Why are Triathletes so in love with themselves?

Hi everyone! i'm new to Running and i was wondering what i have to do to go to olympics? im already running 2 times a week and riding my bike on saturdays and i reckon im pretty quick. on the tv it doesnt look like theyre even struggling so i think i cud maybe be in those races and winning medals very soon. i live in Arizona and once i get a coach that will take me all the way to the olympics i will get sponsored but first i need a really good coach.

does anyone know a good Running coach i can use?

peter

i highly doubt you have enough street cred to even look at retsej's girlfriend, hell you drive a Jeep!!

OK in the 1st degree wrote:

You're going to have to do better than that, Tommy. Hearsay isn't proof. Being in the majority doesn't mean you're smart, it usually means you're a good follower.

Hey OK, you are learning. Thank you for not calling anyone names in your last post. That is quite big of you. Now, about the hearsay issue. Do you want me to find you proof that at least one person cannot run/walk 100 miles? I bet not because you know deep down the answer to that. And I never said that you finding shoes cheaper than anyone else is not smart; I simply stated that the majority of people buy retail priced shoes. You are a smart consumer. But you happened to call anyone who buys these shoes either a shithead or a sucker. So you called the majority of runners these names. Think of all your friends and family who buy these retail priced shoes. Do you really want to call them shitheads? How would they feel? I bet they would wish you were nicer to them.

kenny powers wrote:

“You’re not the only athlete here at Jeff Davis. I happen to be training for a Triathlon right now. Well, you know all about that.”

“No, actually I don’t. I play real sports. I’m not trying to be the best at exercising.”

--Kenny Powers (2009)

YES!! I thought about giving up running after watching that. The most demotivating thing I have ever seen.

Hello, I am the number one triathlete in Samoa. People who do triathlons in brisbane are genrally RACIST and therefore I would be in agreeance with this thread that triathletes are mean. Although I do the triathlons myself ;)

Sincerely

Tim Brian TUFUGA

(Samoan Triathlete)

mofo

Tommy B wrote:

Do you want me to find you proof that at least one person cannot run/walk 100 miles?

Yes. An able-bodied person, of course.

My favourite part was where there was a thread on the Internet!

letsrun? More like letsbum!

Ego wrote:

i highly doubt you have enough street cred to even look at retsej's girlfriend, hell you drive a Jeep!!

Watch and learn, O' fat greaseball.

I would kick your f-cking ass. Try me.

The thread is about why triathletes are so in love with themselves. I am trying to give some insight as to why it might be perceived that way. It is because at the sub-elite/amateur level, the sport consumes your life in a way that running just does not. I live with a runner, and he will freely admit that my training is much harder than his. By no means am I bashing runners or running, I was a runner for 12 years, and loved every day of it. After getting into triathlons, it involved a new level of commitment to reach my potential. Training 10 hours a week with two hard workouts total will get you nowhere in this sport. You have to be obsessive about it or you will just never become very good. That is the biggest reason why people with marginal talent succeed. The level of daily mental fortitude required to get up for training is much higher than in running. This weeds out a lot of potential winners. If you truly think it is the same level, I will give you a typical weeks worth of workouts, and you can do everyone of them and report back, if you are still able to move at that point. As for racing, name the race, unless you are a good pro triathlete, you will not be beating me, that much I can guarantee. P.S. before you attempt riding "buy" me, make sure you read a elementary school grammar textbook first.

Well i f***in am.

Triathletes these days are all soft, insignifigant serious insects who are more worried about going to the gym that racing. In the 1940s when I was a pro triathlete we were hard as we surfed and drank beer while running bare foot with cock and ribs. What would I know a I am an old has been witjh a dodgy hip and sitting oin the fence hiding in my government job geez these beers taste good.

Well whats your FTP and your CdA then homo?

pwn3rsh!p wrote:

I will lap your pretty-boy spandex-clad arse in the mile.

You would look at my arse too your pervert

Thank god we don't have ego driven wannabes like you over at Slowtwitch

i gave your mum the ol fat grease ball in the back seat of your jeep. Did you know she has a potty mouth?!

i'm just a dwarf what would i know about being cool, I get picked on..

SCOOP - Runners ar dicks who won't spend money, as a result all future running races in the US will be preceded by a swim and a bike to instill some manliness into their lives from 2012 onwards.