I may start my own little stunt. 'lliptical exercise 50 minutes in 50 day in 50 states (but maybe not 50 days in a row, depends on the bus schedule).

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you bring up a good point. if i can get 1500 posts out of it then, yes, i think he was blocking duffy.

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I also didn't previously notice, and am now extremely bothered by, the picture of him receiving IV fluids as he rode his bike on the trainer.

Sorry, but if the purpose of going inside is just to make this thing easier (while violating WADA rules) then it just isn't the same thing as what it's being claimed to be.

Now Dave L. seems to be well on his way of pissing of Mark Zuckerberg

Try to bring that point up with people that follow this guy. He can do no wrong at this point. The hero worship is insane for this guy. They'll just reply with "what he's doing is amazing, and you couldn't hope to do what he's doing".

That's one issue that I have with the censorship of the other thread. Either people still following this guy are completely in denial (then sure leave them to their hero), or they aren't aware of all the gimmicks he's pulling now to "progress", which they won't see here due to this thread being labeled the "hater's thread". If it's the latter, then removing all of today's posts didn't help things.

Where posts removed today? By Dan? Why?

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The elliptical thing got brought up in the other thread, because in at least a few people's mind it negates his "progress" that's being reported.

I understand Dan's point in keeping that thread solely about that topic, but it seemed like it was still worth discussing there. However he's the boss, so I should probably just save my complaints for the cry like a little biatch thread.

I would also point out that I repeated my suggestion to duct tape him to a tandem and that was also deleted.

If it weren't for this thread, I would never have had any idea about the elliptical or the use of IV fluid replenishment while on the trainer. I think what the other thread's done is allowed people to be misinformed about what the IC is doing and how he's doing it. I never understood why we needed the other thread in the first place, and I think it's silly to tell people what they can and can't post there. If people want to know where the IC is or where he's going next, they can just check his website or Facebook.

Wow, for all the things Dan allows to be posted, to delete something that looks like was fact, well. Guess mine got deleted also but I sure thought it
was fair.

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You make me laugh here on this thread and now on facebook! Poor "Leslie" clearly didn't know who she was calling out.

I wonder if The IC listens to Milli Vanilli while running on the elliptical?

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Don't worry. That other thread is dead without me.

They want to delete my posts? Roll the dice and take your chances. I've posted on this site over 2000 times and been banned twice already, so don't think you can come in here, delete my posts, and make me nervous.

We live in a world that has online forums, and those forums have to be guarded by jerkoffs with sarcasm. Who's gonna do it? You? Slowman? Dev Paul? I have a greater responsibility than you could possibly fathom. You weep for the Iron Cowboy and you curse Dave Luscan. You have that luxury. You have the luxury of not knowing what I know, that the Iron Cowboy's elliptical, while tragic, probably saved me from being banned a third time. And my existence, while grotesque and incomprehensible to you, makes some people shoot beer out of their noses. You don't want the truth, because deep down in places they don't touch on Beginner Triathlete, you WANT me on these forums, you NEED me on these forums.

Dammit you're my hero

Where the hell is that "like" button, dammit.

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Haha. Gotta stay to the rules here. Keep it classy!!

Hahaha +1
Amen brother that was fun ^_^

Big-time Golf Clap. Well done

Because there are people that want to follow the guy's progress, and there are people don't understand the people that want to follow him (Dave, stephenj, etc). There don't need to be two threads full of people savaging him. I don't need to hear about Dave Luscan's amazing coaching and athletic accomplishments or his desire to troll for the sake of trolling in two threads. I can get lots of that here.

I'm aware of the IV replenishment, the elliptical, the drafting, etc. They make the accomplishment less valuable than a theoretical someone that does a true 50/50/50 outdoor, but simply doing the exercise to the degree he is is still an accomplishment, and I'm interested in the story of how he does going forward. He also seems like a nice guy and seems to be doing a good thing, and it's not like he's hiding the things he's doing to keep going. As long as the charity donations go to the charity, he isn't hurting anyone, and it's a fun story to follow. To some extent, it's a little triathlon-related soap opera: Will he recover from the toe and hip? Will he have to ride indoors for the next month? Will he stop tomorrow?

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i see what you're getting at but i think his goal is much larger and more encompassing than 50/50/50 i'm not sure what an eliptical is but i'm guessing it isn't a treadmill. i'm guessing because of his hip they used it to keep him going forward so i certainly see the logic. imo it really does't matter to me what he calls it. people call my IMs a marathon and hell they even call the swim from the mainland to Isla a marathon so semantics just don't bother me. i have seen him inspiring so many people that really at this point that is what it is about. doing a really superhuman effort of athleticism and making personal contact with so many kids and adults and inspiring them to get active is how i see it and i can easily admire his incredible achievement without having to get all tied up with semantics and rulers up my ass to meet some random internet computer jockey's idea of what a triathlon is.

so i'm still a fan girl but a bit disappointed that IMO (only), assuming he used not a treadmill for the marathon (because that has not, to my knowledge been confirmed) that he missed the marathon last night. however, i afaic, as long as teh 50 x 3.8k Swim, 50 x 180km bike, and 50 x 42.2 run get done at some point in 50 days then he has achieved 50 Im triathlons in 50 states in 50 days. goal achieved.

like someone said long ago, his race, his rules, he's the race director.

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Honestly, all kidding, grandstanding and witty movie dialogue aside, I feel like some thing IS getting hurt here. I can't quite put it into words, but the IVs, indoor stuff, drafting and ellipticals.....it's just bullshitish. It's false. This whole thing is just a big inspiration party fueled by bullshitish falsity. And that somehow takes away from the inspiration. And I think almost everyone knows it at this point. The other thread is basically a ghost town while this one is getting 10-20x the posts.

I'm sorry, you seem to be in the wrong place. This is the hater's thread. We are going to need Dan to remove this positive post. It's only fair after all...

This is an elliptical


I get that he's inspiring people and all of that, but he's not doing what the challenge was originally called for. People are still giving him credit for continuing his goal of "50 IM's in 50 days in 50 states". I'll say it again at this point those people are either in denial or unaware of the shenanigans going on behind the scene.

And he absolutely did the whole marathon on the elliptical yesterday. However he's achieved hero worship status to where it doesn't matter anymore in most of his follower's minds.

I honestly don't get the point of why he's continuing at this point. He failed. The stated goal is over. I totally respect the effort and can't imagine the hell he's gone through but it's a complete farce in the context of 50/50/50.

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