Yes, they are all like that. You don't need that ****. Go back to bike racing and never look back. I'm sure you will be much happier.

(I know we will be.)

If you improve your swim so you can hang with the pro/elite crowd you might feel more at home. But still, the bike is always going to be a time trial, that's what it's designed to be.


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quote:<HR>Originally posted by Crazy1:
Coming from a bike racer snob.

A lot of cheating. Whenever I passed someone they would hop on my wheel until the next hill.

A tri tactics is to hammer the whole time except the last part of the bike.


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Hopping on your wheel huh? Na, they're not triathletes, they're wheel sucking roadie triathlete wanabes who need a team to pull them along because they do not have the strength (mental or physical) to go out and hammer it out alone.

Jon

It's just a different crowd, sort of like how cyclocross has its own different kinds of personalites, as does mountain bike racing.

For people who race all summer together who are trying to place their best or win, it's a similar crew to bike racing--fit people who train a lot and hate to lose. Because you can do the event at your own pace, they attract a larger cross section of people and promoters have figured out that making events inclusive is the only way to pay for all the high fixed costs required to put on large events. Since the bulk of the people who are paying the bills don't care about prizes or prize money, it's really pushed aside, it's just the nature of the sport. I think a lot of it has really just been borrowed from running, the age groups and medals and suchlike are quite similar.

I have found some peace with myself doing duathlons and trying to improve and meet my own goals. If I had the time to learn a new sport, I'd mess with the swimming also, but I don't really care enough right now.

I also enjoy banging shoulders in bike races and cyclocross, but I'm reducing the likelihood of breaking another collarbon and feeling like I'm in good shape for a middle age man, so it's all good. The other thing about the multisports events is they are great for bringing the family.

Of course its different, but so what every sport is different. It's been good for me to have to set goals myself and work toward them rather than always measuring progress by who I beat on a particular day.

Kind of interesting that you list yourself as a pro bike racer, then disparage those who are complete amateurs. Do all pro bike racers tend to swim like drowning rats - or just you? Perhaps you will do our local sprint featuring top caliber Olympic athletes. It's doubtful you will be bumping shoulders with them though as you would already be miles behind after the swim.

No offense, but I doubt many pro roadies can hang in there with a pro triathlete in a triathlon.

"At the same time I doubt many pro-tri could be me in a bike race."

You might be surprised. Go watch an ITU triathlon and see if any of the elite triathletes measure up.