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For me, it would depend on proximity to myself. I train as much as i can on my own outdoors or at the pool at lifetime fitness in lenexa, as it is 5 miles away. I would certainly be open to a facility like this if it was close, but it would probably be more of a every once in a while/special occasion type thing.

I think a computrainer class would be pretty awesome. Maybe stream each rider's power output to a large screen so you can make it sort of a contest/race. I'd be interested in that. I also went to a shop in Dallas this summer that did video analysis in the endless pool. Seemed pretty awesome, if the price was right. I honestly would't be there daily, but would consider coming to a good class every once in awhile.

My husband and I would travel down there for swim video analysis and instruction! Sounds great to me!

I'd love a place that had Tri specific equipment, coaches, and athletes. If it was close, I'd make it my gym. I train probably >30% indoors due to weather, time of day, being on call, etc.

My main thoughts on your idea are it sounds good, but is it really practical? I'd possibly be in the market for such a place at the right price since triathlon is my only sport and pretty much my life as I work towards becoming a pro and continuing to kill myself for no reason besides my enduring love of the sport (maybe I should get checked out?). However, I'm not sure how large a constituency of triathlon only athletes is.

However, I do most of my training on my own and only really need a gym for a pool. I'm personally not really interested in doing workouts in an endless pool so the draw for me would have to be the computrainer access without a 25 meter pool. How much would I be willing to pay for the access to a computrainer? Maybe $20-25/month if I had unlimited time on it (I only bike a few days a week). The reason is I already have a trainer I paid good money for so I don't know if I could justify the extra expense on an already stretched triathlon budget.



As a fellow entrepreneur/business enthusiast I'd urge you to find a way to make a mock test of your idea and see how many people are willing to sign up for a membership at whatever your needed rate is. It's one thing to ask a group of people an idea and they say "Yeah that's a great idea." It's a whole other ball game for people to say "Yeah, that's a great idea, here's my credit card when can I have it/sign up/etc." Businesses born of a need that provide a solution succeed when run properly, the crux of the test is finding out if you are creating value or simply creating.