500,000 reasons to become a triathlete

Orwell was right. "Equal" means giving someone a head start.

Sad. A lot of money thrown out there for a "watered down" sport such as triathloning. Cut out the splashing around in the water, pedaling on a kid's toy, and I am "in"!

Run, Run, Run

Watered down? Perhaps it lacks the "purity" of running but, it has money, TV exposure, champions that speak English well, and it requires real effort from all echelons of the sport. Case in point, there's no Galloway type advocating that using water wings, riding a moped, and walking makes you just as much a triathlete as Tim DeBoom or Lori Bowden.

Good point, but give 'em time. There will soon be a true "Penguin" division in trialthlons as well as flippers handed out to those who can't swim.

My girlfriend does them from time to time so I follow the news a little.

I believe last year a bunch of Team In Training folks attended a popular triathlon and caused a stir (I think because many couldn't finish).

Little story here.

Funniest thing I ever saw. Start of a triathlon last year. Its in a lake and everyone starts swimming. One girl stays much closer to the shore than everyone else and lags behind from the start. After about 50 yards, she stops and stands in the shallow water. After 5 minutes of standing around, she swims another 10 yards then stops again.

One guy who was watching (appeared to be coaching someone) told her that she could take a time penalty and complete the rest of the race. He then told her she has to train harder and most people train every day. She looked at him with disbelief in her eyes and said "Ooohhhhhh," like this was some great revelation.

Nearly shit my pants from laughing

That can never happen. You can't expect to finish a triathlon without training. If they let those sort of people enter it would take them like 20 hours to finish anyways.

what's the date on this tri? the air date is aug. 2, is it live? i kinda doubt it, so when?

mayeroff, check this out. Forget about the marathon olympic trials, get your a-- in the water, and see if you can hook up with some Japanese bikers!!!!!!!!!

It's coming...gallowfloating, gallowcoasting, and gallowalking a triathlon. Mark my words...it's only a matter of time.

spanktro wrote:

what's the date on this tri? the air date is aug. 2, is it live? i kinda doubt it, so when?

The race is on Aug 2nd. It's my understanding that NBC is doing delayed same day coverage. The OLN network covered last year's race on the same day as well.

SPANDEX. ooooohhhhh SPANDEX.

GP, dude that is funny, I am still laughing out loud. "Gallowfloating" and "Gallowcoasting" - HA!

p.s. wouldn't the "gallowfloating" come naturally to the average Galloway pupil?