"How about a different kind of threesome?"

Swim like your gonna drown, Ride like you stole it and Run like they are chasing you.

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"You can keep going and your legs might hurt for a week or you can quit and your mind will hurt for a lifetime."
Mark Allen - Ironman

I saw a tee shirt in Austin at Austin Tri Cyclists that I thought was pretty funny.

It had a cartoon drawing of a guy obviously out on a dinner date with a woman. The woman is burying her head in her arms on the table as the guy is saying something along the lines of..."Did I mention that I do triathlons?"

Maybe that's why Lance keeps saying he won't do an Ironman...

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https://triomultisport.com/
http://www.mjolnircycles.com/

'Shaved and Tapered' gotta be my favorite.

I've also always liked 'Wetsuit Strippers'

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This is your life, and it's ending one minute at a time. - Fight Club
Industry Brat.

not really triathlon related but I still think its one of the best quotes in history.

"When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro."

Triathlon just means I'm not very good at three different sports.

If God invented marathons to keep people from doing anything more stupid, then triathlon must have taken Him completely by surprise.

As an athlete, I am ever so grateful that Gatorade was invented at the University of Florida. If Florida State had discovered it, I’d be drinking “Seminole Fluid.”

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Blazeman Warrior - so others may live
Live more than your neighbors.... Bark at the moon like the wild dog that you are.... And by all means, whatever you do, get it on film.

"Swim, Bike, Run, Drink.....My Stregnth is the 4th Discipline!"

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-Of course it's 'effing hard, it's IRONMAN!
Team ZOOT
ZOOT, QR, Garmin, HED Wheels, Zealios, FormSwim, Precision Hydration, Rudy Project

Only a triathlete would call a bottle of sugar water their "Nutrition"

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Strava

on the t-shirts in zurich i saw this weekend:

life is simple swim, bike, run , eat , sleep.

"Triathlon - It's not about finding your limits. It's about finding out what lies just beyond them."

Two from the Ironman broadcast:

"There are really just two kinds of people. Those who say I can't. And those who say I can."

"A 2.4 mile swim, 112 on the bike and then a marathon. The man who started this said, 'You can quit and they won't care, but you will always know.' This is the Ironman."

BTW Rokko... Florida State did invent Gatorade!!

http://www.historyofbranding.com/gatorade.html

My wife (a non athlete) has a T shirt that says, "I don't do triathlons, I do a triathlete."

That was funny as hell, just about choked on my sandwich.

BTW - Florida State did not invent Gatorade as mentioned just above in a post. It was indeed the University of Florida Gators. Hence - Gatorade.

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"Please help me learn how to pee in my shorts!"

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Mr. Uncaptured External Costs

Fossil carbon is planetary poison.

I saw a few girls at the post race IM FLA party last year with shirts that said..."My friend did a threesome in Florida and all I got was this t-shirt."

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Tim

"Screw this, I''m sticking with marathons. They're easier."

Overheard at the finish of the 1995 West Point (N.Y.) Triathlon.

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"The hero is someone in continual opposition to the status quo. The hero is always becoming himself." Jos� Ortega y Gasset.

"The enthusiasm (absorbing or controlling possession of the mind by any interest or pursuit) is needed before breaking the milestone and not after." Sergio Escutia, on Lukas Verzbicas' subdued reaction to breaking 4 minutes in the mile.

"You do Marathons, how cute"

 

Although Coach Johnson came up with the idea, the research was done at UF, which is why it's called Gatorade. The original formula was basically reconstituted sweat, which is why original Gatorade was (and the current stuff still is) pretty high in sodium.
The original stuff tasted great after a few hours of hard exercise on a hot afternoon, but tasted like you squeezed it out of the crotch of your gym shorts if you drank it over ice when you weren't at least partially dehydrated.

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Brought to you by the good folks at Metamucil and Geritol...

Is there a store online that sells this t-shirt? I'm thinking this would be a perfect gag gift for my GF.

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Ignorance is bliss until they take your bliss away.

