So You Think You're a Badass

Triathlon Forum
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…Dude rode 273 miles in 10 hours 36 minutes 59 seconds, averaging 25.7 mph!

http://www.ultracycling.com/standings/iowa_record2005.html

My money is on him this year in RAAM, he got second place as a rookie which is amazing and again, who in the hell holds 25.7 mph over 273 miles?

I want to know more about this animal.

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Robic will win it again

Have you seen this? http://ultracycling.com/standings/24hour_record2004.html

521.975 miles at an average speed of 21.75 mph

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I really don’t why you guys insist on talking mph when things really look a lot faster in kmh…
20-25…that’s slow…40-42, now we’re talking…:wink:

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… and then Mr. Mathematician pipes in with that damn metric system again …

Did you see my contribution to your Tucson thread? Horeshoes anyone?

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yeah i saw your ‘horseshoe’ post…LOL
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I see two reasons for this:

  1. My generation is punk ass lazy.

and 2. There are talented younger athletes out there, but few have enough time to “really train.” Your forty-five plus crowd (just my observation) tends to have more financial security and more flexible work schedules. Younger athletes still do great at running (though, there are less studs) and are still kicken in the pool. (any objections can take it up with Mr. Phelps.) Those sports in general don’t take as much time to train for.

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1. My generation is punk ass lazy.

Not entirely true, really, look at all the top American’s in the Tour, first time ever that there has been this saturation (Armstrong, Hincapie, Julich, Leipheimer, Landis, Horner) … all under 35 yrs old

and 2. There are talented younger athletes out there, but few have enough time to “really train.” Your forty-five plus crowd (just my observation) tends to have more financial security and more flexible work schedules. Younger athletes still do great at running (though, there are less studs) and are still kicken in the pool. (any objections can take it up with Mr. Phelps.) Those sports in general don’t take as much time to train for.

True, but mainly these 30-ish yr old guys are raising families … leaving the 30-ish year old free-wheeling “family-free” guys out there to put there time into training and racing fast. Many more married/children bound 30 year old American males than single 30-sh year old endurance athletes. Once you hit the 50s and the kids are out, you have nothing but time to train, I would assume.

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Family free guys who have also managed to escape the shackles of the 40 hour work week it would appear.

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Robic is crazy. He actually gets quite a bad rep in our home country of Slovenia, for the way he acts towards his road crews during races…I say who cares, he’s a phenomenal long-distance cyclist. You’d think the press could give him more credit for his achievements and not his personality. Perhaps a not very gracious person, but definitively focused and fast. He’s a true badass.