Race Director of USAT Nationals Weighs In

National Age Group Championships race director Mark Livesay writes a piece for Inside Triathlon explaining his thoughts on what happened in Kansas City.

"August 13th was the worst day I've ever experienced in the sport of triathlon. I had tears in my eyes the moment we were forced to finally cancel the event. My staff and I were looking forward to showing these athletes and the entire triathlon community what kind of world class event Ultramax Events is capable of producing. Like USAT, we put everything we had into the preparations for this event. In the end, neither USAT nor Ultramax Events were prepared to put 1,200 athletes and hundreds of volunteers in harm's way."

Because they had no qualifying event, USAT has granted a Worlds slot to all who picked up their race packets in Kansas City. Does this mean Activeness!'s Jan is Hawaii-bound? Stay tuned.