AN UNCERTAIN FUTURE
Triathlon might be making its Covid-defiant socially-distanced comeback in the UK, but if responding to an unpredictable virus and an uncertain domestic government isn’t easy, what happens when racing stretches beyond these shores?
Should triathletes step on to international flights and accept quarantines? Do we understand how attitudes to the pandemic fluctuate as much as infection rates? Or is the answer just to sit tight and wait for a vaccine?
Not everyone has that choice. If UKfocused race organisers face tough calls, spare a thought for the global brands that rely on competitors jetting in from all over the world, and perhaps even a rare slither of sympathy for the sport’s coronavirusravaged behemoth that is Ironman.›Here we take a look at the potential for triathlon to return to the big stage and, as M-Dot CEO Andrew Messick must be praying for every night, maybe even the Big Island.
A ROCK AND A HARD PLACE
Top Canadian Ironman Lionel Sanders is on a mid-season break. More a training break really, because like almost every other triathlete, his competitive itch for 2020 – save virtual salvation via Zwift – is yet to be scratched. Together with wife Erin, he’s taken a road trip from his base in
