Archive for September, 2008

Providence Equity buys WTC, Ironman brand owners

Monday, September 15th, 2008

Here goes… Ironman is going to be more popular/mainstream/commercial/middleclass.
Providence Equity made maybe a biased choice to purchase the WTC (one boardmembers and several top managers are Ironmen) and this new ownership will definitely influence Ironman into submission towards more general audience.

The Grand Colombian triathlon

Saturday, September 13th, 2008

It is early here and I had a good sleep in a quiet, comfortable room, not thinking about the trillions of cubic metres of water suspended above my head by a thin concrete web.