this race and the other quality races in the area (SMP-Heritage-WIN-Ultramax ) it rounds out a nice local schedule.
This is also the motivation behind Mark Livesay and I in partnering up on the new Ultramax Kansas 50. Things are looking bright for triathlon in the heartland. IMKS numbers are up over 75% over this time last year and will shortly sell out.
Sorry so long...you caught me after a long day ... :- )
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