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 2012-04-10 2:51 PM in reply to: #4141495 |
Expert  932    Chandler, AZ |  Subject: RE: So when do you stop being a newbie?TheClaaaw - 2012-04-10 12:43 PM KQ is not meeting a time, but a placement. Even if you train 40 hours and make a time that would have been 1st last year, maybe 5 other people in your AG trained just as hard this time and took the spots.
And?? If you want to talk "maybe", well then maybe on you next race your time will be 1st again...Or maybe you're the one who takes the spot from the other 5 people that trained just as hard as you. I could you as many "maybes" as you'd like...But I certainly will not concede that it is impossible for someone to ever qualify for Kona based on "maybe". |
| 2012-04-10 2:53 PM in reply to: #4141521 |
| Expert 878 | Subject: RE: So when do you stop being a newbie? rsmoylan - 2012-04-10 2:50 PM bzgl40 - 2012-04-10 3:42 PM 2453V - 2012-04-10 12:37 PM How to not be a newbie, 1, Throw out the plan. 2, Sign up for an Iron Man. 3, Train for the Iron Man. During this time you are a newbie and not a triathlete. 4, Compete in the Iron Man. - If you finish on the podium, your an Iron Man and a Triathlete, sign up for Kona. - If you finish under the cutoff, your an Iron Man and a Triathlete. - If you don't finish under the cutoff, go home defeated, and either start over with step 2, or find a new sport. Either way you will no longer be a newbie.
Just looking for some clarification. Are you saying you must do an Ironman length event to be no longer considered a newbie? Or a triathlete apparently. Of course you do! Well no, you don't but you could! If you want? Or maybe just a sprint... yea that's good too but you might still be a newbie... How about 2 sprints and an Olympic? That might work? Hey back off! It makes just as much sense as the original post! What was I talking about again? This thread makes my head hurt.
Edited by 2453V 2012-04-10 2:54 PM |
| 2012-04-10 2:56 PM in reply to: #4141503 |
| Subject: RE: So when do you stop being a newbie? ChrisM - 2012-04-10 9:44 AM I think if this thread works hard enough, it can be the best BT thread ever. do NOT let me down... You're no longer a newbie when you know it's NOT OKAY to poop on the bike. That's the only way this thread could become the best ever. |
| 2012-04-10 2:57 PM in reply to: #4141543 |
Pro 5169 Burbs | Subject: RE: So when do you stop being a newbie? tri808 - 2012-04-10 3:56 PM ChrisM - 2012-04-10 9:44 AM I think if this thread works hard enough, it can be the best BT thread ever. do NOT let me down... You're no longer a newbie when you know it's NOT OKAY to poop on the bike. That's the only way this thread could become the best ever. It's .... it's ... it's not okay to do that? |
| 2012-04-10 2:57 PM in reply to: #4141537 |
Master 1793 Essex Jct, VT | Subject: RE: So when do you stop being a newbie? 2453V - 2012-04-10 3:53 PM rsmoylan - 2012-04-10 2:50 PM bzgl40 - 2012-04-10 3:42 PM 2453V - 2012-04-10 12:37 PM How to not be a newbie, 1, Throw out the plan. 2, Sign up for an Iron Man. 3, Train for the Iron Man. During this time you are a newbie and not a triathlete. 4, Compete in the Iron Man. - If you finish on the podium, your an Iron Man and a Triathlete, sign up for Kona. - If you finish under the cutoff, your an Iron Man and a Triathlete. - If you don't finish under the cutoff, go home defeated, and either start over with step 2, or find a new sport. Either way you will no longer be a newbie.
Just looking for some clarification. Are you saying you must do an Ironman length event to be no longer considered a newbie? Or a triathlete apparently. Of course you do! Well no, you don't but you could! If you want? Or maybe just a sprint... yea that's good too but you might still be a newbie... How about 2 sprints and an Olympic? That might work? Hey back off! It makes just as much sense as the original post! What was I talking about again? This thread makes my head hurt.
