Clydes are taking over!

It's just good to see people participating.

BUT ..... just run a search on the forum to see the opinions on the validity/need to have a clydesdale/athena class to begin with.  It brings up differing but strong opinions.

Well, if the Wildman list in any indication of what's going on with our sport, then half of the guys racing are Clydes anyway, so we won't need a weight division.

I'm 6'1" 210, down from 250.   I felt I needed the Clyde category at 230+, but I am feeling kinda guilty at 210 because I am not fat anymore.   Still, I think running beats up a bigger guy - even at 210 - so maybe it is needed.  

Also what is average weight for triathletes?   That seems more of an indicator of the clyde cutoff than average US population.    You have quite a few 400 pounders in the general population, whereas not many triathletes (I have seen anyway) are over 250.   If you race/train often it is going to be tough to stay in the upper 200s for long.   For a really fit person, over 200 is kinda "big".  

Personally I don't care about divisions.  I am racing myself to see how fast I can go.  Sure I want to win my AG, but that really depends more on who else shows up than how much I train or weigh.   

This is how I see it: Who cares how many Clydes there are? Maybe with less AG'ers you'll have a better shot at podium?

Also, According to the National Center for Health Statistics, the average height for an adult male in the United States is:

• 69.2 inches, or
• 5 feet 9.2 inches

Clyde and Rhino sound tough, but Hippo?  Couldn't they make it something more manly than that?    Maybe Dinasours or Mammoths or something.  

Rhinos and Hippos??  Oh lordy.....  I've seen "Clydesdale +" and "Super Clydesdales,"  but never a race that felt the need to venture out into the African veldt to come up with names..... 

There is a local race with Buffaloes and Super Buffaloes, but that's the Buffalo Run on Catalina Island where they in fact have buffalo.

I am 6'2" 240#, down from 274.  My "nemesis" is a guy I race against, he is 6'1" 201#, raced track in high school, can't swim for yellow bike but rides 22+mph and runs just over 6 minute miles.  Just ain't fair, I tell ya!    He's actually turned into a friend.

I've always been in favor of a division based on BMI, with those rated "Normal (BMI<25) in one division,  "Overweight" (2530) in a third division.

Obese!

That's pretty lame and hypcritical.  I think they should have "light weight" divisions too.  Perhaps under 130 lbs. can be the "pee wee's" or the "waif" category.  How is calling weavyweight athletes "Hippos" any different from any racial or ethnic slur?

Runts!

Word!  The undertow from the wake of my massive physique during the swim should suck down the non-weight divison folks anyway.

Is body surfing on a Clydesdale wake considered drafting?

It's foreplay, assuming it's a girl. (woofer exempt)

Nice!!! +5