Triathlete punches woman en route to win!!!

Sanctimonious wrote:

15 pages too long wrote:

Nothing to see here people.

Except a video, photos, another side to the story...

Sorry, Sheldon. Didn't think anyone would take that comment so literal (literally?). If I suggest "mountain out of a mole hill" will you think I'm really taking about mountains and mole hills?

Cheers!

I have an issue with this. Basically, you're saying that if the majority of posters disagree with you, that can't be true.Guess what, you're wrong. Most people in this thread, and on a tri message board I read, are sympathetic to the guy. I think that it's obvious to most readers of her blog that she has a terrible attitude. Think "I'm awesome and can do no wrong" kind of person while she and her friends virulently attacked the guy. Also, why did they have to give the name and town of the guy? It is a trial by internet, and I think this akin to bullying.Like you, I don't know what happened. But common sense tells me that no one wants to shove a fellow competitor at the end of an event. People who are there to race are focused on their own performance, period. If contact occurred, it was most likely an accident. That would have been my first reaction. I certainly wouldn't have written a law-and-order blog post or alerted my friends and the RD about the "narcissist, competitive athlete" who pushed me.

Saul Goodman wrote:

Someone please tell me I'm not the only one tracking this thread that thinks:

A) The tri dude (can't remember his name) or a friend(s) is the only one posting in this thread as of late. -- If this is the case, he's doing a very good job of making himself look like the biggest a-hole on the planet. Certainly it's one thing to think the chick was at fault, it's another to continue to beat the dead 'IT WAS ALL HER FAULT, SHE'S A BIOTCH!' horse into the ground.

B) Some troll (or trolls) knows how bad it will make this guy look if someone blatantly defends him (posing as an anonymous, yet 'obviously' tri dude) making it look like this guy is not only defending his actions, but trying to make her a 'bad guy' in the process.

Saul Goodman wrote:

Someone please tell me I'm not the only one tracking this thread that thinks:...

You're not the only one who holds those opinions but you're in the minority.

Photos, videos anyone.

Thanks for your input, Alison.

Has anyone seen her bike? I'd love to get my hands on that!

okms

Why does it matter so much if she was a woman? It doesn't matter any more or less than if she was a male instead.

Correct. In this situation it doesn't matter that she's a woman. I would still expect the guy to mutter a 'sorry' or something as he blasted his way to his amazing finish. However, my statement is regarding any situation where you make contact with a woman. I don't care if it's a double standard.

What???

I have an issue with this. Basically, you're saying that if the majority of posters disagree with you, that can't be true.

Guess what, you're wrong. Most people in this thread, and on a tri message board I read, are sympathetic to the guy. I think that it's obvious to most readers of her blog that she has a terrible attitude. Think "I'm awesome and can do no wrong" kind of person while she and her friends virulently attacked the guy. Also, why did they have to give the name and town of the guy? It is a trial by internet, and I think this akin to bullying.

Like you, I don't know what happened. But common sense tells me that no one wants to shove a fellow competitor at the end of an event. People who are there to race are focused on their own performance, period. If contact occurred, it was most likely an accident. That would have been my first reaction. I certainly wouldn't have written a law-and-order blog post or alerted my friends and the RD about the "narcissist, competitive athlete" who pushed me.

Maybe I have higher expectations for men than you do. Like I said, I really don't care if it was 100% her fault (I have a very hard time believing that it was completely unavoidable), my issue is with his actions (or lack thereof) afterwards. Any situation I can think of where I would be forced to collide with a woman, regardless of the circumstances, my reaction would be to apologize and/or help.

Imagine if this were a kid. Would you change your outlook if this turd plowed over a kid en-route to his finish without apologizing? Then go on to blame the kid later? No wonder most people can't stand triathletes. Abnormally high ratio of douche bags in that population.

Saul Goodman wrote:

Correct. In this situation it doesn't matter that she's a woman. I would still expect the guy to mutter a 'sorry' or something as he blasted his way to his amazing finish. However, my statement is regarding any situation where you make contact with a woman. I don't care if it's a double standard.

Why is any other situation where you make physical contact with a woman wrong? Can you explain this? It should not matter if the person receiving physical contact is male or female in any situation.

