Running Instagrammers #2 Wannabe Elite Wednesday, (over)Training Thursday, Fracture Clinic Friday

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MrsYooHoo said:
From what I can recall (and granted it was a long time ago), she was dumped by Asics and was outraged… but was then bragging about getting someone from ASICS in trouble (fired?) because of how badly they treated her. Like I say, my recall is hazy but I remember thinking “You witch” at the time it kicked off.


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Yeah Asics Frontbummers did bin her, but Big Carl they kept on regardless of everything he got up to, his Asics profile is a total work of fiction compared to the original list of races he submitted to get the sweet gig. They kept on the Winkle Pic taker too. So she was a bit hard done by.

Can't wait for the class of 2022, and the Brooks Happy Clapper equivalent. Diversity it is not. They should do calendars.
 
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Who's in? Although watch yourself ladies. Woman propose to him if he paces them to a PB apparently.
 
Funbus' latest post: "Finishing my first marathon in 5:33:43, I knew I had more in me, especially as I was wearing a rhino costume".

duck me, you don't say!

Into_the_tunnel said:
Nooooooo.

WR is doing an Ironman*

*(half-distance).

Incoming Lycra, twatish bike and wetsuit spam 🚨.
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I always get the feeling that when people like WR, who always cock up their primary running goals (usually a sub whatever marathon time) turn their hands to ultras/ironman it's not because they want to. It's because they think they should and they just want the kudos, likes, follows, and engagement. They end up becoming a jack of all trades and a master of none. That's why they miss their goals. You just know he'll give it the big one, say he's going for a daft time, then get dragged out the water on the swim by the safety boat and he'll blame the salinity of the water.
 
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I don't follow the Cornflake BQ and she certainly doesn't follow me but because of the searches I do for running related accounts she appears in the search page with that smug grin. That search screen is the worst. Somehow she appears when my searches are running motivation, marathon training and trail running. Her and that bloody barefoot runner, and a few orange tinted runners who's running seems to be solely top down selfies with a head tilt, or the up shot when crouching in shorts that get 1000s of likes, more than a fair share of pervs and promo accounts asking to regram it, and all of them doing those f@cking boomerang videos when opening their latest box of free shoes they won't wear.
 
I have a load of Ironman excuses ready for him if he wants…

The water was too hot
The water was too cold
Everyone pushed me under the water
It was too windy
Everyone else was drafting and the draft busters didn’t stop them
I got a puncture
I got another puncture
My transition position was in the worst place
My feet were wet and I got blisters


(more in there if he wants)
 
Into_the_tunnel said:
I have a load of Ironman excuses ready for him if he wants…

The water was too hot
The water was too cold
Everyone pushed me under the water
It was too windy
Everyone else was drafting and the draft busters didn’t stop them
I got a puncture
I got another puncture
My transition position was in the worst place
My feet were wet and I got blisters


(more in there if he wants)
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I hope they have hot food at the end - I hear that’s important 😊🚌
 
Into_the_tunnel said:
I have a load of Ironman excuses ready for him if he wants…

The water was too hot
The water was too cold
Everyone pushed me under the water
It was too windy
Everyone else was drafting and the draft busters didn’t stop them
I got a puncture
I got another puncture
My transition position was in the worst place
My feet were wet and I got blisters


(more in there if he wants)
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He’ll DNF and get all the sympathy comments
 
Into_the_tunnel said:
Nooooooo.

WR is doing an Ironman*

*(half-distance).

Incoming Lycra, twatish bike and wetsuit spam 🚨.

What with Charlie overdoing it on the “PT” and must run afterwards train, I think a blocking session is in order.
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Getting whiplash with their ever changing goalposts and plans.

heroverthere said:
He’ll DNF and get all the sympathy comments
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DNS more like!
 
Into_the_tunnel said:
Without being harsh.

Nope.

Chrissie Wellington is my hero and if he thinks he can go to Kona where the likes of her have raced then I will eat my soft flasks (and get ill because they are a b***** to clean).
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He’s pretty open about that as his goal and even managed to blag a ‘gifted’ Tacx Neo from Garmin to help improve his bike split. Cos of course actually riding a bike outside would just be too easy, right?


Think he was also angling for a free Zwift membership yesterday.

Sadly there seems to be a new wave of fresh numpties who think you can train for 70.3/ iron distance by turbo alone.
Look forward to seeing WR handling a bike proper and getting to grips with the swim.
As a runner who took to triathlon it was quite a shock to discover run fitness does NOT transfer to the bike.
But let’s roll the dice, right? 😁
 
There is so much extra involved in tri training. These run wankers just don’t realise. The effort around getting to a pool (and then doing a few OW swims to see the difference), the bike run sessions. The first few sprint and standard tris to manage transition.

They just want to run down the Ironman carpet with all the glory without doing the work or knowing they are standing on the shoulders of those who have gone before (the epic battles Dave Scott and Mark Allen in those heady days of Kona, Chrissie). It is the same as them posting Tommy without referencing the gods of ultra running who made WS etc what it is (Scott, Dean, Ann Trason).

But WR is a great coach so it doesn’t matter, we should all bow down to him.
 
LadyTron said:
He’s pretty open about that as his goal and even managed to blag a ‘gifted’ Tacx Neo from Garmin to help improve his bike split. Cos of course actually riding a bike outside would just be too easy, right?


Think he was also angling for a free Zwift membership yesterday.

Sadly there seems to be a new wave of fresh numpties who think you can train for 70.3/ iron distance by turbo alone.
Look forward to seeing WR handling a bike proper and getting to grips with the swim.
As a runner who took to triathlon it was quite a shock to discover run fitness does NOT transfer to the bike.
But let’s roll the dice, right? 😁
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The bike route is described as hilly so no way you could train successfully on the turbo. This will be his excuse for not doing well at his races this year.
 
I used to do a lot of road cycling a few years ago and had a pair of rollers (which are better than a turbo but I'm not an iron man athlete so what do I know 🙄) and it does not translate to the road as well as you'd like. I only used mine when it was icy, other than that you just invest in decent base layers to keep you warm in winter 🤷‍♀️ sure they could blag a few of them for free
 
hereforthememe said:
I used to do a lot of road cycling a few years ago and had a pair of rollers (which are better than a turbo but I'm not an iron man athlete so what do I know 🙄) and it does not translate to the road as well as you'd like. I only used mine when it was icy, other than that you just invest in decent base layers to keep you warm in winter 🤷‍♀️ sure they could blag a few of them for free
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Rollers terrify me.

We have a pair of those tyres with metal studs (OH had to commute on the bike all year round when we both had to use the one car) and even then there were some very close calls.
 
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