chuy wrote:
Julebag wrote:
I really want to like this guy, but the video really makes it hard. "I don't care what ST thinks of me, and I made this 10 min long hype video to prove that I don't care!!" Still will be fun to watch...
I actually did want him to do well at first, i thought it would be a different legit attempt and was actually looking forward to it.
But after that video what a tool. I hope he is reading this. Anyone who has ever done multi day ultra races knows how much help IVs are, especially mid race. And im more than sure he will have a posse of people on the bike to ride behind again.
I might be a slowtwitch moron but also know that he would get killed at an actual ultra triathlon race by people who train and race these events. So i guess he will have to keep making up his own events and rules to stay relevant.
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The problem is that the average punter who will be following his 100x100 just won't care about "rules".James knows that and is leveraging the support he got from his merry band of internet defense attorneys to make a pre-emptive strike against anyone who questions anything about the challenge. It is the perfect way for him to be the guy that "The haters" want to shit on. Very smart tactical thinking on his part.
As far as his being competitive against the best of the IUTA (or even the top Ultraman athletes), yes he wouldn't rate but again, nobody outside of our little community gives a shit which is a sad reality for us.Hell,we both know very well that it isn't the fastest IUTA guys and gals who are getting the lions share of attention in the Ultra-Tri world,it is the best Ultra-marketers who get the glory and in some cases the $$$$$$ as a result. I feel for Adrian Kostera who is an IUTA athlete and is doing his 100x100 next year.Nobody outside of his own circle and a handful of us will give a shit at all,instead they will be getting all horny over the "7Iron's on 7Continents in 7Days".
James is doing this as a job and that job is to sell books,another Netflix documentary and charge a shitload for "celebrity coaching" etc,etc.It is very similar to the way Macca is pimping the SUB7/SUB8 Challenge in order to increase the profile of the various business interests he is a major player in. It has been a lean time for MANA Sports,Super League and Bahrain13 during the pandemic and investors need some return.The SUB7/SUB8 will take care of that.
You have to wonder though,if James is as really mentally ready for it this time around. When he did the 50X50X50 he wasn't nearly as well known as he is now and hadn't tasted the success he and his family now live. Has he become just that little bit too cocky? Has he become just that little bit softer where it counts? Who knows, but it is a lot easier to make yourself deal with the hell he will go through when your family is living in a van and there isn't a guarantee of food on the table. Hunger makes people do amazing things and we have to ask if he is still truly "Hungry" this time around.
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ThailandUltras: Feb 8, 21 19:37