Super-Clyde...the endangered species

tupuppy - 2006-06-26 4:38 PM I'm a Clydesdale....just barely though.  ONLY a mere 27 lbs over 200. 

Ay, yer a wee Clyde ya are!  Myself, I'm a strapping 236

Only one local race has a 200 AND a 225 clyde cutoff.  Although there is a half mary, Catalina Buffalo run, they've got Buffaloes and Super Buffaloes

223 here!

Also dropping a few pounds per week.  We'll see where I level off.

They actually have a Super-Clyde Div. at the Canton, IL Tri.  Placed 3rd last year.  Whoohoo!  Fun race!   6'4" and 240 and holding (unfortunately).

I was actually was followed by a few whaling ships during this swim - is that a good thing?

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What races are you doing? All the races I've done have Athenas classified as 150+. One race I did had it at 145.

Ditto, and for phoenixazul, I will also always be a clyde.  I think I would look emaciated at sub 200.  My wife keeps telling me not to lose too much. I tell her "honey, we ain't even close to talking about THAT yet..." 

Why is this always an issue with the girls?  Men seem much more accepting of themselves and their weight than women.

I'll probably always be over 150, and I plan on registering Athena forever.

Athena's ROCK!

I love that you little 230 pounders think you're big.  You are my goal weight.  Started in January at 265 lbs.  Currently at 257.5 lbs.  I don't think I even want to imagine myself at sub-200.  That's just not a mental picture that I would want.

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Sure, it'd be more fun to win a whole gender, age group, or race than to win either a clyde or athena division.  It's always fun to win in a bigger group or a bigger race.  That's a given.  I don't see the athena or clyde divisions as diversions from that joy.  Your time is your time regardless of which group you enter! 

I always register as Athena when given a choice.  I personally like to see women and men compete based on size as well as age, because at my ht/wt (6'0/165), it's hard to imagine a 5'0 pixie as my 'competitor'.   Just like I can't imagine the wiry guys or clydes as my competitors...I see no shame whatsoever in divisions based on size.

I'll take being on the podium in any category.

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I'm sorry you feel that way.  Just because we are "larger than you average bear" and have our own division, we are supposed to be ashamed of this?  There are a lot of us out here doing this for fun and to us, just finishing is a victory.  If, someday, I can win the Clyde division, I'll be the proudest person this side of the Milky Way.

After my first race 2 weeks ago I thought that this past Sunday I might have a chance to place in the Under 39 Clydesdale division and was jazzed at the thought. Ended up 6th and am still jazzed.

Well, I've never won my AG, overall, or the clydes division, so.......  I don't know which one is more fun.  But tell you what, when I do win clydes, I will be happy as hell!!

Funny how the Clyde/Athena discussion always goes in this direction.......  Always curious as to why some people (not you shadowfax) get quite emotional over which divisions other people choose to race in

Race in whatever division you like.  That's why they have them

Oh, and out here in Southern Calif., there are some VERY fast clydes, so the competition is definitely not boring!