tri not to suck wrote:
the point is that it's against the rules... clearly didn't pay attention to the pre-race instructions.
oh oh. did he beat someone out for a 15% gift certificate because he dropped his bike and/or rode in the transition area?? the travesty of it all...
it looked like a very low key tri and i am sure if someone was that upset he would give up his placing as he was doing it for fun.
Don't be a douchebag. It's just the principle of it. If you are going to take part in an event you should at least know the rules and follow them... even if you are doing it for fun. If you don't really care about time, then you'd take the time to NOT ride through transitions and to return your bike back to the rack. I've done some triathlons for fun, but i still followed the rules. If everyone rode in the transitions and ditched their bikes... it could turn into a pretty f'd up race.
I think all would agree that you are being the douchebag on this one.
That was in reference to tri not to suck.
He would have been DQ'd in any triathlon I've ever done, which is quite a few. Still, I found it funny. I thought everybody knew not to what he did. Anyway, he knows now...
Yeah, most of us do make mistakes when we try new things, save all my harsh critics. Results haven't been posted yet so i dont have any splits to share. My swim was ok, my bike sucked, my run was pretty good. I cant say for sure how good because I've never ran a 5k after swimming 600 meters and biking 13 miles. I want to say low 17's but I wouldn't be shocked if it were in the 18's.
Getting technical...to answer Clipper..."clipless" refers to the days prior to the mid 1980's when most racing bikes had toe clips and straps. When you converted to the Look pedals they were "clipless". It would make more sense to say you "click" into today's pedals, not "clip".
fnewgy-way to go! Glad you had fun out there. Good luck with your training for XC.
Now I see. I did my first duathlon last summer and didn't have any biking experience for years. I borrowed a bike with the old style pedals and just wore my running shoes throughout. I had the fastest second transition in the entire field ;)