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On a serious note... I do not think that anyone dislikes good triathletes... I am sure that a guy who can finish an ironman with a sub 2:45 marathon is tough, regardless of what he wears. I think it is that the majority of triathletes are 5 hour marathoners or 40 minute 10k guys who oil themselves up and shave themselves down while slapping sugoi and trek stickers all over their cars. They also seem to talk more shite than runners, even though they suck. To triathletes who are decent athletes, I have no beef with you. |
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Got nothing against the top guys, its the 40 year old BMW driving realtor/investment banker/dentist with 15lbs of lard around his waist who buys a $4000 carbon Cervelo to shave 15 seconds off his bike split. Those guys annoy me. |
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Those guys annoy everybody. Cycling has those guys, too, and undoubtedly we'll see 'em sporting the new Adidas-1 with the smart chip out on the roads this summer, too. It's not triathlon's fault... |
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it goes to another post today regarding the state of runners in the US versus those of the past. i look at it via hindsight (in other words, i am old) in the 70's running was a very counter culture act. none of us had parents that ran, and if we did then we certainly would never have taken up the sport. we were very much non-conformists. we drank, partied, puked, trained, reveled in living from paycheck to paycheck. and like quentin cassidy we had a very singular focus to our existence and that meant training and living to get faster. we embraced the old henry miller quote ' the aim of life is to live, and to live means to be aware, joyously, drunkenly, serenely, divinely aware' todays runners are a very different species. running is conformist, old guys/gals run, health concerns outweigh stopwatch times. the majority who post here dont like their own lives so they HAVE to get involved with everyone elses (marion jones, lance, lagat, eddy, etc..). their own lives are so milquetoast that they need some type of outlet and they choose to be 'evangelical' in nature, thinking they know something others dont, thinking they are 'morally' better somehow. it is very interesting to sit back and watch this board, and see how this slice of americana works. as for triathletes, no different from runners, the old timers rocked hard, todays are just like i described above. |
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Im not trying to bring you down dude, because you seem like an alright person......but you kind of ate your own words when you posted what you wrote. |
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I'm not so sure that runners hate triathletes. Frankly, I hardly ever think about triathletes, until you bring them up. Many runners ARE triathletes, and there was at least one from Canada who made the 2000 Olympics in the 10,000 and the triathlon. Me, I was never interested in a sport that required learning how to use the gears of a bicycle properly. Too much technology for me. |
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I hate them because they're obsessive compulsive geeks with huge egos and 99% of them aren't good at one sport, let alone three. |
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I don't even own a BMW! |
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Who says that runners hate Triathletes, why would they want to hate them? runners who do hate them must f***in dick heads...!!! |
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Shit, there are people of all sports that are annoying (listed below): Once a year golfers that decide to play the week after the Masters Old White Men that play basketball at the local YMCA in a College Jersey, eye goggles, knee pads, etc. Runners who didnt run all their life, then decide to follow a magazine's plan on a marathon... end up running 20 miles a week, run the marathon, then call themselves a "marathoner". Even though it took them damn near 5 hours. Also, what about the 5kers who wear a fanny pack with goo and water????? We have enough problems of our own to worry about what Tri's wear. Damn |
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"Old White Men that play basketball at the local YMCA in a College Jersey, eye goggles, knee pads, etc." Absolute f***ing classic!! That gets my Post of the Day Award unless anyone beats it by 11:59 tonight. |
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Thanks! It is so sad, but so so true. |
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Triathletes are all up their own asses, even more so than runners, and I know a few of them personally. |
