Comments for Jim Hodgson

Comment on Why Cyclists Hate Triathletes by mack

mack — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 03:02:15 +0000

hmmmm,
olympic tri’s are for speed, IM are for endurance. Triathletes and cyclists should all lighten up. Everyone started training for fun so enjoy it. If you feel the need to brag why not try out for the NHL or NFL?
Congrats, we’re all good at exercising.

Comment on Why Cyclists Hate Triathletes by Patrick

Patrick — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 19:38:31 +0000

I’m a triathlete and I hate triathletes. All the gear, the money, the “trianing”. Blah blah blah. You can’t even talk to them. I asked an acquaintence how they were at an event 2 wks ago I got the unabridged version of Texas by James A. Michener. I really don’t care about your “training” I aked how you were! Plus they’re all pansies in the water. Need a wetsuit to float, can’t stand a pool that’s not 85 degrees. Think doing an Ironman is impressive, but they ride 16 mph. Who cares? I’d rather see a sprinter going 25 mph. Look, finishing shouldn’t be the goal. Competing should be. If you need a wetsuit to make it through your swim, ride a bike slower than your neighbor’s children, and think running 10′s at the end of a tri “isn’t that bad” find a new sport.

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Tony Bullard — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 15:25:56 +0000

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Comment on Why Cyclists Hate Triathletes by jim

jim — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 13:03:16 +0000

Alan, you do realize you’re responding to someone named Jenna Talia, right? Say it out loud. Jenna Talia.

Comment on A&R Unlimited not worth the money by The Still Life

The Still Life — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 16:18:08 +0000

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Comment on Why Cyclists Hate Triathletes by Alan

Alan — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 17:12:51 +0000

Talia,

Here are few questions for you. Are you a professional cyclist? Were you a professional triathlete? Are you professional athlete in any sport?

I love track and field, road running, swimming and cycling events and enjoy watching the high level athletes perform. They are all amazing. My favorite event of the year on TV is the Tour de France.

I started out as runner. I also took about swimming and cycling and along the way discovered triathlon. I found that I enjoyed the variety of training all three sports. So I chose to concentrate on triathlon. I still do cycling races and running races. I am hardly from chiseled from stone and the opposite of narcissistic. I run with running clubs, I ride with roadies and swim in master’s swimming. I am hardly exclusionary or make claim that triathlon is the world’s greatest sport. It’s the sport I chose.

I do find it offensive when people make generic comments about triathletes being narcissistic douches. Especially when it is so prevalent in all sports, including cycling. Triathlon hasn’t cornered the market and I have met some cyclists that you have described to a tee. I enjoy triathlon and don’t feel the need to insult people who choose to compete in a different sport.

I also don’t care for the attitude that people compete in triathlons because they aren’t good enough to compete at one of the sports individually. Once in a while, I will respond when someone makes a comment like “graduated from triathlon”. I recognize it as personal choice to do what they like best, not some graduation. The graduation comment is demeaning. It’s not like an olympic 5K runner moving up to marathon. What I recognize, and perhaps you don’t, is that the majority of people are amateurs in sport. If you are good enough to make your living as a runner, swimmer or cyclist then you have special talent. If you are not, what gives you the right to insult an amateur triathlete when you are also an amateur? Your comment about not having the talent so succeed in another sport is the perfect example. In making that comment, you are suggesting that you are an elite athlete in cycling. If you make your living as a professional cyclist, I guess that qualifies to make such a statement.

I would also ask this. Do you recognize that triathlon is a different sport than either running, swimming or cycling? I see it as different altogether because it clearly is. When I was soley a runner, I trained much differently than I do now. By your logic, a person who competes in decathlon is only doing so because he is a failure on a grand scale in all track and field events: can’t pole vault, sprint, distance run, shot put, javelin, etc, etc with the best. So he becomes a decathlete. Are people who compete in biathlon just failed cross country skiers who created a sport because they could ski somewhat and happened to be able to shoot? Did Michael Jordan graduate from basketball to baseball and then graduate from baseball back to basketball?

So why do you feel it necessary to generalize triathletes as running, swimming and/or cycling failures? Are multisport athletes (biathletes, decathletes, duathletes, IM swimmers, etc., etc….failures? I don’t believe this and I doubt you do either. It smacks of hypocrisy, narcissism and douchery….the very traits you claim as the reason for moving from triathlon to cycling.

Comment on Three Fake News Articles, and a Short Sketch About Vacuums by Justin

Justin — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 14:25:26 +0000

I’ve been forced to watch Grey’s lately. Luckily my dvr won’t seem to record it. Sadly its on-demand. Can you believe what happened to Henry… ohh god. I may be terminal. As my friend you may have to put me out of my misery.

Comment on Three Fake News Articles, and a Short Sketch About Vacuums by Patti Davis

Patti Davis — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 03:52:30 +0000

Are you kidding me? That was a fake article? Argggghhhhhhhhh, you got me!

Comment on Why Cyclists Hate Triathletes by Jenna Talia

Jenna Talia — Sat, 29 Oct 2011 13:55:49 +0000

I did triathlons for a few years and left specifically because the people (generally) were too narcissistic and douchey. Sorry, but it’s true. This is why triathlon is so polarizing. Many people that do it are either a) very evangelical about it like an annoying Christian or b) condescending to other athletes because they think some automatic stud credential is bestowed on them just for finishing a 3 sport event, regardless of how slow they might be at one or all 3 disciplines. Many people doing triathlons also are doing them because they didn’t have the talent to succeed at any one discipline. How they can be arrogant about being mediocre at 3 things is ironic and hilarious. Alan’s comments above are a great example of this.

Comment on Why Cyclists Hate Triathletes by Rachel Wells

Rachel Wells — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 20:59:14 +0000

I’m a bit late to the party, but I do have to chime in that do triathlons and I compete on a 1983 Centurion. I do sometimes get “you need to upgrade”, but mostly I get smiles and “cool bike” from other folks doing tris.

I will upgrade my bike when I win the lottery, maybe.