Well played.....I think. |
| 2012-04-10 2:59 PM in reply to: #4141526 |
Master 2264 Sunbury, Pennsylvania | Subject: RE: So when do you stop being a newbie? JasenGuy - 2012-04-10 3:51 PM TheClaaaw - 2012-04-10 12:43 PM KQ is not meeting a time, but a placement. Even if you train 40 hours and make a time that would have been 1st last year, maybe 5 other people in your AG trained just as hard this time and took the spots.
And?? If you want to talk "maybe", well then maybe on you next race your time will be 1st again...Or maybe you're the one who takes the spot from the other 5 people that trained just as hard as you. I could you as many "maybes" as you'd like...But I certainly will not concede that it is impossible for someone to ever qualify for Kona based on "maybe". Well that's my point. A KQ is always a maybe. So is winning the World Series. Just because a team works hard and trains and has good coaching doesn't mean they'll win. I'm not really arguing the spirit of your original response, as far as saying people can do more than they once thought and put in the time to achieve it. Sure. But if winning a spot was only a case of who wants it more, or puts in the time, what a simple formula it would be. I'd love to be an example in about 5 years of the last person you would have looked at and said "he'll KQ some day." I hope it is possible. But to say anyone can KQ with the right amount of work may be unreasonable. |
| 2012-04-10 3:01 PM in reply to: #4141558 |
Regular 1893 Las Vegas, NV | Subject: RE: So when do you stop being a newbie? TheClaaaw - 2012-04-10 12:59 PM Hey, if *I* can KQ, you can KQ. And I WILL KQ. Sooner or later. I'll just SBR until I do =)JasenGuy - 2012-04-10 3:51 PM TheClaaaw - 2012-04-10 12:43 PM KQ is not meeting a time, but a placement. Even if you train 40 hours and make a time that would have been 1st last year, maybe 5 other people in your AG trained just as hard this time and took the spots.
And?? If you want to talk "maybe", well then maybe on you next race your time will be 1st again...Or maybe you're the one who takes the spot from the other 5 people that trained just as hard as you. I could you as many "maybes" as you'd like...But I certainly will not concede that it is impossible for someone to ever qualify for Kona based on "maybe". Well that's my point. A KQ is always a maybe. So is winning the World Series. Just because a team works hard and trains and has good coaching doesn't mean they'll win. I'm not really arguing the spirit of your original response, as far as saying people can do more than they once thought and put in the time to achieve it. Sure. But if winning a spot was only a case of who wants it more, or puts in the time, what a simple formula it would be. I'd love to be an example in about 5 years of the last person you would have looked at and said "he'll KQ some day." I hope it is possible. But to say anyone can KQ with the right amount of work may be unreasonable. |
| 2012-04-10 3:02 PM in reply to: #4141543 |
Expert 962 | Subject: RE: So when do you stop being a newbie? tri808 - 2012-04-10 2:56 PM ChrisM - 2012-04-10 9:44 AM I think if this thread works hard enough, it can be the best BT thread ever. do NOT let me down... You're no longer a newbie when you know it's NOT OKAY to poop on the bike. That's the only way this thread could become the best ever. Wait a minute I have read the USAT rules backwards and forwards and nowhere have I read about any sort of defacation disqualification. |
| 2012-04-10 3:04 PM in reply to: #4141567 |
Expert 962 | Subject: RE: So when do you stop being a newbie? GatorDeb - 2012-04-10 3:01 PM TheClaaaw - 2012-04-10 12:59 PM Hey, if *I* can KQ, you can KQ. And I WILL KQ. Sooner or later. I'll just SBR until I do =)JasenGuy - 2012-04-10 3:51 PM TheClaaaw - 2012-04-10 12:43 PM KQ is not meeting a time, but a placement. Even if you train 40 hours and make a time that would have been 1st last year, maybe 5 other people in your AG trained just as hard this time and took the spots.
