i simply can't believe those numbers...me and my friends to tri's...my friends have done ironman's, half ironmans...in hawaii, california, as well as other places...they also do dualthlons...marathons...road races...criteriums...roller blading marathons...stair climbing races...etc.
several of my friends participate in ALL of those events...and they're making like $30k-$40k...
it doesn't take tons of money...unless you want to have all the bling equipments, fly first class, stay in 5 star hotels, and eat at mission three star restuarants. but if you can live with affordable equipment, fly cheaply, enjoy road trips, can stay in motel 6's or sleep in the car, and can eat mickey d's...you can do all this for dirt cheap. no one is gonna win these national/regional big events...you're just in it to beat your
PR...that doesn't cost zillions of dollars...