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Biggest Loser gets Kona slot = bs
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Personally I think it's total bs that WTC gives away Kona slots in this fashion. Why don't they give these charity slots to other popular IM races (Lake Placid, Canada, etc)?



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Re: Biggest Loser gets Kona slot = bs [ndrfnnut] [ In reply to ]
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Oh my god, how could they do this...WTC sucks...Tara sucks...BL sucks...NBC sucks...the sport is doomed--again.


Sigh......
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Re: Biggest Loser gets Kona slot = bs [Thom] [ In reply to ]
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Go get really fat...then get on the show and lose a grip of weight and get a Kona slot and stop being a b@tch!
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Re: Biggest Loser gets Kona slot = bs [ndrfnnut] [ In reply to ]
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ndrfnnut wrote:
(Lake Placid, Canada, etc)
- it would be great to make an effort with some older IM races which WTC doesn't seem to be investing in such as IM Australia or IMNZ, for instance. IM Aus has only 40 Kona slots... 41 would be better - or at least a step in the right direction.

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Re: Biggest Loser gets Kona slot = bs [ndrfnnut] [ In reply to ]
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At the same time, however, if it inspires a few couch potatoes to get out on the bike, then that's not necessarily a bad thing, yeah?

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Re: Biggest Loser gets Kona slot = bs [ndrfnnut] [ In reply to ]
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  1. How is it different if they give 'm out for other races? To keep Kona 'pure' or something? If you truly believe that, dream on. You could argue that Kona is better, since it "only" has 1800 participants as opposed to 2000+.
  2. Whatever you may think, this person didn't take your Kona slot away. You took your Kona slot away by not being fast enough.
  3. How is this different from the lottery, the executive challenge, and other miscellaneous special interests dropped into the race by NBC/WTC?

In conclusion, lighten up. There are things in the world you should worry about. There are things in the world you should be angry about. This is neither.

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Re: Biggest Loser gets Kona slot = bs [jandev] [ In reply to ]
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People need to wake up. This isn't the superbowl or anything. Sure, Kona is cool for us, but lets face it nobody really cares about triathlon as a sport or its world championship (aside from us of course). WTC is running a business, more power to them.
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Re: Biggest Loser gets Kona slot = bs [Socalbeachbum] [ In reply to ]
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Socalbeachbum wrote:
Go get really fat...then get on the show and lose a grip of weight and get a Kona slot and stop being a b@tch!

So I'm being a bitch for bitching about people bitching? Fair enough, no need to result to personal attacks.
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Re: Biggest Loser gets Kona slot = bs [Thom] [ In reply to ]
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meant for the op
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Re: Biggest Loser gets Kona slot = bs [ndrfnnut] [ In reply to ]
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Ok, really, what bothers you about this? Are you one spot away from getting your Kona slot and if there was one more in your age group you would have KQ'd? (Assuming they would have given this slot to your AG)

Imagine what a cluster (*&k kona would be if they had 1700 AGers finishing under 10 hours, ie everyone's "deserving" of a slot at the world championship?

Now what pisses me off...Bill Gates and his wife give all that money to fight disease in third world countries. Gee, I could really us a P4.
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Re: Biggest Loser gets Kona slot = bs [ndrfnnut] [ In reply to ]
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I think Tara from BL was supposed to do IMFL last year but was a no show. Just checked results and she isn't listed.

Wonder if she'll really do Kona as announced tonight on the show.
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Re: Biggest Loser gets Kona slot = bs [ndrfnnut] [ In reply to ]
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but kona offers the unique opportunity of us getting to see them CRATER in the heat!

ndrfnnut wrote:
Personally I think it's total bs that WTC gives away Kona slots in this fashion. Why don't they give these charity slots to other popular IM races (Lake Placid, Canada, etc)?



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Re: Biggest Loser gets Kona slot = bs [Socalbeachbum] [ In reply to ]
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Socalbeachbum wrote:
meant for the op

Glad I didn't follow my first instinct and go off on you about it :-)

Also glad to see I'm not the only one that is tired of the oh-so-predictable righteous indignation on ST.
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Re: Biggest Loser gets Kona slot = bs [Thom] [ In reply to ]
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My GF got me an e-bay slot, 2X last year.
Waahhhhhh!!!!!
$39,0000 BTW
I wanted a Ferrari
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Re: Biggest Loser gets Kona slot = bs [ndrfnnut] [ In reply to ]
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ndrfnnut wrote:
Personally I think it's total bs that WTC gives away Kona slots in this fashion. Why don't they give these charity slots to other popular IM races (Lake Placid, Canada, etc)?

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Beacuase the media doesn't give a shit about any Ironman except Kona.I have some serious gripes about a lot of what "The Evil Empire" does but this isn't one of them.They can do what they like to make the coverage more interesting and appeal to the non tri-geek masses.I've actually become a bit of a fan of The Biggest Loser here in Oz lately so I'd watch a fat yank waddle around Kona if it made the coverage more interesting...

Oh, and the spot the fat bastard got didn't in any way deprive any potential qualifiers of their chance to go to Kona

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Re: Biggest Loser gets Kona slot = bs [Thom] [ In reply to ]
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Thom wrote:
Oh my god, how could they do this...WTC sucks...Tara sucks...BL sucks...NBC sucks...the sport is doomed--again.


Sigh......

As long as she isn't banging Sean Penn, I'm okay with it.

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Re: Biggest Loser gets Kona slot = bs [ndrfnnut] [ In reply to ]
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the sad part is the fat guy will probably have a faster 70.3 time than me anyway ...
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Re: Biggest Loser gets Kona slot = bs [ndrfnnut] [ In reply to ]
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I was going to post the same thing when I heard this. WTF?
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Re: Biggest Loser gets Kona slot = bs [ndrfnnut] [ In reply to ]
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Offering bullshit, birdseed prize purses to hard working professional triathletes, while feeding (pardon the pun) a free Kona slot to a fatty.......

......there is something morally wrong about that.......especially when you consider the fatty will make more $$ from Kona than the winner of the race.

But hey!! It's good for the sport <muffled cough>


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Re: Biggest Loser gets Kona slot = bs [dsmallwood] [ In reply to ]
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dsmallwood wrote:
the sad part is the fat guy will probably have a faster 70.3 time than me anyway ...

This.
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Re: Biggest Loser gets Kona slot = bs [Ultra-tri-guy] [ In reply to ]
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just curious what are the gripes you have with WTC?

Edit: Basically all their policies are "evil" empire type of business decisions and this really is no different than their refund policy or there jacked up prices. But good for them, they have a great business plan, and are executing it very well!

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Re: Biggest Loser gets Kona slot = bs [KathyG] [ In reply to ]
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I read that she was training for IMFL and had some sort of accident and broke her leg.
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Re: Biggest Loser gets Kona slot = bs [ndrfnnut] [ In reply to ]
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Go cry to your mama. No one here cares about your pathetic little gripes about your sad, bitter life.

Get over it or keep it to yourself.

Just pathetic.

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Re: Biggest Loser gets Kona slot = bs [ndrfnnut] [ In reply to ]
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You're assuming this is WTC's idea. NBC airs the Biggest Loser and Kona. Perhaps NBC pushed WTC to give her a Kona slot. It's possible.

Personally, I couldn't care less who they give a slot to. It's their race and they can do whatever they want. It's not like they took a slot away from someone to do this. I don't know why people get upset about things like this.
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Re: Biggest Loser gets Kona slot = bs [TomP_imc] [ In reply to ]
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Holy crap dude your girl friend paid a third of a million dollars for 2 Kona spots? Seems like if she's got that much money she could throw in the Ferrari also.

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