 "swimmers aren't arrogant, we're just that good"

my other favorite, not sure if you'd call it a slogan but more of a mantra:
you will learn the pain in practice and you will know it in every race

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go here...

http://triathlonwidow.net/store/page2.html

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Part of that is due to physiology. Your sense of taste sharpens with exercise (At least for sweet), so what tastes like crotch sweat during normal times tastes much better when you've been exercising. They've changed the formula now so that the general public will drink it for everyday use.

John

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"They've changed the formula now so that the general public will drink it for everyday use."
- - Yeah, HFCS
I actually tried Gatorade for the first time back in the early '70s. I was living in Baltimore and after about two hours of sweating in the hot, humid summer sun the guy I was playing offered me some of this great new stuff. It was liquid manna, the most exciting taste sensation I had ever experienced it. I was like that little dog in the cartoons who used to eat a biscuit and go into an orgasmic mid air floating montage of extasy...
So I headed straight for the nearest Food Giant and bought several large bottles. The next afternoon I came home from work, grabbed a bag of chips and poured about 12 ozs. of Green Gatorade over ice, sat down to watch TV and did a monster spit take with the first mouthful. I thought maybe the stuff had passed its expiration and putrified!!

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Cousin Elwood - Team Over-the-hill Racing
Brought to you by the good folks at Metamucil and Geritol...

I can't believe no one has posted this one yet:
"Pain is temporary, quitting is forever."

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Cousin Elwood - Team Over-the-hill Racing
Brought to you by the good folks at Metamucil and Geritol...

i think all my swim training is helping my biking and running.

h20fun

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Don't drown
Don't crash
Don't walk

"Can of Corn and I'll be fine"

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Can of corn and I'll be fine

My two favorites:

'swim like you busted out of alcatraz, bike like you stole it, run like her husband caught you'

'this sounded like an awesome idea 10 months ago'

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We are all dopers

Some of my favourites:

“At the end of your life you will not be saying ‘I just wish I’d spent more time sitting on my butt watching TV’.”

“If you’re going through hell, keep going.”

“Nothing worth gaining was ever gained without effort.”

“There is no other way to race than all out.”

“Tough times don’t last. Tough people do.”

“When you get hurt and all your sacrifice adds up to nothing… are you willing to put it all on the line again?”

“There are no atheists the last eight miles of an Ironman.”

“If there is no vision in life, that is worth striving for, longing for and that you wish to become reality, then there is also no reason you should take pains.” - Ad

“Triathletes have the capacity to propel their body at high speeds, through wind and weather over long distances. I call that flying.”

“It doesn’t get any easier; you just get faster.”

“Pain is about seeing how strong you are mentally.”

“The answer is hard work. What are you doing on Christmas Eve? Are you riding your bike? January 1st - are you riding your bike?” - Lance Armstrong

“Some people consider the marathon the ultimate endurance event. We consider it a cool down.” - Ad

“Pain is weakness leaving the body.” - US Marine Corps

“I once met three guys named pain, suffering and sacrifice. Now we are inseperable. We are best friends.” - Lance Armstrong

I saw a guy from Austin wearing that same shirt four or five years ago. Still think it's funny...

Here's one for you TC:

We swim because we are too SEXY for a sport that requires clothes

"i know god, and I have friends; i'm just here to qualify."


and what my wife said to me the night before IMF2003...
"i don't know honey, maybe i'll just try to finish," me
"wussy", her (i qualifed)


"on on" al @ gotrisports


looking around the med tent after IMF..."this can't be a sport."

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Damn, that's a cold ass honkey.

I just spit my dinner all over the computer...

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I believe cars are the new second hand smoke. -Dave Zabriskie

my tri club in college once made a shirt that had a gorilla on the front and said:

"racing is a lot like wrestling a gorilla, you don't stop when you get tired you stop when the gorilla gets tired"

http://student.uncw.edu/.../GORILLA%20SHIRT.pdf

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-Jason

I believe cars are the new second hand smoke. -Dave Zabriskie

Yep, I saw that one too. I of course had to buy it, it still cracks me up.

