Drafting?! In a triathlon? Really?!

Are you planning on riding a road bike or tri (time trial bike)? If it is a draft legal race I would bet that you can't have aero bars. When it comes to draft legal races that is another type of race. Drafting in draft legal races is not gaining an unfair advantage it's utilizing a skill set to improve race performance. I envy you for having a draft legal race to enter. They are few and far between by me and I think they are really exciting and add a totally new dynamic to racing. I love watching short course and ITU races and would love to try it out sometime. So, just make sure you have the proper bike for the race and try to capitalize on racing with a pack. It could be a really exciting event.

Vote with your wallet. Don’t do the event next year.

I don’t have any issue with draft legal races. Variety is the spice of life.

Sounds exciting! Maybe you can stick with the FOP bikers. Just swim your off so you're with them.

Or Olympic Triathlon. Or the ITU World Triathlon Series.

Draft-legal is nothing new. It's the way much of the world does Sprint, and sometimes Olympic, distance triathlon racing, even at the amateur level. The ITU amateur World Championship Sprint Triathlon is draft legal. It's probably harder than you think. If you think you're going to be able to latch onto a pack and easily ride at a nice, steady, 80% of FTP while the guys up front work harder to tow you along,you're wrong. Try it, and you'll likely be detached from the group after the first corner.

It's a triathlon, not a bike time trial. The bike split, alone, is irrelevant in either format. Even in non-draft triathlon, they don't give out medals in T2 for having a great ride. The bike leg is just part of a larger puzzle. Draft-legal just adds a bit more of an element of strategy.

Edited by gary p 2019-02-14 9:23 AM

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according to some, it's as shampoo, blow dry &10 k run :-)

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