H20Fun... is that you?

I'd recommend getting at least three Ironman tattoo's to let people know you're wanting to be taken seriously regarding the sport.

No one cares what you did, ironman or something else entirely. Well, your family and your real friends might care. No one else cares. If they pretend they have an opinion about it you ought to pretend you give a shit about their fake opinions.

Cant really believe this!

I never hear those kind of comments, only "that is a lot of time to use on a sport " and "omg i would never be able to do even half of that".

But im a little suspicious of your post, why would you double post it to reddit too?

https://www.reddit.com/r/triathlon/comments/75y4vn/uplifting_comments_after_completing_an_ironman/

Or all the stickers on the car?

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

This right here. Who told you this or why do you think this? You have to work out the self-esteem or self-image problem before you can expect others to change their outlook toward you.

Who told them you were doing an IM? If it wasn't you, you have to have a talk with your cheerleaders and get them to lay off. A second way to deal with this is to ask to get in on the betting.

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Less is more.

For reference outside of my friends that also do Triathlon I really don't talk about it much. The only time I bring it up is if I have to turn down an invitation to something due to either training or family constraints. I also do not do any social media unless you consider slowtwitch social media. So in short I can totally believe what the OP is saying.

You clearly need a new father-in-law.

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I can appreciate the commitment. Maybe not the execution, but that's an A+ for commitment.

This right here. And, put your money on "not" finishing. Nothings more disarming than self-deprecation.

Change your motto: "I do IM for the goodies in the Medical Tent!"

That's very odd. I usually just get very good responses.

The only occasion that someone actually says something remotely similar to that is when a weekend warrior who has completed a couple Half marathons in, say, 1h45, asks about my last HIM run split. When I say something like 1h38, I have heard more than once "yeah, that's an ok pace."

Strange. By chance, is this the same cat that was fired by his coach for not enough trucker hat? :)

You keep saying this

Which clearly does not jive with this

Nobody at my place of work would know that I did triathlons if I did not tell them. Even now, I will do races and just take some vacation days, and nobody knows I did a race. People don't just automatically assume you did an Ironman if you take a few days off of work. There is obviously more to this than you are divulging.

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This exactly.

Sometimes when I travel to races and people ask me why I am going XYZ I say I am going to just spend the weekend there with the wife.

Thank you letting me know you have another account. That's explicitly against forum rules. I've deleted this account accordingly.

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I was surprised how long that took.

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"I think I've cracked the code. double letters are cheaters except for perfect squares (a, d, i, p and y). So Leddy isn't a cheater... "

He must've been otherwise engaged

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

People around work round up my exploits far more than I do

If someone is contemplating starting a C25K program I hear "Oh! You should talk to Randy! He does marathons and Ironmans and races bikes and shit like that"

"Um, no I don't, I just run a bunch, and bike a bit, and swim a little, but thanks for thinking of me"

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