Race Excuses

Ashburn · December 4, 2003, 4:32pm

In the spirit of the thread on things we’ll all never agree on, how about favorite bad race excuses?

I was just training through.

This was just a tempo run for me.

My digestion quit on me.

I went too hard on the swim.

ajfranke · December 4, 2003, 4:35pm

The truth has seved me quite well. I am over 40, overweight and out of shape.

Tom_Demerly · December 4, 2003, 6:08pm

My back hurts. I’m a girl.

Khai · December 4, 2003, 6:56pm

The more time I spend out there, the better value I get for my entry fees.

Matt · December 4, 2003, 7:19pm

I didn’t taper long enough.

I tapered for too long.

matt

nosmo_king · December 4, 2003, 7:28pm

I lifted weights and killed my mitochondrias.

timberwolf · December 4, 2003, 7:33pm

My plan was going great, then the gun went off…

Brett

Chappy · December 4, 2003, 7:41pm

I just did not have it today.

(of course IT has been AWOL for some time)

Fluffyjoes · December 4, 2003, 8:11pm

It was raining and I had to sleep in a tent in the mud.

cerveloguy · December 4, 2003, 8:15pm

But I was pacing myself. I thought it was an IM not a sprint.

Ashburn · December 4, 2003, 8:18pm

The truth has seved me quite well. I am over 40, overweight and out of shape.

I got three flats and it rained really, really, **REALLY **hard…

vidaeboa · December 4, 2003, 9:57pm

I had sex last night.
or, in my case, my favorite excuse is “i didn’t have sex last night - but if i had a girl, she’d help keep me in line, so i wouldn’t miss any workouts, also i’d get a hell of a core workout on a regular basis, and therefore i would’ve won my ag”

desert_dude · December 4, 2003, 10:39pm

I wanted someone else to win.
I liked that girls butt so I followed her
It’s a training race.
i didn’t know there was prize money
I didn’t know this was a race, I thought a bunch of people met here every weekend to train.

desert_dude · December 4, 2003, 10:48pm

This is sure to get me flamed:

I raced in the TNT division
.

skid_marks · December 4, 2003, 11:25pm

Cramp.

SM

Race_Bannon · December 5, 2003, 3:03am

I’m on the Atkins diet
.

TripleThreat · December 5, 2003, 6:40am

I’m starting to compile my excuses for this upcoming summer races. Here’s a few I have stored away …

I was racing for the experience not the placing.
I’m new at this.
I got lost.
People were drafting me.
The sun was in my eyes.
My contact lenses were acting up on me.
The slow people were blocking me in.
I didn’t want to hurt other people’s feeling by passing them.
You’re a winner if you finish.
Back of the Pack is where it’s at.
I don’t want all the attention you’d get from winning the race.
I don’t have room for another trophy/medal.
It’s not whether you win or lose …
I’m doing this for fun.
I don’t like the racing, I like the training.
My job/spouse/son/etc interferred with my training.
My bike chain fell off.
I couldn’t get my shoes untied. or I stopped to tie my shoe … twice
I don’t have a $4000 bike.
I could run fast too if I had shoes like that.
I thought this was like golf … y’know where the “high score” wins.

Wow, this “excuse making” thing is pretty easy … no wonder it is so popular.

My excuse list, like all the other excuses is pure bunk and for entertainment purposes only … unless I fail miserably big grin.