I love it!!!!

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Perfect timing. Thanks for these! I have been looking for inspirational and motivational one liners and there are some good ones here. Kep the motivatinal ones coming!

Park

http://www.racesaregreat.com

My husband (who will be an official IV starter this year at IMC) wants to make a shirt that says:

"I DID IRONMAN"
(in the beer tent)

Personally I think he will be able to come up with some better one's after his time in the med tent.

One of my favorites...If your relationship is working your not training hard enough.

from an SBR ad a few years ago and still my favorite -

"if triathlon was easy they would call it football"

I still like the term "Softride".

"Why Train When You Can Buy Speed?" -- Arundel Chrono Box (used this one as my tag line for a while...)

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"100% of the people who confuse correlation and causation end up dying."

If I don't beat you on the course....there's always the parking lot!

I guess if a person never quit when the going got tough, they wouldn't have anything to regret for the rest of their life.

- Lance Armstrong in Dodgeball

classic.

"I can out swim the cyclists, out bike the runners, and out run the swimmers. That usually gets me a solid 50% finish."

That is a good one. Great movie too. "If you can doge a wrench, you can dodge a ball."

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Not all from triathlon, but I always liked:

Go hard or go home.

Brakes are for wimps.

Go real fast, don't fall down, cross the line first.

Inside every car is a cyclist.

Triathletes can go for hours and hours even when it hurts.

When it gets hard, we find a rhythm and pound away.

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"Here's how you run a marathon. Step 1: You start running. Step 2: There is no step 2." - Barney (How I Met Your Mother)

More!

Saw a t-shirt on a big guy coming in after 16 hours for an IM that said something like:

"sponsors can advertise here ______"

I also had a friend who started a t-shirt company back around 2000 or so and I think my original t-shirt said:

"I'm not slow, I'm just enjoying the race longer"

Others included:

"I may be a slow triathlete, but if you're behind me, you're even slower"

"Big Dogs ride in the Big Ring" . I tried to have this licensed through the Big Dog T-shirt company but they weren't really interested in the market. I actually had an entire line of "Big Dog" apparel related to triathlon and cycling :-)

"Plan - Execute - Succeed"

"There's no crying in triathlon" (worn by a very tiny girl at the Malibu Nautica triathlon somewhere around 2000 or 2001)

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Not from tri, but the slogan on my favorite race day t-shirt. Love to see the double takes.

In big letters: Come mierda cabron
In parentheses underneath (Thank you very much)

banking off the football one,
if triathlon was easy, it'd be called your mom

also

i'm so good even your mom cheers for me

Great thread....I've collected quotes and one-liners for a while now, here's some of my favorite.


Anyone can work hard when they want to, champions do it when they don't.

If you really want to do something, you'll find a way. If you don't, you'll find an excuse.

Obsessed is a word the unmotivated use to desribe the dedicated.

Train your weakness to be a strength, so that when its time for your strength it doesn't look like a weakness.

Athletes are ordinary people with extraordinary determination.

AWESOME THREAT...MY CONTRIBUTION...

"If you think you can or think you can't, your probably right" --Henry Ford

A guy in the New York Marathon printed "Run Howie, Run!" on his t-shirt for the race and it was hysterical. All these spectators yelling "Run Howie, Run" as he went by.

Also from Lance in Dodgeball:

"Quit? You know, once I was thinking of quitting when I was diagnosed with brain, lung and testicular cancer all at the same time. But with the love and support of my friends and family, I got back on the bike and won the Tour de France five times in a row. But I'm sure you have a good reason to quit. So what are you dying of that's keeping you from the finals?"

life is a race and ill walk it as hard as i want
duey from walk hard

A cute one we just saw in Happy Feet:

You can't spell TRIUMPH without some TRI at the beginning and a big UMPH at the end!!! ;-)


I was tempted to get my daughter onea those T-shirts that says "My Dad is Faster than Your Dad" at one point, but then I grew up.

