You're stupid. Okay, we're sorry—we didn't mean that. It's just those valuable seconds per mile, well, they add up. And when you're trying to qualify for Kona, three minutes could be the difference between a ticket to Hawaii and spending your off-season eating Chunky Monkey thinking about what might've been had you only gone a little bit faster.
Furthermore, we think they look really cool. And feeling like you look really cool during a race? Well, that's a few minutes shaved off your finish time right there. Like we said, it adds up.