And?? If you want to talk "maybe", well then maybe on you next race your time will be 1st again...Or maybe you're the one who takes the spot from the other 5 people that trained just as hard as you. I could you as many "maybes" as you'd like...But I certainly will not concede that it is impossible for someone to ever qualify for Kona based on "maybe". Well that's my point. A KQ is always a maybe. So is winning the World Series. Just because a team works hard and trains and has good coaching doesn't mean they'll win. I'm not really arguing the spirit of your original response, as far as saying people can do more than they once thought and put in the time to achieve it. Sure. But if winning a spot was only a case of who wants it more, or puts in the time, what a simple formula it would be. I'd love to be an example in about 5 years of the last person you would have looked at and said "he'll KQ some day." I hope it is possible. But to say anyone can KQ with the right amount of work may be unreasonable. "Seeing as how the VP is such a VIP, shouldn't we keep the PC on the QT otherwise he'll end up MIA and we'll all be put on KP." |
| 2012-04-10 3:06 PM in reply to: #4141570 |
Regular 1161 Hamilton, IL | Subject: RE: So when do you stop being a newbie? dsand97 - 2012-04-10 3:02 PM tri808 - 2012-04-10 2:56 PM ChrisM - 2012-04-10 9:44 AM I think if this thread works hard enough, it can be the best BT thread ever. do NOT let me down... You're no longer a newbie when you know it's NOT OKAY to poop on the bike. That's the only way this thread could become the best ever. Wait a minute I have read the USAT rules backwards and forwards and nowhere have I read about any sort of defacation disqualification. Littering. |
| 2012-04-10 3:06 PM in reply to: #4141570 |
| Subject: RE: So when do you stop being a newbie? dsand97 - 2012-04-10 10:02 AM tri808 - 2012-04-10 2:56 PM ChrisM - 2012-04-10 9:44 AM I think if this thread works hard enough, it can be the best BT thread ever. do NOT let me down... You're no longer a newbie when you know it's NOT OKAY to poop on the bike. That's the only way this thread could become the best ever. Wait a minute I have read the USAT rules backwards and forwards and nowhere have I read about any sort of defacation disqualification. Very true. There is also not a USAT rule that prohibits newbies from regestering. So poop away...newbie. |
| 2012-04-10 3:08 PM in reply to: #4141567 |
Pro 15655 | Subject: RE: So when do you stop being a newbie? GatorDeb - 2012-04-10 3:01 PM Hey, if *I* can KQ, you can KQ. And I WILL KQ. Sooner or later. I'll just SBR until I do =) But what if you CAN'T KQ, does that mean I can't KQ? And if not, then it stands to reason that I COULD KQ, in which case you still might not be able to. So just because I CAN KQ doesn't mean YOU can. And if I can and you can't, isn't that an idictment of the entire system? Edited by Left Brain 2012-04-10 3:11 PM |
| 2012-04-10 3:09 PM in reply to: #4141582 |
Expert 962 | Subject: RE: So when do you stop being a newbie? Danno77 - 2012-04-10 3:06 PM dsand97 - 2012-04-10 3:02 PM Littering.tri808 - 2012-04-10 2:56 PM ChrisM - 2012-04-10 9:44 AM I think if this thread works hard enough, it can be the best BT thread ever. do NOT let me down... You're no longer a newbie when you know it's NOT OKAY to poop on the bike. That's the only way this thread could become the best ever. Wait a minute I have read the USAT rules backwards and forwards and nowhere have I read about any sort of defacation disqualification. Its biodegradable. |
| 2012-04-10 3:09 PM in reply to: #4141374 |
| Subject: RE: So when do you stop being a newbie? On second thought...my post has a major flaw. I say that you're not a newbie when you don't poop your pants. Gator Deb says she will no longer call herself a newbie when she KQ's. But the IMFL poop guy proved that you can poop your pants and still KQ. So is he a newbie or not? Hmmmm... |
| 2012-04-10 3:12 PM in reply to: #4141594 |
Expert 962 | Subject: RE: So when do you stop being a newbie? tri808 - 2012-04-10 3:09 PM On second thought...my post has a major flaw. I say that you're not a newbie when you don't poop your pants. Gator Deb says she will no longer call herself a newbie when she KQ's. But the IMFL poop guy proved that you can poop your pants and still KQ. So is he a newbie or not? Hmmmm... Thats a double goocher right there man. Bad juju...that guy is gonna end up as stink bait for sharks. You're messing with cosmic forces bike pooper. Powers you can't even fathom. |
| 2012-04-10 3:13 PM in reply to: #4141594 |
