This week we are excited to welcome USA Triathlon CEO, Rocky Harris! We are talking Endurance Exchange, the state of the sport, USAT 2021 initiatives and the lead up to the 2021 Olympics.
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Interview with Rocky Harris
After opening remarks from Mike Reilly, Rocky Harris gave the keynote address at this year's Endurance Exchange five weeks ago. In that address he spoke to the changes in the endurance industry and the drivers that shaped decline in participation in triathlon over the past decade. Those with isolationist views, worked in different directions, they helped fragment the sport and outsiders saw this as a weakness.
Rocky also spoke about growing the sport and the need for the sport to represent the general population in terms of diversity, inclusion and the opportunity to attract athletes like former gym converts. Rocky spoke about the need to embrace technology and e-gaming and what he thinks about other race formats like Otillo,
Let's get into the interview with Rocky Harris.
Endurance Exchange Presentations/Courses
At this year's Endurance Exchanges there were dozens of presentations to choose from. We spoke about the ones that we attended in real time during the Exchanges. Since then, I've been going back to watch the presentations that I missed, but was still curious to attend. This past week I wa