Just saw a bumper sticker that read 70.3 and on the other side of the car 140.6 ????
Cannot figure out what they are referring to .
Just saw a bumper sticker that read 70.3 and on the other side of the car 140.6 ????
Cannot figure out what they are referring to .
Last edited by Bearpaw; 07-09-2009 at 10:17.
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Makes sense now!!!
Ironman.....isn't that what you do to train for an AT thru hike?
Bearpaw you one smart m!@$@&^%$#@*%
Once when I was a younger, much more fit young Marine, I ran a few "sprint" triathlons. Like a mile swim, 30 mile ride and an 10k (6.2 mile) run. They were fun.
I pondered doing an IronMan. Then after I ran a marathon, which was NOT so fun, I changed my focus, and started doing adventure races, where you're not branded a poser if you walk instead of run. LOTS more fun. I also had a big advantage over the IronMan crowd. I was a pretty solid navigator.
Now, I just walk 10-12 miles, hang my hammock to chill, and call it a day.
If people spent less time being offended and more time actually living, we'd all be a whole lot happier!
That's a great catch, Bearpaw. I had not known that one (but then again, I wouldn't do an Iron Man of any kind if you paid me...well, not unless you paid me a whole lot no matter how long it took me.) We have people here in the mid-Atlantic who have similar stickers with Garden State Parkway mileage/exit numbers on them (you see them down at the Jersey shore a fair bit these days) and I just assumed when I saw a 70.3 that it was another of those silly things. I'd never guessed the real meaning.
Just goes to show how an in-group identity sticker can go unrecognized by people who don't share that culture.
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A buddy of mine competes in the Ironman competitions, the amount of training he does is wild...
I was in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho a few weekends ago as I had important business meetings at headquarters on both Friday and Monday, so I didn't want to fly back to Michigan for the weekend. The Ironman was held that Sunday morning, with temps never cresting 55F under a cloudy sky that eventually started dripping. I was staying at a house atop the ridge across the river from where they started swimming at 7 am. It looked like there was a feeding frenzy from all the arms and legs splashing. Bikers were still finishing up at 5 pm, and there were runners being cheered over the loudspeakers until midnight...17 straight hours of physical exertion.
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I did a half-marathon two months ago, doubt I could ever do double that plus a century on the bike and 2.4 miles in the water.
Bearpaw, who says walkers are posers? My mom has done 5 marathons, 2 running and 3 race-walking. Olympic race walkers can do an 8 minute mile.
Of course to be a REAL triathlete..you gotta wear spandex, shave your legs and have a bike worth more than the car you own. Or so it seems living in triathlete central.
You'll often see 26.2 stickers as well (Marathon).
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If people spent less time being offended and more time actually living, we'd all be a whole lot happier!