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float , hammer , and jog

It looks like the Ironman people are starting to catch on that humor sells as well as badass. I couple of shirts from the IMLP expo:

I don't do Ironman... I do an Ironman.

Triathlon is for people who can't handle drugs and alcohol.

They had some others that were pretty good as well.

I'd like to see some official Ironman Sandbagging series. I'm here with a friend who knows a lot of people. The official race goal this weekend:

Oh, I just want to finish.

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Lots of good ones. A few more;

On the back of a Shirt......."If you can read this then I'm not Last !"

"Marathon.......Not as easy as your girl friend"

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Hurry Up Every Chance You Get

(formerly LuctorEtEmergo)

For the Tour de France in 2007 Aussie rider Stuart O'Grady had black wristbands (similar to Livestrong bands) made up for his CSC teammates that said: Harden the F**k up. I found one on eBay and wear it during tough races. Just when I'm feeling dead I read it for inspiration :)

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one-liners I like:

Lost in Transition

I see crazy people! (Swim 2.4, Bike 112, Run 26.2)

Save a bike, ride a triathlete

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my support:

Pacific Multisport

None of the below are mine, except the track cycling ones, but I thought I'd share.

I ride my bike more than my girlfriend, but she still loves me.

Size does matter. Use the big ring.

Track cycling - 40mph and no brakes. Sounds like fun.
Track cycling - Go fast, turn left.
The Kilo - It'll only hurt for a minute.

Fancy a threesome? (swim, bike, run)

Does This Bike Make My Butt Look Fast?

So you think you cadence?

Sometimes I run commando

Almost drowned, crashed the bike, puked on the run. When's the next Tri?

Swim, Bike, Run, Rinse, Repeat

Triathlon T-shirt - Caution: This shirt contains a hot female triathlete. Do not honk, or drive erratically.

If your relationship still works, you can do more training.

If it doesn't hurt, you're not going fast enough.

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"Here's how you run a marathon. Step 1: You start running. Step 2: There is no step 2." - Barney (How I Met Your Mother)

Last year at IMLP someone's coach placed a sign along the run course on River Rd that said "You Are Not Here To Make Friends Today!!!".

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"You can never win or lose if you don't run the race." - Richard Butler

I saw this on a log,

Triathlon was invented by white people because Kenyans cannot afford bikes.

Not really appropriate but is funny

I bought this same T-shirt for my GF. She loves it.

Also bought her one that has a stick figure chick riding a dude. It says: "Save a Bike, Ride a Triathlete".

www.cafepress.com has some really really funny products like shirts etc.

I saw a similar expression on a woman's running skirt (skort): Does this skirt make my butt look fast?

Lost in Transition is available online. Forget where, I googled it a few months ago. They have a bunch of tri stuff. Yeah I "lost" my bike at a small local sprint. The commentator had fun making fun of me. You know the sorta "where the hell is my bike" dance you do when you're trying to get your bearings in T1???

The Ultramax folks sold a shirt at one of their clinics that says "Most girls chase boys. I prefer to pass them" (but I did not wear that shirt for group runs til I could pass some of the guys ;-D)

STer Erika's stuff is cute: Swim, Bike, Run, Be Fabulous. I love how droll it is. I am almost 49 and don't color my gray hair, don't really feel fabulous per se... (but I am in great shape) so that shirt is sorta ironic for me. I guess I am kinda fabulous for a 49 yr old MOPer...

Droll is good.

I've thought of putting this on my back at run special needs for the last 13 miles of my next IM:

Yeah, well, (you're not sexy either)

Brakes are for wimps.


If it's fixed don't brake it.

Buddy of mine podiumed at IM WI. Here he is standing up in front of hundreds of people at the awards banquet and the front of his shirt reads: Dopers Suck! That sure got the attention of the audience, lol!

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http://www.trirochester.com

"The hills will find you out." -Bill Bowerman

"The only easy day was yesterday"

Okay that's the best one on here... and so true!

