Is there humour in triathlon?

Triathlon Forum
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There is no lack of great humour here on ST but what about at our events? Am I the only one that thinks things could lighten up just a little bit? I wondered this after watching this fantastic moment at the Open: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N8gbgse0WsY

How about this: share some of the comedy (intentional) that you’ve experienced at tri’s.

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Do we need more than lyrca & speedos?

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Or people who take pride in excreting on themselves?

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Have you seen what people wear in triathlons?

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There is less humour in triathlon than in any other single pursuit, and that includes dental surgery.

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I don’t recall who it was at the start of the Elite Men’s National Championship race in Tuscaloosa, the start was delayed for a minute or two and one of the competitors was joking with the spectators a bit about making it a relay. It lightened up the rest of the competitors and the crowd a bit.

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Yeah? So what?

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Is there humour in triathlon?

Yeah, most people that compete are a joke.

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What do you recommend?

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What do you recommend?
“Hey, you’re a comedian, right? Say something funny.” I don’t think there’s a blueprint for humour.

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Or people who take pride in excreting on themselves?
Not only taking pride in peeing on themselves, but talking very seriously about the different methods for efficiently peeing on oneself, and getting the pee smell out of cycling shoes. I don’t care who you are, that’s funny…

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SneakySpeed is probably the funniest ‘thing’ I have encountered on ST. I mean, he can’t be for real, it’s pure .99 cent entertainment. Almost as bad as Beavis and Butthead, but slightly less annoying.

Where else can you get a guy who poses for gay internet ads with his own pic…all for the entertainment of others?

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He’s a loathesome brute, yet I can’t look away…

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Are you serious?

Have you not noticed the ridiculous amount of stuff people carry around on their bikes?

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Aero helmets, you can not be taken seriously wearing an aero helmet.

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Anyone asking that question has obviouslt never seen me attempt to swim.

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There I give you…humour (the answers, not the OP)

http://forum.slowtwitch.com/gforum.cgi?do=post_view_flat;post=1806873;page=1;sb=post_latest_reply;so=ASC;mh=25;

Or you can check for

1how to make flat coke
2 recognized this song (whistled by freestyle)
3 he knows where to find me
4 khai vs drtommy
5 many comments by jonnyo or MrTibbs

The answers given by Thomas Hellriegel, being interviewed by Michael Lovato pre IMC09 weren’t bad either.

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Compression socks!

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I was running 15 km’s into IM Canada run leg , a short while ago.

I was comfortably following a 41 year old lady who was maintaing the pace I was oing.

I was about 2 metres behind her as she approached a 43 year old guy , suffering in his own world shuffling along.

He proceeds to let out 3 or 4 solid farts that were quite loud and understandably continues as though nothing happened.
The lady , immediately pulls left 1.5m and accelerates for the pass…

Although , the comedy in this is hard to interpret on paper , it definitely lightened the moment.

Terry

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While SneakySpeed was quite comical, nothing on this list was funnier than the guy who crashed his stationary spin bike.