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some are tough as nails but most are just heffers
Why suck at one spot when you can suck at three?
;-)
its more like this for some guys...
why be great at one sport when you can be great at three?
if they could have made it as a runner, swimmer or cyclist; they would of..
I don't agree with you. I have been a runner for 21 years now and was and still am very competitive. I recently started doing some duathlons and have the utmost respect for the duathletes and tryathletes! I think the reason being is that it takes so much to be good at all three and takes 2-3 times the work and hours to be a good swimmer, biker, and runner. Granted most of us could go out and thrash these guys in an open 5k or 10k, could we do it after swimming and biking as well? I think not.
A simple search would tell you what letsrun readers think of triathletes.
What I find most humorous is that these threads always start with some runner asking "what do you think of triathletes" and not some triathlete asking the same thing. If it were the tri guy asking, then let the barage begin. But since it's a runner trying to stir things up, I can't help but wonder how bad the original poster got his ass handed to him by a tri guy in his last local 5K race.
So, what do I think of triathletes? I don't, at least not any more than I think of golfers, surfers, volleyball players, softballers, or any other person that participates in sports. If you're looking at the angle that part of a triathlon encompasses running, then I suppose it would be fair to ask the same question of many other sports, since most of them aslo include running.
Geez, let it go already. Triathletes might not run as fast as everyone that is on letsrun, but are they really hurting anyone. It's not like they are taking awards away from anyone at races... or are they?
Wow, this is a brand new topic here.
I think it is a make believe sport. Like fairy-catching.
Keith Stone wrote:
Why suck at one spot when you can suck at three?
;-)
They can beat you at their sport, so that means you suck more than they do.
16x wrote:
I think it is a make believe sport. Like fairy-catching.
When Dublin had the Olympics Fairy Catching was an exhibition sport.
fairy catching is still considered a sport in many western states
There are exhibitionist fairy catchers in Dublin? Wow.
Green Clovers wrote:
16x wrote:I think it is a make believe sport. Like fairy-catching.
When Dublin had the Olympics Fairy Catching was an exhibition sport.
heath leedger wrote:
fairy catching is still considered a sport in many western states
It is in Wyoming.
This topic is starting to make me feel uncomfortable.
Tom Cruise wrote:
This topic is starting to make me feel uncomfortable.
The original poster was a troll, I am just glad the thread went another way.
To be very competetive at it you have to train your butt off. Two sports a day, a shit load of different equipment to keep clean/track of. The recovery is a little easier since you can mix it up according to aches and pain. People really committed to the tri have to be masters of time management. I've trained for awhile when injured or have to back off from running. I always gravitate back to pure running whenever healthy. Running is a much more convenient sport.
I have to agree on the time thing. Training for three sports takes way too much time esp. those long hours on the bike. I don't see how tri-guys can do it, hold down a job, and sleep.
Running is way more convenient. It's cheap, too.
fairy catching? or triathleteing?
I think that pro triathletes are probably smarter than most of us. While we constantly complain about African genetics, doping, and whatever else ruining running or making it impossible for white guys to make a living at it, these guys are living the dream, winning money, and getting sponsors. They may be mediocre but they are not subsisting on mac and cheese waiting for that check from Nike to hit the mailbox.