that's some serious HTFU.

I drove my bike out to a spot where I do bricks, did my bike leg, realized I forgot to bring any shoes. ran 3 miles without shoes.

got lots of blisters, and weird looks

haha

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A japanese competitor rode 112mi barefoot on his pedals at IM Australia 2-3 years ago. He had forgotten his bike shoes. He still posted a sub 3h10 run..

There's plenty of those stories around... Here's an old posted here 4 years ago http://forum.slowtwitch.com/...search_engine#107464

LOL....and I already posted that same info in that same thread :D

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I am amazed he left the other shoe on.

 
I remenber finding a swim cap in Elysean Park during the LA tri. Can you imagine doing the bike and half the run with your swim cap on ??

In soaking-wet Muncie this year, one of the competitors left transition with both his shoes, but with at least 3-4 miles left (when I saw him) he apparently decided they were causing too much trouble, so he took 'em off.

...and ran the last several miles carrying them.

...and finished his 1/2 IM in 4:44.

I felt like such a candy-ass when he went running by (for multiple reasons, look at the photos and you'll understand).

HTFU, indeed:
http://www.brightroom.com/...&PWD=&BIB=26

awesome!

someone needs to tell the girl in front of him that putting shorts or a skirt, whatever that pink thing is, is a waste of transition time. Part of the fun of tri is running around in your swimsuit!!!

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When I saw Newbz take off his running shoes at the Rockman, I knew I had him...

is that guy naked?

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I felt like such a candy-ass when he went running by (for multiple reasons, look at the photos and you'll understand).

Probably because he was able to morph between a big black dude and a white girl, huh?

That'd freak me out, too.

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Of course not. He's got his race number belt on.

You laugh, but I have a friend who won a short course duathlon with one shoe. He ran the final 5k in under 16 minutes with one shoe on, and barefoot on the other. If anybody else was at the Va Duathlon then you'd know how unbelievable that is.