Remember the guy that did IM LP on a banana bike?
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This is even better for Mr. Tibbs and playa’s
I’ve thought about doing a local Int’l swimming in a sharksuit, biking on my wife’s Electra Betty, and running as spiderman or something. Just to get people to lighten up and realize this is supposed to be fun.
At one tri saw a guy in a clown’s suit and won his AG. When asked about it later his answer was “because this is all about having fun”.
We have a lbs that specializes in parts for these low riders, I never go in there any more. On a different note wish they would let me ride a recumbent bike for a race, talk about comfortable AND aero.
It really is all about having fun…wish more people would think about this. Like the dolt who shoved the pro woman to the side of the curb recently…or the guy at Orillia last summer who shoved one of the young (he was all of 12 I think) volunteers for trying to hand him a water by standing in the middle of the run path. Needless to say the latter situation was found out by the race director and the guy won’t be racing around here again anytime soon. He was just lucky it wasn’t announced during the awards or being banned from races would have been the least of his worries. It’s like anything else though…some people will always take things to the extreme and take the fun out of it. Nothing better then passing that kind of person on the bike and looking over at them and smiling when you say…nice day for a race makes me wish I hadn’t had that fast food for breakfast. People in general need to lighten up…especially in sports.
A long time tri friend and I were supposed to get together and do a race the following way:
dressed up as penguins…complete with waddling/hopping from waters edge to transition
biking on a John Deere three speed with a banana seat and ape hanger handlebars for me (and old schwinn beach cruiser for him) both with fake hair made into mohawks for our helmets and big ass Elton John sunglasses, Tilley endurables shorts and floral print Hawii shirts
and do the run wearing a business suit complete with penny loafers
too bad he got hit while training a week before the race and couldn’t go through with it…and I didn’t have the guts to go it alone…that would have been a kodak moment.
I did however do an innaugural Canada day run in similar fashion once. They were giving out awards for most Canadalike costumes. Wore a pair of, really itchy, Canada flag short, a tshirt with all the provincial flags, Canada flag ankle socks, mini flags taped to my sunglasses, and a large flag pinned to my shoulders as a cape. I was captain Canada. The look I got as I made my way to the very front of the race start was priceless. ‘step aside nefarious bad doers…Captain Canada is coming through’ The gun went off and I ran the 100m sprint until I about blacked out (actually led the 5km run for the first 1km until the reality set in) yelling at the top of my lungs ‘Captain Canadaaaaaaaaaaaaa’. Thinking now I need to see if my friend is up to going through with that race again.
Here’s a guy who knows how to have fun racing.
After reading his site a couple years ago I decided that first IM I do I will cross the finish line in my Black Belt 4th degree (master) celebrating what I hope will be my two biggest personal goals to date. Both these event swill (hopefully) occur next year.
That’s sounds like a good time. It’s always easier being silly when you have someone to be silly with. That’s why I married my wife. We’re damned silly! Too bad she doesn’t race.