Does anyone else get this tired old line all the time? As in, “I would do triathlons but…I don’t have a bike, or, it’s too hot out during the summer, or I don’t have anywhere to swim…”
Maybe it’s just me, but I hate excuses. What is the best one anyone here has heard?
My favorite: “I would do triathlons but I’m not hardcore like you.”
people who don’t ride don’t realize that a 30 miler is quick ride
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“I was reading slowtwitch and all of the triathletes seemed like whinny, judgemental twits”
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“all that running is bad on the knees.”
Well, weighing 250 and eating ding dongs and hohos is so much better.
I would do triathlons but…
…“it’s so much easier to just post on ST and/or TNO as if I know what the hell I’m talking about although I really don’t. Besides I have small children.”…
Ok, I admit I’ve never heard anyone say that I just made it up…
I love those line…everyone has an excuse.
But, my personal favorite is…“I use to be a athlete back in my youth, but now age had caught up to me”…coming from a 30 something overweight computer programmer that sits all day eating fast food 3 times a day. Yeah, definitly father time catching up with you…when you see him next time tell him to stop beating you with the ugly stick.
-bcreager
I got this once: “I would do triathlons but I’m not a geek”
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This is not quite on topic, but related.
I was trying to get my mom, who is 73 and has never done anything athletic in her life, to join Curves, which is a mini-gym for women. I was explaining that she could start lifting light weights, etc. She looked at me, and in all seriousness, said, “I can’t do that, I don’t want to get all muscle-bound like those women bodybuilders.”
I told her that as long as she stays off steroids she should be fine.
I finished my first ever triathlon, an IM, in 9:53 and just have no motivation to do any others.
(said to me by a first time IM racer at CdA. He prefers the standalone marathon.)
lol…I like that. Sometime you just have to smile at the naiveity (is that a word??) of some people…they just honestly don’t know. I can just picture my mom saying the same thing about weight lifting. Avoid the juice ma, Jose says its not worth it 
-bcreager
“You have only so many heartbeats. I don’t want to use mine up any quicker than I have to.”
Said to me by my father after my first tri:
I would race with you sweetie, if they allowed pool noodles during the swim.
“I would race triathlons but I’m not a good swimmer…”
From the mouths of numerous people who hae not worked out in over 5 years.
My response “yeah, it’s the swimming that makes it tough…” right.
I’m in prison.
One of the few excuses I’ll believe.
My favorite excuse actually came from my dear brother, who is my polar opposite. He said, “I’d do triathlons, but I enjoy being fat and lazy”.
I had a guy say this to me and I tried to talk him out of it but was unsuccessful…
“I do not have a HRM and I would need that for training…maybe next year.”
I would do Triathlons…but I would rather do Triathletes! (girl ones)
Dude, there’s one up in my neck of the woods that allows pool noodles and life jackets(Espanola sprint tri). I did it last year, and another guy I know was all bummed out because a kid with the pool noodle passed him on the swim.
Is there a website for that tri, because I will send it to my dad. No excuses now!
www.triespanola.ca
From the race info “Life jackets are permitted during the swim”
The website isn’t updated very often, but its a great small town triathlon. Here in Northern Ontario just about every town has its own sprint tri. This one has to be the fastest tri around… 750m swim (possibly a bit short), 20 km bike (down a large hill, then flat), different T2 (so you don’t have to go back up the hill), and a flat 5k run. The winning time in the last two years has been just over an hour.