If I had not raced Norseman, I could have bougth............

Triathlon is not cheap, doing Norseman is not cheap, doing Norseman and upgrade all your equipment in one year is absolutely not cheap. Well I did just that, had a coach, new bike, shoes, helmet, travel, rent a bike case, and all other kind of stuff. Was it worth it? YES. But what could I have done with the money if I did not race triathlon?

I am using a budget of $10,000 for this example. Luckily there are a lot of stuff you can buy, but maybe you should not.......;-)