Please…I might be old school but to print or say Ironman 70.3 is to be disrespectful.
Saying you did Ironman means KONA. period.
Saying you did Ironman FL, WI, Choo…is fine
But to say you did Ironman Racine…and maybe add the 70.3 that most non-triathletes don’t understand is bragging with out finishing…just like wearing clothing from a race you have not done.
Shame on you.
Just say you have done a Half-Ironman and be done with it. Be honest.
Maybe part of our numbers drop this year is because all the non-triathletes think all of us just do IM distance races all year long…go look it up and do the usual…no ____ way!
Please…I might be old school but to print or say Ironman 70.3 is to be disrespectful.
Saying you did Ironman means KONA. period.
Saying you did Ironman FL, WI, Choo…is fine
But to say you did Ironman Racine…and maybe add the 70.3 that most non-triathletes don’t understand is bragging with out finishing…just like wearing clothing from a race you have not done.
Shame on you.
Just say you have done a Half-Ironman and be done with it. Be honest.
Maybe part of our numbers drop this year is because all the non-triathletes think all of us just do IM distance races all year long…go look it up and do the usual…no ____ way!
Just my 2-cents
Elitism from AMS. Are you really that tore up over it?
Doesn’t the Ironman web site actually refer to it as Ironman 70.3? I must be missing the point, too.
I think that is the point. I believe that the OP is concerned about the usurpation of the word “Ironman”, first by the WTC and then by the masses (some of which don’t know any better) to mean something that is not 140.6. A lot of people feel that way.
So if someone asks how many I have done I have to list them all out and not say ‘I’ve done x IM’s’ for fear that they will think I have done Kona multiple times?
Saying Ironman 70.3 is not disrespectful, it is just too many syllables. If the person you are talking to knows about triathlon you say, ‘I did a half yesterday.’ If the person doesn’t know about triathlon you don’t say anything because they don’t know the difference between a walk around the block, a 5k, a half, a marathon (and for the love of god don’t say half-mary and mary because that just pisses me off), an ironman, the TdF, and the Marathon des Sables.
Doesn’t the Ironman web site actually refer to it as Ironman 70.3? I must be missing the point, too.
I think that is the point. I believe that the OP is concerned about the usurpation of the word “Ironman”, first by the WTC and then by the masses (some of which don’t know any better) to mean something that is not 140.6. A lot of people feel that way.
I would have thought that as well but most of his post seemed directed at individuals and not so much at WTC. Maybe that was intentional. I probably did miss the point though, as I generally need things explained to me in terms of duckies & bunnies…
You have way too much time on your hands if this bothers you. 98% of the population have no clue as to what an Ironman really is anyways… Get over it and spend your time worrying about something that matters dude. As far as people wearing logo shirts for races they have or have not done. So what! I have done many Ironmans and really don’t worry about such small minded things.
Ironman 70.3 is still an Ironman race, just a different distance. So technically whether you do 70.3 or the full distance, you still competed and completed an Ironman race.
I believe mid distance - or standard, is Oly. Short is sprint, Long is 70.3 (HIM), Ultra is 140.6…please correct me if i’m wrong.
When I get around to doing a Challenge Race - I’m going to tell everyone, I did a Challenge. They might ask - like that stupid ice bucket crap? Maybe Felix needs a new branding strategy…
Or this Toughman thing - is their a Tdot tattoo yet?