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Actually, what we love/hate about tri-boyz is that they are so sensitive about their sport, and flip out when people rag on it. AND THAT IS WHY WE PUSH THEIR BUTTONS!!!!! (and to some of the posters that responded to me, I don't wear short-short running shorts. No, and I don't wear super long baggy hoop shorts either (just as stupid). I wear medium length soccer shorts, or, believe it or not, there ARE running shorts that are not super-short. So sure, maybe some 14 year old homeboys think I my shorts are still a little short, and maybe some runners think my shorts a little long and too much like hoop shorts, but I think they are just fine....right in in the middle{yeah, call me goldlilocks}. I don't have a need to follow any extreme fashion/equipment trend in either direction. My shorts are completely functional (don't restrict my legs when running, and are very light), but don't make me look like a fashion-slave to either extreme culture (runners on one side, hoopsters on the other). Imagine that.....NORMAL MEDIUM LENGTH SHORTS, THAT DON'T OUTLINE MY PACKAGE/GIVE ME A WEDGIE OR FALL OF MY ASS IN THE BACK. Yeah, freakie man. And I wear no shirt, a t-shirt, or a NORMAL tank-top when I race. Again, imagine that, no man-siere for me! And the funny thing about it is: while you are defending the outfits of tri-guys, and saying that runners look funny too, you would QUICKLY laugh at some guy in some outfit that you find unusual, wouldn't you? If some guy ran buy in pink tights with a sports bra on you, you'd laugh your ass off. Or if some kid ran a 10k in long baggy hoops shorts down to his ankles, again, you'd laugh at him. But trust me, you tri-boys look just as silly as those examples, and a LOT SILLIER than a typical runner even in short running shorts, and 1000 x sillier than me in a NORMAL FITNESS gear, to neither extreme.) |
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Look at Bekele, Geb, Radcliff, Lance, Phelps, - truly exceptional athletes. The look at someone like Tim deBoom who is a good athlete, but not "one in a million." What annoys me is the TV coverage that makes all athletes equal. I have the same gripe with golfers, NASCAR, jockies, bowlers, etc. |
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I see no problem with triathletes. Most I know work hard and enjoy what they do, it seems. I don't think that times alone make an athlete in an endurance sport, it goes beyond that to personal gains and accomplishments. I used to put down people who ran slower than I do when I wasn't very fast. Then I realized that it was more than inane to be so arrogant about qualifying for a state meet, winning a state meet or even placing in the top 20 at footlocker regionals. Time to get over yourselves and just run. I'll see about 5 of you at nationals next year, peace out. |
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Good for you, Exactly! You just continue being as "normal" as you wanna be. The triguys will continue to do their thing, too (I'm sure they don't really care what you have to say, anyways). If you could just be brave enough not to hate on everyone else's parade in the process then everyone can go on with their lives and I can have very little to do with any of the above. BTW, if some dood is secure enough in himself to run down the street in pink tights and a sportbra who the hell am I to give him crap for it. I really don't care...I'm just happy he's out running and enjoying himself. |
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so you're glorifying being a hippie? lots of old runners were "hippies" and that makes me vomit. it must be nice to have daddy's money or connections waiting for you in case you screw up while "reveling in living from paycheck to paycheck". i can't stand the trendy poor kids who don't have to be poor!! way too many of those kinds of kids at college campuses across the country. the types who act like they're so damn poor at school, and then go home to mommy and daddy's 2 storey house on christmas break. if you had to be poor from day 1 of your life i have a feeling it wouldn't be so cool to you, and you wouldn't poke fun of those who don't live so simply. trust me. some of us run because we found our talent and it was the only way to pay for college. is that conformist? |
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LOL... did you even read what i wrote? try pulling your ears out of your butt for a moment paycheck to paycheck means you pay the rent when the paycheck somes ya dipshit. it means ya dont eat the final two days before months end. not one runner i knew back then came from a family with more than one car, my parents never made over 15k in a year. the ONLY reason i even went to college was my athletic scholarship, first person from my family to go to college. that is how we are different from todays runners. we were the skatboarders of today. i didnt have a car until i graduated from college (my trusty ford pinto with 125k on it). todays runners are spoiled americans pure and simple i couldnt even begin to help you with the hippy comment, do you even know what the word means??? |
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I'm an elite triathlete and I can't stand most triathletes and runners and cyclists. Swimmers are great, typically, because they know how to have a good time and aren't uptight. most of you guys on this thread are f***ing pricks |