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Trisquirrel

You do marathons? How cute!

Saw a girl at my last triathlon wearing a shirt that said on the back:

"You just got chicked"

Nice.

I designed my own tri-suit and have yet to wear it. The logo is integral, but on the back it says "To the Pain!" (from the Princess Bride).

I also like "Shut up legs! - Jens Voigt

and

"What would Jens do?"

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http://www.EpixGear.com

Damn! My wife's shirt says, "I don't do triathlons, I do triathletes." Crap. I need to keep an eye on her at the races...

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http://www.y-rocket.blogspot.com/

Sign in Louisville few years back.....


PR or ER

And Ethiopians can???

Signs I liked from IMC......

at the top of Richters a girl with a sign asking "Is your junk numb yet?"

at the base of Yellow Lake pass a young lady with a sign that said "Bet you can't wait to get off that bike"

about 1/2 way through the run, the same young lady with the other side of the sign " Bet you wish you had your bike back now"

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Steve

"Almost drowned, crashed the bike, puked on the run. When's the next Tri?"

This must have been written for me after last weekend's Oly race.

"we like it long, and we like it hard" XC logo on our headbands
"go in hard, come out wet" swimming motto

I think I've got the swimming like I'm gonna drown down pat...

My fav - for chicks and gay guys:

"I like my triathlons long and hard"

Saw this earlier this week:

"Your workout is my warm up"

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"Suck it up, Buttercup"
(me, to myself, every day)

Actually a two-liner:

How do you spot the triathlete in a room?
You don't have to, he'll tell you all about it.

I've seen a few shirts with "Pace Booty" on the back..

'A threesome every weekend - Swim, Bike, Run'

I am going to get my daughter a better version: "My Dad is Faster than Your Mom"

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Rock Chalk!

I can't believe these haven't come up.

"Go faster, Daddy. Mommy wants to go to Hawaii."
"Speed Hurts. How fast do you want to go?"
“Success isn't the result of spontaneous combustion. You must learn to set yourself on fire”

You know you are a triathlete when:

"You have a $4000 bike strapped to the top of your $2500 car!"

"You have more plastic water bottles than glasses in your cabinets."

"Vacation or more days off from work excite you because it means more weekly mileage!"

"You lose your job and within the same hour you realize, 'hey, there will be more time to train and nap...'"

Geez, these all apply to me.

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http://www.tri-junkie.com/

Me too! Toyota Camry valued at less than $2k with race bike(s) in excess of that, an entire shelf dedicated to his/hers water bottles, and my last 2 vacations were races. When I was unemployed, I took a whole month to just train before seriously seeking employment. Good luck getting a job soon; you'll be mighty fit for the interview!

or...Kenyans can't swim

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I'll add one more to that:

You haven't bought casual attire in years because your entire wardrobe is made up of race shirts.

This might have already been mentioned (didn't read through the whole thread)

Nike had a cute women's tee recently.
On the front - My Pace?
On the back - Or Yours?

"F this triathlon sh_t. I'm taking up golf. This is bullsh_t."

I say that after just about every race. It hasn't made it to a t-shirt yet.

Does this bike make my butt look fast?

UnderArmor made a shirt that said "I love two a days." I wish I'd bought that when I saw it because I haven't been able to find it again.

Around New Years a few years ago, Nike had one that said "I am your resolution." Also should have purchased that one.

great thread - I like the funny ones way better than the sappy ones

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Back in the day.. a friend of mine wore this Tshirt in a marathon..

Trained by Rosie Ruiz point me to the subway.

The marathon was in Ottawa which doesn't have a subway.

Was this "ground zero" for HTFU?

Brad

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I think this is the real source:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=unkIVvjZc9Y


Chopper Reid is a scary dude that has been "SNL'ed" in Australia.

Wow that may just be the greatest video on youtube.

"Triathlon: this much pain is expensive."

