I'm going to be a grumpy old man today.
I've seen the lottery Kona argument on here several times Since I am not a tri person (or a least not an IM person) I don't have any word that argument.
A recent thing came up that actually reminded me of that argument though. Each year there is a lottery to send company employees to some kind of sponsored endurance event. Airfare and hotel covered, just have to take vacation days if part of it is during the work week. They ship your equipment out for free also.
Now, this event is always in a location and at a distance that would challenge even a moderate "clubbie" with avoiding a DNF.
I never considered it, but we've got people entering this lottery drawing to go that have zero endurance sport experience of any kind. They're going to DNF.
But, they're folks that wind up on occasion winning spots to go.
Mind you this is not a competition kind of thing (you get a time though), but it just seems really crappy that people are all Johnny-come-lately to register for something free that they've got zero business doing. I say that because the training time isn't like a year or even six months for someone going from zero.
Seems a bit childish to sign up for a lottery so you can get a free vacation somewhere while fluffing off the fitness commitment part.
I'll go back to my front porch now.
I've seen the lottery Kona argument on here several times Since I am not a tri person (or a least not an IM person) I don't have any word that argument.
A recent thing came up that actually reminded me of that argument though. Each year there is a lottery to send company employees to some kind of sponsored endurance event. Airfare and hotel covered, just have to take vacation days if part of it is during the work week. They ship your equipment out for free also.
Now, this event is always in a location and at a distance that would challenge even a moderate "clubbie" with avoiding a DNF.
I never considered it, but we've got people entering this lottery drawing to go that have zero endurance sport experience of any kind. They're going to DNF.
But, they're folks that wind up on occasion winning spots to go.
Mind you this is not a competition kind of thing (you get a time though), but it just seems really crappy that people are all Johnny-come-lately to register for something free that they've got zero business doing. I say that because the training time isn't like a year or even six months for someone going from zero.
Seems a bit childish to sign up for a lottery so you can get a free vacation somewhere while fluffing off the fitness commitment part.
I'll go back to my front porch now.