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From bryan's log...

Rest Day Well, I have joined the permament forum ban! It's been fun. I hope I have been able to help many folks and I appreciate the support everyone here has given me over the years. I think I will keep logging my training here as i do like the format.

Sucks.  But Ron is right in a way.  If he gave warnings, then that's just the way it's going to be.  I agree that BT and ST are like yin and yang...and each needs to maintain their style in order for both sites to not collapse.  While Bryan gave nothing but the best advise, and that many beginners (and advanced) athletes benefited from, his style is definately more ST like.  Not that there is anything wrong with that...it's just the way it is.  There are tons of great ST'ers that would never survive on BT.  That doesn't mean they aren't good people, have good wisdom, or that beginners should stay away from them.

tri808 - 2012-06-18 2:29 PM

From bryan's log...

Rest Day Well, I have joined the permament forum ban! It's been fun. I hope I have been able to help many folks and I appreciate the support everyone here has given me over the years. I think I will keep logging my training here as i do like the format.

Sucks.  But Ron is right in a way.  If he gave warnings, then that's just the way it's going to be.  I agree that BT and ST are like yin and yang...and each needs to maintain their style in order for both sites to not collapse.  While Bryan gave nothing but the best advise, and that many beginners (and advanced) athletes benefited from, his style is definately more ST like.  Not that there is anything wrong with that...it's just the way it is.  There are tons of great ST'ers that would never survive on BT.  That doesn't mean they aren't good people, have good wisdom, or that beginners should stay away from them.

 

"If" being the operative word, that may or may not be true depending on whom you believe.

I'd chime in on the thread, but it's frozen. He's an awesome resource.

It's nice to see someone that talented and dedicated provide open feedback to athletes of many levels...

Goosedog said it well "But, I cringe because his advice usually involves hard work, patience, sacrifice, consistency and more hard work.  This type of advice is something we all, new or not, need to hear.  His advice and knowledge was the type I do come here to get.  Hopefully, that can continue."

yeah...hearing conflicting stories.

Ok...back to the more important stuff I missed.  Congrats on the great racing this weekend, and even a new bike. 

Capped off my first 200 mile week on the bike this year, and it's only going up from there.  I was going to ride to work (18 miles) today, but we're under a high wind warning right now.  Winds up to 30, gusting to 50.  It's supposed to calm down by the time I finish work, so I might ride home (brought the bike with me) and ride back to work tomorrow morning while leaving the car at work.

Yes, back to important stuf...  as in CONGRATS on the bike!!!!!!  And the placements.  And the birthday..   sounds like a great weekend overall

I enjoy Bryan's new blog title. Hahahahaha.

Sorry to see him banned, such a great contributor to the site. I like the tell it like it is approach. I think some people have gotten a bit too sensitive over what is said in an internet forum. Bryan called me out on something I said when I first joined this site about OWS swim starts and it made me think that maybe I had a lot to learn about triathlon and respecting other athletes who might not have the same confidence with the swim as I do. I have never felt he said anything out of line from what I saw. I'll just have to creep on his blog more often now I suppose. 

Been busy with pediatrics but I've finally been getting in some good base level training. Signed up for IM California 70.3 and put my deposit down on a condo in Oceanside. Going to go down to race and study for my licensing exams for 2 weeks! 

Had a trail race over the weekend in the Rockies. Tough course. Think I might try to add a trail run in weekly to help build my running fitness back up. Nothing like getting your a$$ kicked by the woods to get the mind and legs in gear!

Sign up for IM France in a week! Maybe Lance will race it next year if he can't this year! *fingers crossed*

hey, i know some of you guys are familiar with the Mussleman Half in Lake Geneva NY, would you mind telling me a bit about it??

awesome bike James!!!  The white is very classy!!!

Sorry i missed your birthday, so happy Belated Birthday!!!!!

Awesome Job on your Tri, that is a great bounce back from the disappointing 10k you had a bit earlier in the year!!

Wait a moment....didn't you just retire from long course racing yesterday!!!

Good point!

i am a conspiracy theorist, if you want my thoughts on the Bryan issue, i think there was a mod who had it out for him.

i think i know who it might be, and i have locked horns with this person before, and personally now avoid any thread they start.  Why they are a mod i will never know, they seem to have little input or information that does anyone any good, and quite honestly, i find the information they pass along frequently incorrect.

they seem to have an honest disdain for any controversy, and hate being told they are wrong, my personal feelings are people need to get some thicker skin and stop being internet wussbags with agenda's.

i really hope i am wrong in that one person beeching the most, persuaded Mike or Ron to pull the trigger on the ban.

seriously, if you can't handle a quote such as "who gives a " then really who does??  he merely put in type what 1000 people were thinking that never posted it.  Sometimes people need the hard truth.

 i also feel outside of this mentor group, that this site is getting majorly dumbed down. Bryan may be the only one banned, but this site is losing many very valuable contributors besides him, due to this ban and the general lack of respect that some very good athletes get on this site. you can only tell someone the sky is blue so often, and if no one wants to listen to cold hard truth, you get sick of telling people. Then it becomes figure it out for yourself.

i'll step off my soap box now, but those are my feelings.

LOL, i did,

how many times did Tyson or Lance retire?

Certainly not for this year, but if for some reason i ever decide to do another, this one was always on my radar.  Also just trying to keep this group going, you know create some good conversation.

http://www.beginnertriathlete.com/discussion/forums/thread-view.asp?tid=446659&posts=1#M4269346

reply to you James??

personally i think if he got 11 pm's thanking him for banning someone, there are 11 people with no sack of balls to stick up for themselves. 

just my opinion, i am full of them this week, lol

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and a minute later Ron's own thread is gone.

I missed it.  What did it say?

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Well 11 people doesn’t offset the hundreds that Bryan has helped........

Dual comeback in 2013??   HAHAHAHAHAHA

you were right, i miss it already, i just need to figure out how to fake an HIM run.......

Well if you’re not still injured do it.
 
The run is the big question.  Not so much being fast but that you don't re-injury yourself.  I still think you would do very well.