"I have yet to meet a runner is as ego driven as a triathlete."
sound like most soccer players I've met...most just total jerks and ego-heads....
maybe another bad thread...
"I have yet to meet a runner is as ego driven as a triathlete."
sound like most soccer players I've met...most just total jerks and ego-heads....
maybe another bad thread...
I do think it is funny how alot of triathletes seem to be more in it for the gear. ie. nice bikes, wetsuit, did I say nice bikes? But at a given triathlon, the top 20 or so are generally very athletic, and all these guys are either amazing bikers or amazing runners. At your everyday road race, you could hardly say that anyone outside of the top 3 are good. because at your everyday, regular road race, there are hardly any good athletes. ive seen races won in 19:30 or slower for a 5k. most triathlons have a minimum of 500 participants, but more generally around 1000. And they attract some insanely talented athletes. the majority of those competing arent good, but are the majority of runenrs competing good? Triathlons get a bad rep in my mind because it is the "richer" mans sport, but cycling can be viewed in the same way because it is all about having a 5000 dollar bike.
I respect the talented triathletes, the guys doing it to stay in shape and as a way to vary up training. who I dont respect are the guys who spend 10k on equipment, call themselves athletes, and step out the door once a week to train. and for runners, I dont respect the people who call themselves runners, talk about how they are training for marathons to try and impress people, and then you find out they walk half the marathon.
every sport has them, and everyone hates them.
bit wrote:
sound like most soccer players I've met...most just total jerks and ego-heads....
I think it all depends if the soccer players are good or not. When I was in college our soccer team won NCAAs four years straight... and those guys were cool as shit. Had huge parties, invited everybody, smoked a lot of weed, nice guys in study hall and the dining hall and whatnot... and they scored the hottest chicks. If you just picked up some soccer groupie at one of their parties you were doing very well.
But it is very easy to imagine some second-rate soccer guy being a total prick.
No...triathletes just like to talk about themselves a lot.