I agree 100%…the shit he was spouting last night to another STer was just diareah of the mouth (keyboard). If that guy is so damn hot he needs to step out…how DARE he insult members here with PROVEN history of being a great person, let alone a great competitor. Slowman needs to require some sort of real ID on members…I suck and my name is in the open.
Actually, I have some idea who he could be…could be his b-day very soon, if I am right
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if king kong is some shmoe pretending to be gingrich on this board and being a tool like he was the other day then that is not cool. if king kong is in fact gingrich then i guess that is ok, but it would mean that gingrich has been outed as an uber-tool.
I would like to take the opportunity to say that the following brands “proudly sponsor” MARK GINGRICH, “aka King Kong”:
“Sponsor” names edited out.
I would like to take the opportunity to state that I do not use any of the above listed brands, nor am I inclined to given the utter jack-assery of one of their “proudly sponsored” athletes.
Shame, too - I was ready to try Craft…
Reynolds wheels are awesome.
and Vinu Malik at Fuel Belt is a great guy…so I wouldn’t be stopped by an tiny insignificant detail like a 60ft tall monkey.
Dude, you are right, 11:09 will give him free stickers. I’ll take down the name of the sponsors, they can’t keep track of all the stickers they give away…
The thing though is that his time is completely irrelevant…whether you go 8hrs or 15hrs, you have to be a complete jerk to make fun of someone having a bad race (even if the person has nearly exclusively bad races…although I did finish a duathlon this year 
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Olaf won in Brazil. All he said was ‘i am so sorry for you after all the good training. Thanks a million for being my training partner and helping me train’…and I have some jerk BSing me as if he was god’s gift to triathlon…
I even went over my old posts leading up to Brazil…I sure bragged: I said to davidd about the half in spokane ‘you should come, I blow up all the time, you’ll win anyway’ or something like that. Doesn’t seem to be bragging or maybe things are really different in English…
Dapper Dan–I have copied his post so it we have an archive:
Hey NYC05,
Head on over to www.coachgordo.com, and go to his tips section. You will find an immense amount of knowledge with regards to HR training zones.
With regards to your HR zones on the bike. First things first, you need to find your LTHR for the bike and run. Chances are that it will be much lower for the bike. With the exception of Elite athletes, most everyone’s LTHR is lower on the bike than the run.
The figures you shot out sound normal to me, but then again, I don’t know anything about you. I know you are 30 and that’s all I know.
The first thing you should do is a LTHR test for the bike. It takes approximately 30 minutes after warm-up. It is listed on www.coachgordo.com and will be up on my website soon www.markgingrich.com.
It sounds like you are serious about your training. Now you just need the answers to move along. You can always contact me through my website or shoot up a post over on www.coachgordo.com.
Train Safe
Mark:
nothing wrong being a pro wanne be…I know a canuck guy who came in the sport overweight, but really eager to learn and go fast and went from 11+ to sub 8h30 
He may become quite fast one day…never know…
Also know that reading from a forum can be misleading…you don’t have the tone or anything and something may have seemed arrogant. It wasn’t the intent.
Thing is, I virtually can’t hold grudge to anyone…if he comes to talk to me at some race, I’d probably think he is a good guy…never know what motivates people to say what they say
I thought slowtwitch was the blog to all of us…we can puke all the stupid things with have in mind out!
It’s not true? I need a blog? shit…noone told me!
Yeah Francois, the fact that you’re such a nice guy at all times is the only thing I really hate in your personality… it annoys the hell out of me!!!
need to make a balance with you portuguese man o’ war!
did you feel the dark side of the force leaving you next to Olaf or me? did your anger vanish? or your ‘meanness’? hehe
I directed my anger towards Brian everytime we got lost in Chandler!!!
What I find funny is why the heck does anyone care if you finish or don’t finish?! Honestly, who cares, right!? People have way too much time on their hands! Screw 'em Francois!
Brian, do you READ US??? Ask your wife for crissake!!!
and congrats to Brian and his wife for being parents for the 4th time… hehe
well, I care
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Well of course, but why people get so wound up about YOUR race is pretty funny.
Well of course, but why people get so wound up about YOUR race is pretty funny.
That’s simple–because they are jealous of his fishing expertise.
If this guys best is 11:08…and he talks that shit it is just plain silly. Not that 11:08 is good or bad, 16:59 is great, and more than I am going to do in France in 2 weeks…BUT…NO ONE should be allowed to tear on anyones race results…unless they are prompted. His attack on my buddy Frenchie is uncalled for and I still think that he should be banned. I cant imagine how I would feel #1 being upset with my own performance be it less than my goal, or a DNF…only to have it judged by some internet jack ass who may or may not be a MOPer at best (if that is infact him)…
Now - let me name a few of my sponsors
Gu…gave me stickers at a few races
Litespeed
Softride
Gita Sports
Campagnolo - sent me stickers too
Michelin
Time - washers for my pedals and stickers
Look - yet more stickers
Powerbar, Timex, Giro, US Postal Team, USA IronMan, USAT…jeesh…so many sponsors to list…