I always read your post, because I legitimately get you and desert dude mixed up. Before I click, I always ask myself ‘is this the crazy old dude who rails on the fat athletes’ or ‘is this the guy that always has pretty intelligent triathlon posts’.
That’s like getting Scottie Pippen and Dennis Rodman mixed up
Dave…do you think you’ll ever work on your bike training so that it isn’t such a limiter for you? Getting faster on the bike is painful, but you might find that it is worth it if you give it a shot. Gotta be painful to lose to all those people you beat on the run due to your slow biking.
What is the issue? Won just about all race this year in my ag. I am currently 3rd on the nation ranked in tri. My bike in my ag is top 10%. What is the issue? We are racing a tri not a crit tt. I have my best ranking now 90.22 that I have evet had at 60. Again are all you guys having higher scores in your rankings?
What was your bike split and what was your finish position?
If you’re such a fantastic runner but (self admitted) are always weak on the bike, why don’t you do straight running races?
I can answer that for you, because you’d get your ass handed to you by better runners. You’re a mediocre runner who does triathlons because your running ability is better than the average triathlete. I usually wouldn’t care, but your constantly gloating and patting yourself on the back pisses me off
Dave…do you think you’ll ever work on your bike training so that it isn’t such a limiter for you? Getting faster on the bike is painful, but you might find that it is worth it if you give it a shot. Gotta be painful to lose to all those people you beat on the run due to your slow biking.
What is the issue? Won just about all race this year in my ag. I am currently 3rd on the nation ranked in tri. My bike in my ag is top 10%. What is the issue? We are racing a tri not a crit tt. I have my best ranking now 90.22 that I have evet had at 60. Again are all you guys having higher scores in your rankings?
I got has high as an 86 a few years ago.
90 is good stuff but you’re still getting your rear handed to you by the 95+ studs!
Dave…do you think you’ll ever work on your bike training so that it isn’t such a limiter for you? Getting faster on the bike is painful, but you might find that it is worth it if you give it a shot. Gotta be painful to lose to all those people you beat on the run due to your slow biking.
What is the issue? Won just about all race this year in my ag. I am currently 3rd on the nation ranked in tri. My bike in my ag is top 10%. What is the issue? We are racing a tri not a crit tt. I have my best ranking now 90.22 that I have evet had at 60. Again are all you guys having higher scores in your rankings?
bla bla bla rankings. so given the big bear olympic race, you would place terrible. 1.5k swim, 30mi bike, 5.5 run . guess distances do matter??
I raced Sunday and was shocked again to end up with the 3rd fastest run for the Olympic for an old guy and got 14th OA. I just keep talking to folks asking why so many folks just do not seem to be able to run fast, even when they can kill the bike.
What was the race?
“What is the issue?”
You are leaving a lot of time on the course by not working harder on the bike training. Is it painful? Yes. Will it be worth it? You seem not to think so, which is your call…for some people the pain just isn’t worth it.
Dave…do you think you’ll ever work on your bike training so that it isn’t such a limiter for you? Getting faster on the bike is painful, but you might find that it is worth it if you give it a shot. Gotta be painful to lose to all those people you beat on the run due to your slow biking.
I have my best ranking now 90.22 that I have evet had at 60. Again are all you guys having higher scores in your rankings?
Ahem, excuse me while I whip this out…
94.xxx for 2016
93.xxx for 2015
94.xxx for 2014
92.xxx for 2013
94.xxx for 2012
97.xxx for 2011
92.xxx for 2010
92.xxx for 2009
You were saying?
Your welcome. Don’t be discouraged by some comments. I may not always agree but do tune in to your observations.
Thanks. I never ever say I am an expert. But have been racing 20 years. Read a lot and try folks ideas. And I think my race results at least allow me to make some
comments on things that MIGHT work for some others.
This is social media, so we all know the snowflakes love to push they are the only ones who knows what is right or wrong. 
"94.xxx for 2016
93.xxx for 2015
94.xxx for 2014
92.xxx for 2013
94.xxx for 2012
97.xxx for 2011
92.xxx for 2010
92.xxx for 2009 "
Imagine how high you would have been ranked if you hadn’t had to take a break in T1 to get CPR after the swims…
Dave…do you think you’ll ever work on your bike training so that it isn’t such a limiter for you? Getting faster on the bike is painful, but you might find that it is worth it if you give it a shot. Gotta be painful to lose to all those people you beat on the run due to your slow biking.
What is the issue? Won just about all race this year in my ag. I am currently 3rd on the nation ranked in tri. My bike in my ag is top 10%. What is the issue? We are racing a tri not a crit tt. I have my best ranking now 90.22 that I have evet had at 60. Again are all you guys having higher scores in your rankings?
