Is this what triathlon in the USA has resorted to?

Desiree Ficker very bare...

I hope the Australian mags follow suit as we have more than our share of 'talented' triathletes and anything that promotes the sport to the masses should be supported.

I think you are a victim of a clever scam, I imagine that http://www.insidetri.com would mention it ?

I know triathletes have to be quick in transition, but would they really have time for sex in the middle of a race? Is that why they call them race "meets"?

well Miners confessed at IM this year that he did actually take 15 minutes for a lie down in T2...

I suspect you maybe right Kevin, although I still don't think it would hurt the sport to adopt the 'sex sells' marketing philosophy. It seems to work for almost every other sport, why not triathlon?

Besides, I am sure I have overheard in various tri 'meets' (that word will never have the same meaning Vegie-girl ) that triathletes have the best bods.

Maybe up the pointy end they do, but it you stick around to watch the back of the packers finish you realise you don't need a good bod to compete in triathlon!!

There is some serious cruelty to lycra in the back of the packers, and seeing a bloke running around in an all white triathlon suit might put you off perving for life. Why oh why make a triathlon suit in all white, and more to the point, why buy one??

Don't forget us triathletes have to also watch out for bonking on the bike....

That last issue of Triathlete with the girl straddling her Cervelo in a bikini almost stopped me from buying the magazine - it was a bit too much of a pervy cover for me, until I realised she is 43!!!! If I looked like that at 43 I would pose in a bikini as well!!

trail ultras on the other hand.....

and that's not forgetting the IM's infamous goal of completing the 4th leg within the 17-hour cut-off ...

Undercover Brother said "trail ultras on the other hand..... "

and you people cant work out the benefits of multi-day ultras!

That phrase "on the other hand" makes me wonder about you, UCB..........

as a back of packer, i can vouch for the fact that there's at least 2 or 3 people back there with good bods...perhaps lost? but the rest of us are as you describe...not a wearer of white lycra, but i am thinking i will get a green outfit like Miners' Borat suit for the coming season....even if you haven't got it flaunt it anyway, it's still b: entertainment. b:

other hand ?

time to change the crew

Oh please don't, Peter. Please, please don't!