| Subject: RE: So when do you stop being a newbie? tri808 - 2012-04-10 1:09 PM On second thought...my post has a major flaw. I say that you're not a newbie when you don't poop your pants. Gator Deb says she will no longer call herself a newbie when she KQ's. But the IMFL poop guy proved that you can poop your pants and still KQ. So is he a newbie or not? Hmmmm... it's like kismet, isn't it? All these topics coming together to form the one thread to rule them all. Edited by ChrisM 2012-04-10 3:14 PM |
| 2012-04-10 3:13 PM in reply to: #4141594 |
Master 2264 Sunbury, Pennsylvania | Subject: RE: So when do you stop being a newbie? tri808 - 2012-04-10 4:09 PM On second thought...my post has a major flaw. I say that you're not a newbie when you don't poop your pants. Gator Deb says she will no longer call herself a newbie when she KQ's. But the IMFL poop guy proved that you can poop your pants and still KQ. So is he a newbie or not? Hmmmm... See this is the problem with time travel. |
| 2012-04-10 3:14 PM in reply to: #4141374 |
Veteran 177 | Subject: RE: So when do you stop being a newbie? If Madonna Burder can qualify for Kona, you can qualify for Kona. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madonna_Buder You may just have to wait until you are in the 75-80 age group though. |
| 2012-04-10 3:14 PM in reply to: #4141609 |
| Subject: RE: So when do you stop being a newbie? SmBkRn450 - 2012-04-10 1:14 PM If Madonna Burder can qualify for Kona, you can qualify for Kona. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madonna_Buder You may just have to wait until you are in the 75-80 age group though. and cut the course allegedly |
| 2012-04-10 3:16 PM in reply to: #4141594 |
| Expert 878 | Subject: RE: So when do you stop being a newbie? tri808 - 2012-04-10 3:09 PM On second thought...my post has a major flaw. I say that you're not a newbie when you don't poop your pants. Gator Deb says she will no longer call herself a newbie when she KQ's. But the IMFL poop guy proved that you can poop your pants and still KQ. So is he a newbie or not? Hmmmm... Thats a very good point... Well lets take a look at the general population here. Who are the people who most often poop their pants? Infants right? So often in fact that they wear diapers to contain it. And they would being less than a year old most definitely be called "Newbies". But wait! What about the seniors you ask? Good point, that's the other large demographic that poops their pants so often as to wear diapers, and they are by no means "Newbies" They have been around through many many years of life. So by this I can conclude that you shouldn't poop while doing flip turns, it could get messy. Edited by 2453V 2012-04-10 3:17 PM |
| 2012-04-10 3:17 PM in reply to: #4141614 |
Member 5452 NC | Subject: RE: So when do you stop being a newbie? ChrisM - 2012-04-10 4:14 PM SmBkRn450 - 2012-04-10 1:14 PM If Madonna Burder can qualify for Kona, you can qualify for Kona. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madonna_Buder You may just have to wait until you are in the 75-80 age group though. and cut the course allegedly Blasphemy.
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| 2012-04-10 3:18 PM in reply to: #4141374 |
Master 1883 San Antone, Texas | Subject: RE: So when do you stop being a newbie? I hate coming into the conversation late. Stupid overly long office meeting about nothing. I could have been wasting my time here coming up with witty retorts! That is to say, if I could actually come up with anything witty. Which....I....can't.  |
| 2012-04-10 3:19 PM in reply to: #4141621 |
| Subject: RE: So when do you stop being a newbie? 2453V - 2012-04-10 10:16 AM So by this I can conclude that you shouldn't poop while doing flip turns, it could get messy. And showering before you enter the pool wouldn't even matter at that point. |
| 2012-04-10 3:19 PM in reply to: #4141374 |
| Expert 836 | Subject: RE: So when do you stop being a newbie? Damn, I think I'm ready to begin my training for the Olympic 10k bc I do want it bad enough, BUT..... |
| 2012-04-10 3:30 PM in reply to: #4141442 |
Champion 11989 Philly 'burbs | Subject: RE: So when do you stop being a newbie? GatorDeb - 2012-04-10 3:19 PM If the post does not address the topic of this thread, consider it will go unanswered
GatorDeb - 2012-04-10 3:28 PM I just reply on what I find interesting and skip the rest).
You will no longer be a newbie when you can reconcile these opposing statements. |
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