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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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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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"