What's up, Motivators, Taryn here without NTK this week.

It is blazing hot, at least for us Canadians.

It's around 30, 32 degrees, calculating that really quickly in my head to Fahrenheit.

I think we're talking about 94, which us Canadians are not used to, especially on Vancouver Island where we live, because for the longest time, Vancouver Island, it would max out at around 23, 24 degrees Celsius, so like 75.

It was sort of perfect weather all summer and maybe there'd be about two days that were hot.

So nobody ever put in air conditioners.

So we are melting.

And NTK went out and played with the dogs, gave them some exercise at a friend's backyard agility course.

And I think she got just as much exercises as they did because she is whipped, has a little bit of a headache.

So I figured I'd do a nice thing.

Let her sit in our portable, air-conditioned bedroom and relax a little bit.

And take on the mantle of doing this podcast myself.

I think I remember how to do it myself.

So somebody asked a really good question recently because in the last couple of months,

I've said that I am concerned for the future of triathlon for a number of reasons. The two

biggest entities that I think are sort of the most vocal out there.

I would say the three biggest are Ironman, World Triathlon Series, or ITU, and the PTO.

And I don't really have any opinions good or bad about World Triathlon Series.

I think they're doing a fine job with what they're doing because they are nothing but elite.

I don't necessarily think that strictly the World Triathlon Series or ITU has a ton of relevance to the broader, let's say, the broader culture of triathlon.

I think it's something that you start following when you're already a very dedicated triathlete.

So it tends not to have, I think, is as big an effect on the voice and the culture of what's going on in triathlon. So the two entities that I really focus on right now, because they are big, powerful, and very

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