13.1 tattoo

I know a guy that barely busted 17 in an ironman and celebrated with a huge IM tat on his calf. On his facebook page he describes himself as "a self proclaimed bad ass".

The IM guy is 9.7 times better than the HM guy, because he was locomoting 9.7 times longer. Waddle on.

My older sister ran a full mary last year and got a big "13.1" tattoo on the back of each calf. I think it's pretty lame.

bloodsport wrote:

I know a guy that barely busted 17 in an ironman and celebrated with a huge IM tat on his calf. On his facebook page he describes himself as "a self proclaimed bad ass".

a full ironman is pretty crazy no matter how slow it is.

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No one has a 13.1 tattoo, and no one running just under 17 thinks they are an Ironman. No way these people exist.

I started laughing the other day when I saw a 13.1 on the back of a car. Silly joggers.

oh please wrote:

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No one has a 13.1 tattoo, and no one running just under 17 thinks they are an Ironman. No way these people exist.

They do exist. A guy I know has a 13.1 tat and I doubt that he has ever broken 1:30.

oh please wrote:

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No one has a 13.1 tattoo, and no one running just under 17 thinks they are an Ironman. No way these people exist.

Ummm ... think again. I have met people who HAVE or plan to get 26.2 tattoos ON THEIR NECK!! They asked me what I thought and I said "Tattoos are not my cup of tea." "But what about the idea of getting that 26.2 in Roman Numerals?" They asked.

"Is the point to confuse someone?" I replied.

"No, just to show that I have Bad-Ass privileges for life now."

"How do you figure?" I say.

"I just finished a f***ing marathon dude!"

"Well, I guess I should have a whole lot of tattoos then."

They just don't f***ing get it. Maybe where you live there aren't any lame triathletes or hobby joggers, but where I live they all have Blogs where they talk about their latest workouts where they just finished a run at 8:00-pace and what Bodyglide they use. Believe me these people who think finishing an Ironman is badass and that finishing a half or marathon is really badass.

I have respect for all Ironman competitors but I don't think it is particularly tough. Anybody who can jog a marathon can finish an Ironman.

I have run over 26 miles more than 30 times in my life and have swam more than 3000m at once too many times to count. I have ridden more than 100mi on the bike more than 130 times in life. And I have ridden 450mi in 24 hrs and 250mi in 12 hours (do the math!) ... and I am not particularly boastful about any of that. Because IN EVERY SPORT there were hundreds better than me. I would NEVER think of spouting off to the world with a blog or a tattoo.

... but there are a LOT of them out there that WOULD.

I'm consistently in awe of how cool all you studs are.

If someone is dumb enough to get a tattoo, they're dumb enough to get one that says 13.1.

I thought the same until two weeks ago - then I passed a car with a "10k" sticker on the back.

Sorry half marathons are cool and all but if you get a tattoo that says 13.1 you are not cool. Even if you are the WR holder you should not get a 13.1 tat no questions.

some crazy runner guy wrote:

Sorry half marathons are cool and all but if you get a tattoo that says 13.1 you are not cool. Even if you are the WR holder you should not get a 13.1 tat no questions.

yea, i'm not man enough to race either the half or full but 13.1 just doesn't seem as cool to get tattooed.

The one tatoo I respect is the Olympic Rings tats sported by Amy Begley and Nick Symmonds, among others, I'm sure.

They will never be embarrassed about having them.

MICHAEL T. SMITH wrote:

The one tatoo I respect is the Olympic Rings tats sported by Amy Begley and Nick Symmonds, among others, I'm sure.

They will never be embarrassed about having them.

Mr. Wheating has one too.

I'm consistently in awe of how cool all you studs are.

I wear Silly Bandz.

Haha, YO (super cereal) wrote:

My older sister ran a full mary last year and got a big "13.1" tattoo on the back of each calf. I think it's pretty lame.

and I think it's even more lame that you used the term "mary" to refer to the marathon.

I thought it was generally agreed around here that using the terms mary and half mary was just gay.

But your sister's tattoo's are definitely lame.

MICHAEL T. SMITH wrote:

The one tatoo I respect is the Olympic Rings tats sported by Amy Begley and Nick Symmonds, among others, I'm sure.

They will never be embarrassed about having them.

I think this is the only tattoo that I would have ever considered getting.

This is the real Haha, YO (super cereal). My sister did NOT get a 13.1 tat on her calves. My cousins sister in LAW did get a winged foot on her right breast however.