Thoughts on Race Ranger: I definitely can see it having a place amongst a “competitive age group” wave, a.k.a. Open division. If you want to compete for first amateur overall, and start in that wave, you get Race Rangerized. Maximizes fairness for the athletes most likely to violate the rules for competitive advantage, rather than simply from ignorance. It’s overkill to put Race Ranger on a high school swimmer racing on a mountain bike on a dare, or a mid-60s grandmother trying to beat back Father Time.
Yeah, that's sorta been my assumption on a business model they ultimately end up with: some kind of 'if you want to qualify for kona you have a different registration' entry & that then comes with stuff like anti-doping testing, prime rack space, race ranger, whatever
Interesting point! Not sure if it's people opting for other things (word is GTB is doing some other stuff, Sophie is obviously out right now, etc) or if management screwed up
Thoughts on Race Ranger: I definitely can see it having a place amongst a “competitive age group” wave, a.k.a. Open division. If you want to compete for first amateur overall, and start in that wave, you get Race Rangerized. Maximizes fairness for the athletes most likely to violate the rules for competitive advantage, rather than simply from ignorance. It’s overkill to put Race Ranger on a high school swimmer racing on a mountain bike on a dare, or a mid-60s grandmother trying to beat back Father Time.
Yeah, that's sorta been my assumption on a business model they ultimately end up with: some kind of 'if you want to qualify for kona you have a different registration' entry & that then comes with stuff like anti-doping testing, prime rack space, race ranger, whatever
Lots of food for thought.
Gb only sending 1 elite female for the first race !! Depth in GB is down and also management and bias in their selection !!!
Interesting point! Not sure if it's people opting for other things (word is GTB is doing some other stuff, Sophie is obviously out right now, etc) or if management screwed up