Just saw the below on a running webite. Ya gotta admit the last line is pretty funny.
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triathletes are just people who realize they really suck at swimming, biking, and running, and figure if they do all three of them together, they are magically lifted to a new athletic level. half of them seem to hate running!
i sucked at math, physics, and german, but i didnt go and triple major in college.
Styrrell
we’re all loosers 
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"half of them seem to hate running! "
Only half?
I thought we hate running and swimming. When did this change?
Well, in this case they were one-third right. I suck at swimming. Running has its’ elitist crowd just like anyone else.
I do find it pretty hilarious that one could make that statement and be so ignorant of the facts. I have run a lot of road races and there were a lot of people who can’t run a half marathon as fast as some of the people that beat me at my last half-ironman, and that after a 56-mile ride.
Triathlon is great because you can’t just specialize in one sport. If you want to compete then you have to work in all three. If I could swim I’m might have won a race or two by now, but I’m not so the better all-rounder takes the spoils. As it should be.
Chad
Why is it that the swimmers don’t like us in their pool, the roadies think were dweebs who ride weird bikes and the runners think were losers. Sheesh, I had a shower this morning. Is there some kind of stench on us that only they smell?
My dog likes me!
John
It is funny and I am sure similar lines can be found on some cycling or swimming sites.
Herbert
They all hate us 'cuz thanks to Kona and the mistique of ironman, we have a sexier public image. Swimmers aren’t cool at all, sorry (in high school, we all had red eyes and fuzzy chlorine hair). Runners are all skinney. Bikers are, well, kind of european. But TRIATHLETES… even the name is sexy. And our legs… well… need I say more.
Seriously, the real reason I moved to triathlons, as an AARP-qualified BOPer was that cross training allows me to max out almost every day, if I want and not get hurt. Now I get all the endorphins I can handle and don’t have to worry about my knees, or shoulders. I have a friend who did 5 Boston Marathons then started getting injured. He says that he has never been so injury-free since he started triathlons.
By the way, this friend of mine is a SERIOUS runner. He’s run 50 marathons. Last summer, he did IMWI, after buying a Felt2 and riding and swimming for 5 mos. or so. He came in at 11:45 pm with a serious respect for the difference between a 3:30 hour event and an 11+ hour event. He’s now a raving triathlete, though his first love is running (he’s doing a 50 mile endurance run on the Appalacian trail in a few weeks).
Triathlon is better than specializing in any of the three disciplines, from a standpoint of corporeal balance. Swimmers tend to have stick legs with wide shoulders/back, runners tend to be little with gristly legs and no upper body, roadies have no upper body and move clumbsily on land upon legs that are out of proportion. Triathletes tend to look a little better balanced, although I think most need to add weight training to the mix to get to an even better overall balance…unless you’re a pro…then, speed is everything…to heck with balance for them.
Swimmers tend to have stick legs with wide shoulders/back, runners tend to be little with gristly legs and no upper body, roadies have no upper body and move clumbsily on land upon legs that are out of proportion.
Now you will be quoted on swimming, running and road bike sites. 
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Herbert wrote: Now you will be quoted on swimming, running and road bike sites.
Yep. No matter. As a triathlete looking for even better balance, I adhere to the weight lifting advice I gave…I can usually take any of those wimpier athletes in a fight. But, if it was a really big runner, I’d just jump into the water to get away. If it was a really big biker, I could just outrun him. If it were a swimmer, I’d just hop on my bike…OR run away. Actually, I haven’t seen anyone in my AG that beats me that I couldn’t wrestle their trophy away from them if I wanted it that badly! Come on, people…it wouldn’t hurt most of you to pick up a weight or two 
…all in fun…
Has anyone seen the caricature of cyclists in The Triplets of Belville?
I’m ROFL from your easter egg tag line. I’ll have to remember that… or not.
Wow, are they off base. The way I see it, runners are missing two sports and duathletes are missing one. It’s only the triathlete who has the full complement of sports.
“I’m ROFL from your easter egg…”
you’re from florida too?
Letsrun used to be a forum where you could share useful info about running with other educated, die-hard runners. Now, it has become a wasteland for bored high school kids. Most of the better posters have gone to other forums because of what it’s become…simply, entertainment.
Shawn - ASICS America
I’ve always wondered what IMHO is as well… Ironman Hatteras, Outer Banks? Ironman (what?)
I don’t know alot of internet code, but that’s “in my humble opinion”.
They often forget that some of us can beat most of them at their own sport. Not to sterotype, and certainly in no attempt to offend anyone, I draw a picture of some NAIA or Div III kid who thinks he is the shit since he runs a 28 min 8K in CC. Maybe I’m wrong, but I have really never heard any remarks from runners who are actually fast.
Thanks Chuck, I was just trying to be funny, riding on the ROFL thing as some secret Florida thing. I guess I failed at humor. I’ll try for more wit the next time around. Harder than actually saying something intelligent…