Why Do Distance Runners Hate Triathletes?

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.

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?

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???

i am a triathlete and can't stand 95% of the triathletes I deal with. most are wound up so tight you could stick a piece of coal up his/her ass and get a diamond 24hrs later.

there is nothing worse than pent up triathletes before a big race, especially ironman events. just love the middle aged jackholes who are such assholes and beatches and acting all high and mighty about their age group finish, when in reality, they are just washed up old pieces of crap. nothing wrong with competing and i too love the gear, but for cripe sakes, tone it down a few notches. some of the during or post race hissy fits I have seen triathletes throw for something going bad are worse than comical....(e.g., throwing a helmet to the ground and yelling at a race volunteer who directed you to make a wrong turn on the course)....unless you are losing a spot for the Olympics or a major wad of cash, which none of these idiots are in these situations, there is no excuse to behave like a fool.

I don't want to hear how tired you are from your bike ride or swim this morning. I did 10miles this morning faster than your race pace and won't hear me complaining about the coach's interval workout.

Elite?

Cuz you're a "professional" or won your age group a couple of times? Another reason to hate triathletes; and jackass can turn "professional" and any lardass can "win" their agegroup.

Age groups, gimme a freakin break.

there are about 10 truly elite triathletes in the world and the rest are pretenders. Its a sport for rich white people and as such it cuts off 99% of the worlds population. Running is a universal sport. If you're a professional or elite runner you're a real athlete the same cannot be said for triathlon.

Here's One For You... wrote:

TRIing wrote:

Everytime a triathlete is mentioned here, you guys bash him. Why?

BECAUSE THEY'RE FUCKING GAY!

Whether or not they are homosexual really has nothing to do with their ability to participate in running/triathalons... So that's not a good reason to bash them... Unless of course you happen to be homophoebic, in which case I pity you.

Ok well do you know what the word reveled means? People who struggle typically wouldn't describe it that way. Are we supposed to be mind readers on your situation when you write it that way? I agree that most runners (and college kids in general) are spoiled, which is why i assumed you are the same.

Hmm Hippy, hippie, hipee? I use that word to mean the blokes who weren't poor but glorified it and lived simply. Only thing allowing it was the comfort that daddy had money for when they outgrew it. Poor people (like my parents) didn't have time for that crap. And those who didn't outgrow it are now at venice beach in LA. Now Webster would probably describe it as some sort of nomadic counterculture that spreads love, blah blah blah. But whatever, we all have our opinions.

Thank you, I'm done. Goodbye.

Would Kenyans make good bikers? I know their country is too poor and the roads probably aren't fit for it, but if you put a decent Kenyan on a bike for a few months & taught him to swim would he be able to destroy those white tri guys?

PS- triathletes are just like runners in my opinion. and just like swimmers, etc etc. If you're in the "cult" you think it's awesome and it's life. If you're outside of it you think it's gay. No matter if you're a runner or a tri guy or a swimmer, most of these guys need to find a balance.

Bye.

I have to respectfully disagree with this statement. What makes Tim DeBoom, Peter Reid, Mark Allen, etc. one in million is that they can do all three of the disciplines very, very well. Sure, Phelps is a one in a million swimmer, but make him bike and then run, and he becomes an average triathlete. You tell me running a 2:45 marathon after averaging 25 mph for 112 miles and swimming 2 miles is just a "good" athlete.

notakicker wrote:

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.

As I already stated the triathlon competitor pool is very small and to be among the top in the world doen't require a person to be a phenom.

Outside Lessing, Reid, Sinballe and a few others there aren't really any elite triathletes, just a few good ones with reasonable talent.

Simply untrue on many different levels. I'll let you figure them out

Stater of the Obvious wrote:

As I already stated the triathlon competitor pool is very small and to be among the top in the world doen't require a person to be a phenom.

Outside Lessing, Reid, Sinballe and a few others there aren't really any elite triathletes, just a few good ones with reasonable talent.

I own a Nissan Xterra! THat's the only vehicle that will fit all of my gear! Plus, Nissan gave me a $500 discount because I finished 3rd in my age group at a local Mini-Tri(45-49). So, in reality, I am "Sponsored" by Nissan!

Can any of you fag-runners say that you are sponsored by Nissan?!?! ....Probably not!

We don't like them because they think because they bike AND swim AND run that they're better/faster/stronger than those of us that just run, plus they smell funny and are mediocre at all 3

TRIing wrote:

I own a Nissan Xterra! THat's the only vehicle that will fit all of my gear! Plus, Nissan gave me a $500 discount because I finished 3rd in my age group at a local Mini-Tri(45-49). So, in reality, I am "Sponsored" by Nissan!

Can any of you fag-runners say that you are sponsored by Nissan?!?! ....Probably not!

I cant believe you are enough of a tri-fag to believe this guy gave you $500 because of your craptastic tri-finish, and on top of that you consider it a sponsorship.

This was a hell of a salesman, he's got you snowed over. He would have given you $500 off for being a fag if you were as proud of that as you are being a tri-geek. They will give anyone $500 off if it closes the deal. you are an idiot.

Reinforces my post from page 1.

A free bag of chips with their foot long and they call it sponsorship.

ALL YOU GUYS ARE HOMOS....GET INTO A REAL SPORT!!!!!

this debate is old....lets talk about how soccer players have way more talent than runners.