Hopefully they’ll move the women’s race to Nice 
Then the men and women can take the stage together on a proper course
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Go and suggest that on Slow Twitch
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Kona is dead 
Women don’t want to race there.
They can’t give away slots.
A woman’s only race in Nice? 
It’s not going to work. Nobody will enter.
Nice will be abandoned after this year.
#ScienceFact
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That leaves the door open for Blackpool !
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They’ll probably run a male 70.3 to prop it up 
And despite the same start time the water will be cold enough for ladies to wear a wetsuit but not men 
(Appreciate that sounds horribly sexiest but is actually a reference to Nice 2019)
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climate change is raising the seas that quickly? shit
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and somewhere in the distance, a lawyers phone rang 
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Nothing major but was surprised to see this.
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I hadn’t really appreciated just how low the numbers were becoming…
i was tracking an athlete yesterday and she was 4th in Cat…in 15:30…and 400th to finish…
Is the sport really in terminal decline?
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Nearly 2000 finishers in Copenhagen yesterday so some races are doing well, they just have to appeal I guess.
The tough courses aren’t going to always appeal to first timers or those looking for a fast time so without lots of people entering the sport then numbers end up down.
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Possibly didn’t help having Kalmar the day before? Also Vichy and Cork the same weekend was certainly poor planning.
Although I suspect most people would only target one regardless of date, mostly just a problem for a European clone of TC
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Are we saying Ironman is a sport now?
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Unless we switch to Mattel Universe, where it’s called Barbie, yes.
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So is the question: is Ironman dying or is triathlon dying? They are different things but the answer could be the same.
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Dying is a bit extreme…but i certainly sense the decline…
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No idea the validity, first
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Good question FP!
Completely subjective, but feels like running isn’t in the same position (happy to be corrected mind).
Triathlon is an expensive sport, mind. If a persons financial situation is under scrutiny, it’s really easy for the person to knock it on the head and simply move into running or a cheaper sport.
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Certainly running remains more readily accessible…as does o/w swimming relative to where it was a few years ago…
BTF are now contributing to this by launching their SBR plan of course…
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Or running?
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