'Triathlon' is Latin for HTFU

Heh, I heard about HTFU from friends in GUTS (Georgia Ultra & Trailrunning Society) I found the Chopper video and fell out. Custom silicone bands are cheap, so I had a bunch in black and a few in pink made up with the spelled out version. For a buck and a half each I have great giveaways for friends, and the pink ones are excellent for whiners at any sort of race.

John

Wow, that's great. I must make a T-shirt with that one.

Guess I shoulda copyrighted it :)

I run on the roads, long before I dance under the lights

"Your seat is too high"

Dr. Stanley Goodspeed: I'll do my best.
John Mason: Your "best"! Losers always whine about their best. Winners go home and f**k the prom queen.

From Cairns: Macca went storming past on his second lap, he looked really fit. I heard later that he caught up to Clayton and another pro that had got out of the water first, eyeballed them and said
“Its not a half boys, we do this all day” and then accelerated away.

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Not triathlon related, but if you are a basketball follower I think its pretty funny..
"Don't ask Lebron for a dollar, because he doesn't have a 4th quarter"

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Can't he just give you a dollar bill? You blew the joke and missed the funny.

I did silicone bands - one side says 'Suck It Up Princess' (great for whiners) the other side says 'Shut Up Legs' (Jens Voigt)

Rule number one: cardio!

Only posting this b/c a group of 6 roadies yelled at me today on the river levee in NOLA. Guess they didn't like me passing.

"Drafting is for pussies!"

Not so much a saying but:
Worst thing about an Ironman Event: Mile marker 1.
Best thing about an Ironman Event: Mile marker 25.

The Ironman store had one that said "I don't do Ironman. I DO an Ironman.".

Do and sell them. I will buy!

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It is the mind itself which builds the body.
-Joseph Pilates

my buddy thought of one last weekend and i thought it wasn't half bad. and forgive me if its been previously posted in some form. i've read the whole thread but i just didn't want to re-read it to make sure this wasn't in there.

on the bike riding past an athlete of your sexual preference... "nice frame!... i like your bike too."

  
"Only 2 ways to leave an Ironman course: across the finish line or by ambulance"

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"Suck it up, Buttercup"
(me, to myself, every day)

"Nobody ever drowned in water.
Err, well..."

Here are a few of my favorites:


"If you think you have things under control, you're not going fast enough."
--Mario Andretti


"Swimming is the worst part of a triathlon, if you stop peddaling on a bike you coast. if you stop running, you walk, but if you stop swimming you drown."

Fortitudine Vincimus (By Endurance We Conquer)


Commitment is doing the things you said you'd do, long after the mood you said it in has left you.


"People think it's an obsession. A compulsion. As if there were an irresistible impulse to act. It's never been like that. I chose this life. I know what I'm doing. And on any given day, I could stop doing it. Today, however, isn't that day. And tomorrow won't be either."
Batman


"Only the weak attempts to accomplish what he knows he can already achieve." - Stella Juarez


"I always start these events with very lofty goals, like I'm going to do something special, and after a point of body deterioration and the goals get evaluated down, which is basically where I am at now, where the best I can hope for is to avoid throwing up on my shoes." - Ephrain Romesberg, 65 miles into the Badwater Ultramarathon


"Ready?"
"Why do your people always ask if someone is ready right before you are going to do something massively unwise?"
"Tradition."
-- Sinclair and Delenn


Life's journey is not to arrive safely at the grave in a well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways totally worn out yelling 'Holy Crap, what a ride!'


“Endurance is not just the ability to bear a hard thing, but to turn it into glory.” -William Barclay


No one has ever drowned in sweat.
-Lou Holtz



A coach is someone who tells you what you don't want to hear, who has you see what you don't want to see, so you can be who you have always known you could be.
-Tom Landry

Act like you expect to get into the end zone.
-Joe Patern

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"People think it's an obsession. A compulsion. As if there were an irresistible impulse to act. It's never been like that. I chose this life. I know what I'm doing. And on any given day, I could stop doing it. Today, however, isn't that day. And tomorrow won't be either."
Batman

I had a buddy say to me, "Man, I just don't get why you want to be the best at exercising."

