Interesting article.

Great read, thanks.

I won't blather on about the number of years, races, marathons, Boston's, Ironman's and more that I have done throughout North America, all good, to each their own, for the health of it. 

I still swim, bike, run and more, however, not race as often as in the past. 

The ridiculous cost of such races, sickening running magazine hype of race gear, magazine front page "20 young somethings" and more is way over the top imho, including the jacked up hotel prices when traveling to events.  Boston  is blatantly guilty of this during the marathon. Shame on the hype.

The industry needs to get with the program and change up in light of demographics.

Enough already. 

I for one and many others ain't drinking this juice in aid of supporting greedy commerce.

Thank goodness for the likes of very economical MEC race events.

Alex, keep up the great work. Looking forward to your next article "Running a marathon is a terrible financial goal - here's why."