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Loved the Tri Post

Hey Charlie,

I had to email you on the Triathlon post. I've done a few triathlons and may do a few more. But I'm not getting near anything with an Ironman logo on it if my fucking life depends on it- and the last thing I will ever refer to myself as is a "triathlete". After doing a couple of triathlons last year and hanging with some of these people, I quickly felt the need to distance from that crowd. Triathlon is so much more about logos than it is about sport. These guys are a marketing reps wet dream. Cervelo, Zipp, and Newton are to the triathlete what Coach, Chevy Suburbans (white or black) and UGS tucked into jeans are to the suburban muthafuckin' housewife. Its all about an image and anyone that says it isn't is lying through their teeth. And don't get me started on Ironman. I thought it might be a cool thing to do... at first. I had some friends who were "training" for one for about a year and watched their regimen for several months. Even though they wouldn't admit it- they were hating every goddamn minute of it. All so they could go to a race, spend about two grand, and come in around 13 hours. Since I'm not a complete idiot, and have an actual job, wife, and kid I'm not willing to neglect I threw that idea out the window never to be revisited. I spend most of my time now running trails and hitting p90x from the house. I'm getting a used mountain bike soon because I do love to pedal and want to do so without fear of getting drilled by a drunk driver coming home from a bender at 6 am.

Thanks for pulling the curtain back on this charade of a sport, mainly the idiocy of the Ironman. Love seeing these douchepumps get their bike chamois in a wad over someone calling them what they are.

CM

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