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THIS BLOG is the best description I have ever read describing my own take on this sorry good for nothing sport. THANK YOU BroDeal for linking it.
 
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Don Johnson said:
Really, kind of like some out of shape wanabees riding their first century.
Come on, Tri is a real sport. It deserves respect, and the Ironman Hawaii is the most prestigious tri, thusly it will attract the most talented field.

It appears you do not understand what I wrote.

It is absolutely a real sport with some amazing athletes in it but it does not have the depth of competition that cycling does.
 
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mewmewmew13 said:
That is one large tat....not too subtle.
I wonder how they will loook when those folks are seniors.....
Well the first one already looks infected on a muscle that lacks definition, so I'm guessing that one will look red, crusty, and saggy. Could be worse, how easy is it going to be to read this tattoo in 25 years? Girl better do a few Kona's to keep the script legible.

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Race Radio said:
It appears you do not understand what I wrote.

It is absolutely a real sport with some amazing athletes in it but it does not have the depth of competition that cycling does.

Thanks, I agree with you.

I used to hate it until I met a few good tri guys, some Navy Seals, etc. not top guys at all but incredible athletes. Cycling is way sexier, and the cyclists are more exceptional as athletes, still I think Tri is boring compared to cycling, and definately the athletes at the top are levels below pro cycling. That is why Lance is there, plus the money in it for him.
 
What is really pathetic is that they are now getting 70.3 tats.

And another thing that drives me crazy are the 70.3 and 26.2 and even a lousy 13.1 sticker on cars. Come on. Ridiculous. I think they are all tri dorks and want to be able to identify each other. Some secret society. Got a handshake and all.
 
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I think people dislike Triathlon because it's a sport of allrounders. It's never going to have the best cycling, the best runner or swimmer, but it does take a special type of athlete to be solid in the three disciplines. What's amazing about Armstrong is he can still hack it in the other disciplines enough to be competitive and even now win. What's also impressive to me is the chance he gives people to say "I beat Lance Armstrong". Since he's been doing the tris, a lot of people have gotten that chance. It sort of goes against the image of him as an ego maniac.
 
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veganrob said:
What is really pathetic is that they are now getting 70.3 tats.

And another thing that drives me crazy are the 70.3 and 26.2 and even a lousy 13.1 sticker on cars. Come on. Ridiculous. I think they are all tri dorks and want to be able to identify each other. Some secret society. Got a handshake and all.

I am going to run a 5k with my daughter.....totally getting a 3.1 tattoo.
 
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veganrob said:
Awesome. Post a pic for us all to see. :)

Gonna let your daughter get on too?

Of course. She "just finished' didn't she?....and how else will all her little friends know she is better then them?
 
veganrob said:
And another thing that drives me crazy are the 70.3 and 26.2 and even a lousy 13.1 sticker on cars. Come on. Ridiculous. I think they are all tri dorks and want to be able to identify each other. Some secret society. Got a handshake and all.

+1000 on this. Is a six hour marathon, let alone a half marathon, really such an accomplishment that it demands a car sticker?

It's now infecting cycling as well. I get to see a bunch of tards with Lotoja stickers on their vehicles only to find out they did it as a freakin' relay. WTF! I would be embarrassed to put that sticker on my car if I had not done the full race even if I was the type of a-hole who needs to tell complete strangers about athletic accomplishments of dubious value.

The more I think about it, the more I feel that Armstrong is a perfect match with the attention seeking d-baggery that endurance sport has become as it replaced golf.
 

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BroDeal said:
+1000 on this. Is a six hour marathon, let alone a half marathon, really such an accomplishment that it demands a car sticker?

It's now infecting cycling as well. I get to see a bunch of tards with Lotoja stickers on their vehicles only to find out they did it as a freakin' relay. WTF! I would be embarrassed to put that sticker on my car if I had not done the full race even if I was the type of a-hole who needs to tell complete strangers about athletic accomplishments of dubious value.

The more I think about it, the more I feel that Armstrong is a perfect match with the attention seeking d-baggery that endurance sport has become as it replaced golf.

It is all about the money, like Leadvilleetc.

Better though to focus on the fact that it gets a lot of middle aged non-athletic people off their couches, and participating.
 
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pedaling squares said:
Well the first one already looks infected on a muscle that lacks definition, so I'm guessing that one will look red, crusty, and saggy. Could be worse, how easy is it going to be to read this tattoo in 25 years? Girl better do a few Kona's to keep the script legible.

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How sweet. She provides free reading material for her rear-end sex partners. The sex must be pretty boring to need that. ;)
 
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Glenn_Wilson said:
I have not done any beatings since my Marine Corps Days. But if there is ever a group of people who find themselves on the receiving side of me cursing them it is the M-Dots, Triguys, Charity Marathoners, Charity Cyclist. Sorry but these things just scream Delta Bravo to me.

Pray for the trend to go Tango-Utah.
 
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BotanyBay said:
A parent at my kids's school has that lame "m-dot" tattoo on his calf. I see him out and about in his oh-so-aero "tuck" position on his Cervelo (you know, the easy Monday active-recovery ride... still caring about his aerodynamics). Can I please shoot him?

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It should be perfectly legal for people with M-dot tattoos to be beaten like mimes.

You just shrug your shoulders.

I feel kind of bad for these people. They just want to be part of something.
 
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Lance is the best of the best right - so he's going to need the best ironman tattoo. It cant be a plain old mdot, its gotta be a symbolic raising from the ashes badass type of deal. I'm all over it.






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fatsprintking said:
Lance is the best of the best right - so he's going to need the best ironman tattoo. It cant be a plain old mdot, its gotta be a symbolic raising from the ashes badass type of deal. I'm all over it.






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What is the importance of the tattoo?
No one in my family has one, are we missing out??