Have you seen her finishing pictures? I especially like the way she fruits up another guys finish by running him over with her gaggle of kids. This lady has some kutchpah!

Iron Man 4 wrote:

http://www.backprint.com/view_user_event.asp?PID=bp%1ErCs&EVENTID=119156&PWD=0&BIB=735

Have you seen her finishing pictures? I especially like the way she fruits up another guys finish by running him over with her gaggle of kids. This lady has some kutchpah!

Haha. This is all starting to come together now. Someone that decides to bring their entire family down the final stretch has obviously no concern for anyone else. I can only imagine how she behaved on the rest of the course, and looks like the shove photo demonstrates that perfectly.

Are you intentionally missing my point or incredibly dense?

I didn't say contact was wrong (though I do agree with that to some extent). I said it's wrong to not be apologetic after the contact.

And no, it doesn't matter if she's male or female - but being a female exacerbates the situation.

Saul Goodman wrote:Imagine if this were a kid. Would you change your outlook if this turd plowed over a kid en-route to his finish without apologizing? Then go on to blame the kid later?

So we should always treat women like children? Because, like children, they are fragile little creatures who just don't know any better?

The only 2 posting on this thread are Douche Blair, and Tuna skank Victim.

Blair should have stuck around for the finished and closelined those little pissant kids when they dared soil a Tri finish line with their presence.

Saul Goodman wrote:

Are you intentionally missing my point or incredibly dense?

I didn't say contact was wrong (though I do agree with that to some extent). I said it's wrong to not be apologetic after the contact.

And no, it doesn't matter if she's male or female - but being a female exacerbates the situation.

Why can't you just answer the question? Why does it matter if they are female instead of male? How does this exacerbate the situation?

KnowledgeB0mb wrote:

Iron Man 4 wrote:http://www.backprint.com/view_user_event.asp?PID=bp%1ErCs&EVENTID=119156&PWD=0&BIB=735

Have you seen her finishing pictures? I especially like the way she fruits up another guys finish by running him over with her gaggle of kids. This lady has some kutchpah!

Haha. This is all starting to come together now. Someone that decides to bring their entire family down the final stretch has obviously no concern for anyone else. I can only imagine how she behaved on the rest of the course, and looks like the shove photo demonstrates that perfectly.

Holy sh$t, look at these photos! She thinks she's in the middle of a photo-shoot and not a race.

And for those demanding an apology: you don't know what an apology is. An apology is an admission of guilty. Where is the apology from Ms. Perfect and her flock of angel children?

I don't care about the "middle of pack people paying for these races to happen", her mentality and the people that share it DO NOT BELONG IN COMPETITIVE triathlons.

She expects an apology because she's a woman. Girrrrrl power!

Iron Man 4 wrote:

http://www.backprint.com/view_user_event.asp?PID=bp%1ErCs&EVENTID=119156&PWD=0&BIB=735

Have you seen her finishing pictures?

Oh, you. are. Shi'iting. me. No. jefe. whey.

Yes, it all makes sense now...

BTW: Her debilitating injury seems to have miraculously healed by now; only her ego/halo is bent.

Disgraceful. Did anyone say narcissistic?

knox harrington

So we should always treat women like children? Because, like children, they are fragile little creatures who just don't know any better?

Interesting take on my question. Yes, they are weaker than men. No, it has nothing to do with 'not knowing any better'.

Now would you care to answer my question? What if this tri turd plowed over a 12 year old in the same scenario and behaved how he behaved with an adult woman? Would anyone defend him?

kxmsm

Why can't you just answer the question? Why does it matter if they are female instead of male? How does this exacerbate the situation?

Because women are physically less strong and sturdy. Is this news to you? I also like to think we still live in a time where men would offer verbal or physical assurance when a woman has been hurt. Maybe I'm old fashioned.

chezzy wezzy

An apology is an admission of guilty [sic]

What brand of genius are you now? I apologized when a friend's dad died, does that mean I killed him? An apology can mean you're sorry that something happened where I live.

Saul, why do you continue to say "plowed over"? You're creating a situation that didn't happen. He pushed her aside as she backed into his path. The pictures indicate that clearly. Whether woman, kid, dog, whatever, I'm sure he would have done the same thing. I agree that he should have apologized, but there's no need to fabricate a situation with dramatics.