Haha, outsiders have no clue.

Why 140.6? Because 140.7 would be outright crazy.

Everyone has a plan 'til they're kicked in the face.

A slight offshoot from Mike Tyson's quote.

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http://www.clperformancetraining.com
http://www.pillasport.ca

"No matter how hard you train, Somebody will train harder. No matter how hard you run, Somebody will run harder. No matter how hard you want it, Somebody will want it more, I am Somebody"

"The only good pace is suicide pace, and today's a good day to die"

Both attributed to Pre, although there's some debate about that.

He's quoting that from 'Eastbound and Down'

I heard Luke Bell respond to a question about his race strategy with this:

"Swim like there's no bike. Bike like there's no run. And then run like you're scared."

That is a recipe for a DNF.

cafepress.com.. sorry if this comes too late.

Stay cool and Mash. Fast IS Fast.

12"...............around

think about it.

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From a few t-shirts I saw around Kona last week:
"PR or ER"

"Stop NOT training!"

"The faster you run, the sooner you're done"

And a random quote:
"Sweat is your fat cells crying"

Great thread, some to keep it going:


"Forget about the end result, it means nothing. The end result is that we die. What matters is the process, the process is everything." -Yvon Chouinard

"A win is a win, a lose is a lose, but no matter what... you better come with it!" -?

"There only three kinds of men(and women), the living, the dead, and those who do Ironman" -blackduckracing (adapted from a verse of Anarcharsis)

"Losing is nature's way of saying: You Suck" -seen on a t-shirt

"Only a medicore person is always at their best." -W. Somerset Maughan

this one is great for all those outside of ST: "Those people who think they know everything are a great annoyance to those of us who do!" -Issac Asimov

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"The Fit Shall Inherit the Earth" -Endurance Conspiracy

i thought i was wrong once, but i was mistaken.

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My favorite:

"Why be good at one sport when you can be mediocre at three?"

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I saw this one too in Arizona a couple years ago...where can I purchase it?

A good one: "Don’t just have a dream, make it real."

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My one track running mentality morphed from thinking that track and field is the most independent team sport to realizing that triathloning is its multi-personality sibling.

"The voice that says you can't do it is a lying slut"

"It never gets easier, you just get better"

"Just do it, even if you suck"

"Wow, I really regret that workout" ~No one, ever.

"Let's have a moment of silence for all those who are stuck in traffic on their way to the gym to ride stationary bikes"

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"Though she be but little, she is fierce" ~Shakespeare | Powered by HD Coaching | 2014 Wattie Ink Triathlon Team | Facebook | Instagram | Twitter

A few years ago, I asked a volunteer at bike check-in if, at the next morning's wetsuit-legal race, there would be strippers. "Sir," she replied, "this is a family event." I just smiled and thanked her.

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#cureMS

Tried to convince Nicole DeBoom at a Skirt Chaser race to have on their promo shirts for guys, "Mom always told me to watch out for fast women."

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My brick is bigger than yours.





I'd pay good money for that t-shirt!

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Only those who risk going too far can find out how far they can go...

If I followed Rule number two I might actually win something. :)

You quoted me! Thanks very much. (Blog now lives at http://www.strengthconquers.com).

There are two kinds of triathletes who use wetsuits -- those that pee in them, and liars.

I also had a crew coach in college (many years ago) who's slogan I still adhere to:

"Keep Going -- You will pass out before you die"

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All the funny ones I know have already been posted, but one I like is " it's not enouph to want it, everyone out here wants it. You have to be willing to bleed for it."

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Run, work, run, sleep, repeat until fast, injured or insane.

I read this one on a bumper sticker in Clearwater:


If you can read this you are drafting!

+1 got a good laugh from this.

If you feel good during an Ironman, don't worry, it will pass.

"Swimming is for the birds" - Kenny Souza

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"What's your claim?" - Ben Gravy
"Your best work is the work you're excited about" - Rick Rubin

Start slow and taper........

