But by claiming he has done a Deca, which is a real event under stringent rules, he both devalues others and shows no respect, and just undermines his own credibility. If he stuck to claiming his own achievements instead of comparing himself with others, he would get more backing.
And this is the issue, to your point he just plastered all over his IG and facebook that he finished a deca ironman. When in reality he didnt.
Nobody disagrees that its his event or that these are his rules, people are pissed because because he then claims to do something with rule changes to make it easier. And while its his life and doesnt affect me, it also doesnt mean that i cant call him out on it. In the same way that someone who goes out and runs 21 miles and calls it a marathon would get called out.
And just to put things into perspective, based on the ICs “finishing times†for his “deca†he would have come in 4th or 5th place out of 6 people at the last deca i raced. And this is comparing to peoples times who raced with no drafting under stringent rules. 4th or 5th place out of 6 people at an event that none of the true top racers from around the world attended.
Agreed.
I’ve been following this thread with an interest in someone doing something that is physically very difficult. But I can arrive at no other conclusion than to say that he is a dishonest person, intentionally misleading people who don’t know better.
He is not doing an Ironman every day. He did not do a Deca. He simply is not doing these things.
I’m a believer in the importance of being accurate and honest about our athletic achievements. If anyone asks me if I have run a marathon the answer is no. If they ask if I have ever run an ultra, the answer is no. I reserve the right to honestly tell them that “during Covid I organized and did a solo 50k run for charity.” But that does not mean that I ran a “marathon” or a real “ultra” event.
He could, similarly, say that he is “covering 140.6 miles per day by swimming, biking and running distances that correspond to a triathlon, but with modified rules to make it feasible” and I would respect it. But when you flat out lie (and he is lying at this point), I’m out.
I am being a fan of his daily 16 hrs training days and want to give him a heroical pat on the back for his ICman100/100 as it is kind of an interesting human feat of persistence, organization and exercise.
But then he undermines himself making claims that are outright lies (the part of your post in bold above). I am fan of his persistence and focus and a hater of his level of honesty. I have to simultaneously decouple the two sentiments that co exist in my brain. It is generally something that I am good at in all kinds of aspects of life and I don’t wholistically hate a person for trangressions in one area of their life when the other part of their life they may be doing something good/virtuous/productive. I’d rather focus on the things that someone does well and support that and beat on them for what they do badly.
I’ve tried hard to like the guy as well and I know that I’m far from perfect though seperating the two aspects (persitence & focus vs level of honesty) is becoming harder to do. Or maybe its getting easier the more he continues. I’m so confused.