I got has high as an 86 a few years ago.
90 is good stuff but you’re still getting your rear handed to you by the 95+ studs!
How many 95+ over 60 year old are there? ZERO. Go take a look at the 60-64 rankings and get back to me. Why would I compare myself to young folks?
I raced Sunday and was shocked again to end up with the 3rd fastest run for the Olympic for an old guy and got 14th OA. I just keep talking to folks asking why so many folks just do not seem to be able to run fast, even when they can kill the bike.
What was the race?
USAP folsom Olympic.
I kind of think it should be a triathletes priority to be strong across all three disciplines. I race against a few ex elite runners and cyclists who go OK, but are crap in the other two disciplines. I wouldn’t say I don’t have respect for them as triathletes, as that sounds overly harsh, but I certainly wouldn’t look up to them or ask them for advice.
Dave…do you think you’ll ever work on your bike training so that it isn’t such a limiter for you? Getting faster on the bike is painful, but you might find that it is worth it if you give it a shot. Gotta be painful to lose to all those people you beat on the run due to your slow biking.
I have my best ranking now 90.22 that I have evet had at 60. Again are all you guys having higher scores in your rankings?
Ahem, excuse me while I whip this out…
94.xxx for 2016
93.xxx for 2015
94.xxx for 2014
92.xxx for 2013
94.xxx for 2012
97.xxx for 2011
92.xxx for 2010
92.xxx for 2009
You were saying?
And what is your age? Clearly under 60 since no one was that high over 60 last year.
Add to each what AG and ranking position. For a lot of AG’s, those numbers would not even be in the top 20
I kind of think it should be a triathletes priority to be strong across all three disciplines. I race against a few ex elite runners and cyclists who go OK, but are crap in the other two disciplines. I wouldn’t say I don’t have respect for them as triathletes, as that sounds overly harsh, but I certainly wouldn’t look up to them or ask them for advice.
So take the inputs from the runner for running, and the biker for biking. As you know, single sport athletes thing us triathletes are a joke.
I raced Sunday and was shocked again to end up with the 3rd fastest run for the Olympic for an old guy and got 14th OA. I just keep talking to folks asking why so many folks just do not seem to be able to run fast, even when they can kill the bike.
What was the race?
USAP folsom Olympic.
That was a quick run for you, but it doesn’t look like a high calibre field, one guy under 40. My local OD had 50+ under 40 with the quicker guys running low 30s. The standard of some community triathlons can be pretty average.
Dave,
Maybe next time you are about to go up to someone who you beat on the run and start asking them why they are so terrible, you should instead go up to some of the people who smoke you on the bike and ask them what they are doing.
Kyle
So take the inputs from the runner for running, and the biker for biking.
Yeah perhaps. But a few of them have set themselves up as triathlon coaches. They’re not at the top of my list as a coach.
As you know, single sport athletes thing us triathletes are a joke.
Do they? The winner of our city’s half marathon did it in 1.10. The winner of a recent 70.3 I did ran his run split in 1.13 and he was 44. Not sure how someone can’t be impressed by that, especially considering he’d just swam 1.9km and rode 90km. I tend to be less impressed by people that swim like a complete retard, ride their $10’000 bike slower than my son goes on his BMX, then proceed to run like the wind. 2 retarded legs cannot be cancelled out by a good leg. You have a guy that was a professional cyclist for 15 years, standing on the podium after swimming 35mins and running 1.50, nothing impressive about that.
Based on what you keep saying over and over and over again, I guess we can conclude that even runners don’t take their running seriously enough. The average 5k time for 33 year old males is 28:46, almost 3 mins per mile slower than what you did in the first run in the sprint at Du Nationals. What you keep doing is like the class Valedictorian constantly asking why everyone else in the school is so stupid. Anyone running low 9s or better in a sprint or olympic is faster than the average mid 30s runner…
I always read your post, because I legitimately get you and desert dude mixed up. Before I click, I always ask myself ‘is this the crazy old dude who rails on the fat athletes’ or ‘is this the guy that always has pretty intelligent triathlon posts’.
That’s like getting Scottie Pippen and Dennis Rodman mixed up
Maybe my Bad Boys bias, but I’d take sane(r) peak Rodman in a playoff game any day of the week, especially with Scottie’s migraines. Peak Rodman was the ultimate glue guy who didn’t need to dominate the ball to impact a game. Don’t get me wrong, Scottie’s a hell of a player, but I’d want The Worm when the going got tough.
I mean, the man averaged 18.7 rebounds a game in '91-'92. At 6’8".