The one assumption you need to stop making about larger athletes.

As always, its a while between proverbial blog ‘drinks’ these days, however as you know by now, I like to wait for something to come up that I need to write about so desperately I set the computer up in the kitchen and write whilst cooking dinner.

So over here in Australia, the governing bodies of Triathlon are starting to realise the power of the ‘newbie’, particularly their role in the health and survival of local triathlon clubs and training squads.  State and National bodies are kicking in and creating initiatives that allow said newbies to try triathlon and see what they think before they hand over their hearts, minds and wallets to the sport. There are currently some awesome programs in place, allowing local triathlon clubs to offer 6 to 10 week training intakes that culminate in a graduation race, or other membership and affiliation discounts and incentives.

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