What does this group call a person who has completed an Iron Distance race? (Page 3)

I think if you have done the 140.6 in a race, there is one thing EVERYONE can agree to call you....

....really tired.

this is honestly the most brilliant statement I've heard on this site to date (almost 2 years running for me).  really.

There is so much banter back on forth about this and that on-line but when the rubber meets the road probabaly 90% of people avoid confrontation and would even dare do what you suggest.

let's take a typical work day at my office for example.  people e-mail each other back and forth in an argument but when I see them in the hallway they say hello to each other like nothing happened and everything is cool between them.  lame, wimpy, and quite stupid...especially since their cubes are NEXT TO EACH OTHER!!!

It's crazy!

I get copied on many of these e-mails by simple virtue that I run the deals they work on and they just send a bunch of CYA e-mails back and forth to each other and it sometimes gets so funny to watch them interact face-to-face that you'd think they're best friends.  

too funny.

You know, this is really stupid, cause if we were sitting around and talking and this subject came up, I'd make my statement, then you'd say, "No, it was Oahu" and I'd say "Oh yeah, you're right" and that would be it.  Am I supposed to groveling here and begging forgiveness for "bad triathlon form" whatever that is?  FWIW, Sorry.  I made a mistake.  I didn't remember it correctly off the top of my head.  Shoulda looked it up first, then this whole pointless discussion wouldn't be happening.

Actually, after all this BS - I think my original point got lost.  I think I was trying to say something about the origins of the sport not being nearly as hoopla as it is now.  However, that's true of most any sport I can think of.  Sport changes, it's not static.

If you want the M-dot 2000 people experience, or you want to do it on your own, or jsut do an Iron-distance race, it's really up to you and what makes it meaningful from your point of view.  Whichever way you do it, it's a big commitment in training and a big accomplishment.

And as OldAg92 said - you'll also be really tired afterwards.

Hey man, don't panic. 

I made a mistake too.  I was under the impression that you were trying to be a know it all with the "well, if you know your Ironman history" comment in your poast and when I read it and saw that you in fact didn't know your ironman history in that post I was taken aback.

there are many many more people in the sport today that try to give advice, make statements, etc like they've been racing for a decade when in fact they just found the sport a few years ago, read a bunch of stuff on the internet and give advice to folks like they're some seasoned triathlete.

nothing gets under my skin more than these types.  don't get me wrong i love newbees and help them all the time by imparting the knowledge where I can because i think it's great the more and more people get in shape through our sport.  but when I sense that someone is trying to sounds like a seasoned triathlete when in fact they don't know how to change a flat, then I call "bullsh!t"

however, this was obviously not the case in your post and I made a mistake by thinking that it was. 

see, i can be a nice guy when not surrounded by posers. 

Actually, the Waikiki swim takes place off the coast of Oahu.

AAUUGGHHH!!! You're right!  I am obviously not fit to do an Ironman race - so it's a good thing I haven't signed up for one yet.

When I've heard people say something and then say BUT,,,,, it usually means strike what I just said,,, because this is what i really mean,,,,,

Could you be more specific about what you meant when you said,,,, " But, I don't think I would say 140.6 is 140.6. Arizona is not Lanzarote. Silverman is not Kona. I don't think there are many that would argue that point."

Thanks in advance for your response, but, does this also mean that if you run a 26.2 mile race and it does not end at the town in Greec called Marathon, that you haven't really ran a "Marathon"?? It certainly isn't Bostn, or Whiskey Row for that matter....

Just asking,,,,,,,, to,,,,, fuel the fire