Love Eastbound and Down

Besides my name, my Road ID sez: HTFU. Tim

"the worst hell i can think of is that when you die
the person you became meets the person you could have become"

"but if you stop swimming you drown."



Actually, you float.

Triathlon - Golf For The High-Strung
(First considered after talking to my father about golf...he told me it would be "a bad idea" for me to try the 'sport,' I would "probably wrap a club around a tree within 30min." Thanks, Dad!)

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- There are two kinds of people. Those who say "I can't", and those who have massive credit card debt. This is the Ironman. -

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Saw this sign at the Big Kahuna last weekend:

"Embrace the Suck"

Macca came up with that one, I believe.

Macca, in his book (I´m here to win), says the same thing!! =)))

Yall have a great weekend of training!

He might have been the one to bring it to triathlon, but it was military jargon before he said it.

As a former golfer, I love this quote!!!

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"Though she be but little, she is fierce" ~Shakespeare | Powered by HD Coaching | 2014 Wattie Ink Triathlon Team | Facebook | Instagram | Twitter

I was running a half marathon a couple of years ago and some of the local college kid volunteers were manning a corner of the course. One of the girls is trying to encourage runners and sees me. She says, "Hey looking good there! You are the first OLD guy!" as several of her friends giggled.

I knew I couldn't believe anything she said, 'cause I was definitely NOT the first old guy.

Greg

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If you are a Canuck that engages in gratuitous bashing of the US, you are probably on my Iggy List. So, save your self a bunch of typing a response unless you also feel the need to gratuitously bash me. If so, have fun.
"Don't underestimate Joe's ability to f___ things up" - Barack Obama, 2020

You should have replied, "and you're the first fat girl! Congrats!"

Thanks!

I bow in your general direction in response to the open letter to unsupportive SOs. (I'm so thankful my wife lets me tri, and officiate...)

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"There is always another level of crazy" - came up this morning during a conversation around how marathoning and ironman triathlon has become so popular that we see friends upping the ante with ultras and double ironmans, etc.

"Ask for me tomorrow and you shall find me a grave man." Mercutio, Romeo and Juliet

My Road ID says: "I am the stuff men are made of" -John Wayne

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If you ain't first you're last. - Ricky Bobby.

...which instantly segues to the P.Z. Pearce quote:
"If God invented marathons to keep people from doing anything more stupid, then triathlon must have taken Him completely by surprise."

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Like this? http://bit.ly/RxMb71

Do you even have room for anything else on there? Haha - they barely fit my name and an emergency phone number.

Heck yeah. I have my full name, date of birth, wifes name and number and NKA plus the John Wayne quote etched into that thing. I have had it for a while so maybe hey changed there format or something.

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If you ain't first you're last. - Ricky Bobby.

Best bumper sticker I've seen in a while:

"If you see me collapse, please stop my Garmin"

-- Scott

To borrow from a couple of aussie comedians, Roy and HG for those in the know.....

Go hard, go early, go often.

Couple of others,

No-one ever drowned in sweat.

Perspiration, the lather of success.

Sign posted on the run route at IMC2011:

"Move along...there's nothing to see here!"

also

"Numbers on a clock won't describe how far I've come" - Melanie Jones (Endure: A Run Woman show)

Rule number two: doubletap

Zombieland has joined my quotable movie list, which includes: Slapshot, SW4-6, Heathers, and Animal House.

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Swim - Bike - Run the rest is just clothing changes.

I like Mizuno's slogan: Be Yourself Only Better

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Great advice! Here's a coffee mug that shares this sentiment: http://www.zazzle.com/...s-168562336288102873

+1

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Conversely, I was running with a friend and we were discussing what the reaction would be if one went up on stage at an IM awards night with a shirt saying:

"Ironman. For those too lazy to run the distance."

Nope...the Marines did.

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"i'd quit racing tris but I need the T-shirts since they're most of my wardrobe"

How do you spot a triathlete at a XMAS party?......... They'll tell you.