Came across that the other day also.

I question the "easy lifestyle choices" note in the conclusion though.

Triathlon is fun, exciting, rewarding and demanding. I personally encourage almost everyone I talk to about the sport to get out and do a sprint distance, check it out and see just how fun it is.

But I'm guessing that that 74 year old guy wasn't doing 5-8 hours a week of training for sprint distance tris.

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