Shouldn't the athletes be coached by the best.. umm.. coaches?
I know.. that makes too much sense for reality tv...

Aren't coaches also athletes? Since we are splitting hairs:)

OK I'm game. Do a google on my 14,000 posts on ST and you'll know everything about me. Send me a PM if I make the cut.

Define "athlete".

Arguably the best tri coach in the world has never done a triathlon.

Reading your t-dot website, I wonder what you know at all about the sport, except what you can regurgitate from other sources...

Put me in coach!

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We tried to get one of these up and running in Canada last year. Some interest from OLN, but not enough to go through.

Best of luck with it!!!

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Can I send a pic of someone else so I have a better chance of getting chosen?

What are the dates for filming?

Deadline for aps?

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We are looking for "real" athletes, who have heart, desire and the will to compete. Looking forward to hearing from you.

Dates for filming TBD. Deadline for apps. May 1st.
Looking forward to hearing from you as well!

Who are the 'top pros that will be doing the coaching??
or is that too much to ask at this time.


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Full event coverage of triathlon/ironman in photos.

Sounds like fun to me!

Hi, my name is Paulo. I feel that I can add a great deal to your little program. I would love to be on your show.





Now THAT would be the shit!

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What if the Hokey Pokey is what it is all about?

I have to ask??? But what kind of life structure does someone have that could put their life on hold and do a reality TV show. Is it just going to be people who still live at home with their parents and college kids on summer break? Don't get me wrong, I'd watch the show if it ever made it to the air waves, but I'm just curious how people do that? "Survior" at least is for some huge money and exposure on a national level for people who think they need to be discovered, thus there's always at least one girl with the breast implants.

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I know of a cyclist who I am sure has the time....plus, he is not afraid of the camera!

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What if the Hokey Pokey is what it is all about?

He wouldn't be a computer guy who rides a pink Planet X bike would he???

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It's not how many years you have left in life, it's how much life you have left in your years!

O-K, I just figured it out...the youtube guy...this could be why I never finished college??? I knew I should have worn a helment in that last football game...

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Do we get free gear and bike?

All contestants will be equipped with brand new gear. Bikes, shoes, clothes, wet suit, nutrition, shoe laces, etc.

"Triathlon Reality Show Casting for Athlete's"

athlete's what?

don't leave me hanging...

so, is that your email at the bottom that we send a picture and "tell [you] a little about [myself]?

you guys joke about what kind of lifestyle you must have to stop what you are doing and be on a reality show for a few weeks...well conveniently I'm a college student who would be more than willing to drop his job and school for a month to focus on his obsessive training for his first IM...and did I mention get free gear that I otherwise couldn't afford? I guess that would mean I could give away my OCR3, clip-on aerobars and wheelcover. any takers?...I'm keeping the helix though, you can't take away my helix...nobody can...

Nope a guy I know from South Carolina.

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What if the Hokey Pokey is what it is all about?

No implants (that I could see), but, looks like Jessi is onboard and, if so, dude, I'm in ...




http://tdottriathlon.com/...d=1&limitstart=3

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If there are no dogs in Heaven, then when I die I want to go where they went. - Will Rogers

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And Faris. Nothing on the website indicating that these pros will be involved in the show, but, they appear on the website (FWIW). Ah, what the hell, why not send in the info?




http://tdottriathlon.com/...d=1&limitstart=0

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If there are no dogs in Heaven, then when I die I want to go where they went. - Will Rogers

Emery's Third Coast Triathlon | Tri Wisconsin Triathlon Team | Push Endurance | GLWR

I can do it. I run a small technology firm and as long as I have my laptop (built-in wireless broadband), my cell phone, and FedEx available, I can be anywhere. I just need a few hours a day here and there to make sure things are going smoothly.

I think I'll go ahead and apply but I'm sure the last contestant they want is a mediocre white boy wannabee.

"...shoe laces, etc."

what....no water?

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what distance tri is this challenge geared toward?

Is it jsut me or is this the lamest kind of reality television anyone can think of. I mean, come on, there will be no drunk scenes, maybe you get a little romance, but what else besides that, some guy or gal puking. Fights perhaps?? "Dude, you didn't give it your all that last 5 miles of the bike", "F you dude, your a little bitatch, I gave it all I had!"

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I'm just starting in triathlons and can barely swim. That would surely be TV worthy...people would be glued to their TV's just watching to see if today is the day I drown. Therefore i should be chosen immediately.

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I have many hobbies...make that too many.

Are you kidding? Put a bunch of type A+ people in with a smattering of type A-, and you have some drama! Plus, all the ego in one place for that long will lead to fireworks. I would assume they would try to cast some edgy people to add to the drama, perhaps even the opinionatedcyclist! Think of the fun with him in the same room as Paulo!

Maybe throw in some TnT folks for some added "spectacle."

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"I really wish you would post more often. You always have some good stuff to say. I copied it below just in case someone missed it." BarryP to Chainpin on 10/21/06

I wouldn't consider the Tuna an athlete. But that's football.

The final race will be Olympic. But there will be a build to that distance, that will even keep the experienced Ironman guessing.

How much training/racing/coaching can you fit in 4 weeks? And how many shows would be made?

Comparing it with survivor, they're out there 5 weeks or so and have challenges every day or two. I just can't see 'training' being that exciting, or enough time (recovery) to have enough challenges in four weeks for it to be entertaining.

I hope you're succesfull though, I'm just throwing out some thoughts.

when i read this i thought to myself, the biggest conflict to happen on the show will be one person ordering a pizza

Skewers. That's all I'm gonna say...

According to the producers, who are all triathletes, that has been thought out and taken into consideration. They told us no more, but to expect something cool, fun and entertaining.

Open to Canadians?

Trev

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http://www.thedoctrine.ca

Everyone, even Canadians :)

So I sent you all my info, is this where I should start acting goofy as !@#$ to show that I can be a "personality"? ;^)

John

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there goes the neighborhood

I always thought the Hawaii IM broadcast was TV's first triathlon based reality show...

LOL

Figured this is what would happen with this. Sorry if it's a repost...

Reality Show, Not A Reality Written by T-Dot Thursday, 05 June 2008

"It was the little show that could," but it didn’t.

A bonk right at the finish line for the triathlon reality show.
Producers informed us that the network that they were working with passed on the concept for this year and decided to go with another sports related show.

“The interest and the market is there,” said one of the casting producers Steve Michaels, “we received over 500 e-mails from athletes looking to be on the show. It sucks, but we aren’t giving up, and are targeting another network or might try and raise the funds ourselves to air the show.”
If you applied to be on the show, you should be receiving a “Dear John” e-mail within the week.

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If nothing changes, you'll keep getting the same results.

The good news, if there is any, is the show is not dead. The network involved wants to take a shot at it next season. There were too many moving parts to try and get a show like this off the ground in time.
So keep on training and keep your eyes open, because they start production in February!

Will we need to resubmit photo's, etc?

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