It is very difficult to decide how much one has to
carry or is able to carry. The Brits for
good or bad decided that enough is enough, I do not believe that this is a
decision taken with the guts or a thoughtful one. But there was a question in the mind of the
Brits regarding how much they could tolerate and when they voted the balance between
the pros and cons was where they took the decision; the situation is not going
to change for decades or generations. The
same decision could be taken ten or twenty years from now because the same
panorama will prevail; it takes decades to see changes. It is a decision taken with fear but a very
brave decision at the end; better now than later. Our team have taken decisions similar to the
one taken by the Brits.
Our environment is full of corruption, misconceptions
about performance, misconception about science and wellbeing. Nochixtlan is about an hour by car from where
our kids live and it has been in the news.
Triathlon could not survive in Nochixtlan, many things are needed before
something could flourish in Nochixtlan and surroundings; I would summaries it
as a lot of work to do and education to perform well are needed. We have done our own Brexit to be competitive
worldwide. We are familiar with the pros
and cons of a Brexit but it is the only way to perform at our maximal capacity. As Albert Einstein said: “the only rational
way to educate is with the example.”
During 2012 Triathlon World Championship, we rented an
apartment in London to make it easier for us.
We were surprised to see that there were ethnic places with no relation
to Triathlon or any sport related activity.
They had no relationship to the Brownlees whatsoever. Queens in New York
came to my mind, except that the police was not around and rules were different
from the wasp culture. Reminded me of
Mexico City where there are houses interconnected with an entrance from a store
in some neighborhoods. I was stopped in
one of the stores where I went to get my boarding passes. They asked me and told me that I was seen
walking around the neighborhood and they wanted to know where I was from and
what I was doing there. My appearance can pass for many things: a brown Jew, a
Mexican with a little of French flavor, a local with a mixed race. That image I
keep from London. The Brexit is
understandable. Diversity has been
stretched too far in some cities in Great Britain and they have difficulties
talking to each other because they have difficulties recognizing themselves as
themselves.
