Out of boredom in the hotel room we were looking at the “possible” winner among the PROS for IMOO… I started to google the PROS listed at IMOO entry and came across an odd situation.
Here are the previous results of a pro: http://triresults.com/...hlete_results/125191
So how can you get a pro card if you are not… lets say… fast?
Buddy says it’s just a coincidence, names are similar. I say maybe get a pro card as an Olympic racer then move to longer distance and suck?
Edit: Whoops! Looked at the other entries and they are age group entries. Maybe a name similarity.
Nope, looks like the same guy. To much of a coincidence that they are all from Mesa, Arizona!
So, I guess I need to get 4-5 hours slower to get a pro card!
It just doenn’t make sense. Maybe I say “bad luck” in all the races listed so he didn’t race the full potential. But what is the criteria for a PRO card? Do you have to race under certain time or do you have to be oficially sponsored and show triathlon as your only income?
Maybe it is elaborate triathlon performance art. Like how I bang pots and pans at 2AM in the dorm and say I am a musician. If only the university would give me a pro card…
I would feel really stupid if he actually got better (not that the feeling is anything new).
So you can pick a low key local race and place in your age group get a pro card and race in pro division in an ironman. But why? If you are going to finish 14+ hours what does a pro start do other than embarrestment?
So you can pick a low key local race and place in your age group get a pro card and race in pro division in an ironman. But why? If you are going to finish 14+ hours what does a pro start do other than embarrestment?
you know, it’s REALLY easy to find out what the qualifications for a pro card are. like, REALLY easy, and then you wouldn’t be spouting circumstantial rubbish. the bonus of doing that research is that you can then draw your own conclusions as to whether or not getting one is worth your while depending on the type of “racing” you’re doing, and you’ll also understand why having a pro card might not correlate to a fast IM time.
Reading this post I decided to go and actually find out myself, and I could not find the definitive source. I know it’s something like you need to finish top-5 and time some percent within 1st at a few races. But can you please enlighten us? Googling various pro triathlon terms mostly led me to amateur blog/forum posters like “I’ve never done a triathlon, what do I do to become as fast as the pros?”
Related story: At a 5k, I talked to one of the guys who works at my gym. He just heard about the large prize purse for the Boston Marathon and wanted to win it. I asked if he qualified for the race, and he didn’t understand the question. Turns out he has never run more than 3 miles (he wasn’t even running in the 5k), but was sure that “just 3 months training” could up and win Boston. Goooood luck.
(now maybe do 3 months training, and bring some subway fare…)
