Who is Kenny Powers?

Triathlon Forum
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Looked em’ up but found everything from gospel singer to stunt man.

Anyway, he apparently said the following:

“You’re not the only athlete here at Jeff Davis. I happen to be training for a Triathlon right now. Well, you know all about that.”
“No, actually I don’t. I play real sports. I’m not trying to be the best at exercising.”
–Kenny Powers (2009)

Is this the reputation that ST/triathlon is garnering?

PS: I primarily race sprints (hence fasttwitch) but only b/c I’m prone to overuse injuries.

2

He is the new main character in HBO’s series “Eastbound and Down”
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3

I’ve never had a subscription to HBO.
Is the show good?
What is Kenny’s character?
Is that his screen name?

4

The show is awesome. Will Farrell is one of the producers (I think). Kenny Powers is basically a washed up former pro baseball pitcher who gets fat, out of shape, and still thinks he is a stud.

5

That does sound funny. :slight_smile:
Reminds me of Napoleon Dynamite’s Uncle!

6

Here is a video clip of Kenny Powers. The triathlon comment is about 50 seconds into the video.

Kenny Powers

7

The show rocks, but it depends on your sense of humor. Danny Mcbride plays Kenny Powers. He’s the actor in “The Foot Fist Way”, the stunt coordinator in “Tropic Thunder”, and the mullet wearing drug dealer in “Pineapple Express”. The character is kind of like John Rocker crossed with the coach from Bad News Bears.
He goes back to his hometown after being cut from one team after another because his fastball has lost its speed, and takes a job as a substitute PE teacher at an elementary school.

That line about triathlon got all of my co-workers on my case, but it was funny.