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Give me your best triathlon specific one-liners or motivational quotes
I'm thinking of preparing small index-card like handouts for Triathlon on the Mira on Sunday to put in each race kit. We're not doing medals so it's a cheap way to give people a take away from the race. I know rev3 did/does something similar, things like "Best of luck" or "If it doesn't challenge you, it doesn't change you". Stupid shit that people will eat up
What are some that you think would apply? Any and all appreciated. "eat a dick" will definitely be posted on a few cards as well.
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- Spoken by, and to, Aaron Webb after every race
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'Use the Body Glide'
'Don't trust that fart'
'I shaved my balls for this?'
'Naked Beer Mile in 20 minutes.'
"don't be a pussy"
"you look great in spandex, unless it's red or white, then you made a grave mistake"
"the training you put in to get here IS your accomplishment, a race is just another day so have fun for crying out loud!"
Of course, because it's me, if I were actually giving people quotes these would end with ....fuckwad.
On a serious note I did appreciate the hand written card Rev3 sent out
Fattest BQ on record--- *allegedly
2016 (and last) Rev3 Cedar Point champ- don't google the time though
I'm thinking of just using quotes from the office to make it easier
"If I had a gun with two bullets and was trapped in a room with a swimmer, a cyclist and a runner I would shoot the swimmer twice"
""If I had a gun with two bullets and was trapped in a room with a two triathletes, I would use one bullet to try to destroy their stupid pace beeper things, then threaten to shoot the first one that mentioned using a GPS watch in the pool."
No pain, No pain
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The GWN is just outside of Edmonton. If you make a vacation out of it you could hit the ITU race as well. I can accommodate a few in my home and in my travel trailer in the back yard to make it cheap.
I like the idea of a couple of Team Canada team designated races. I’ll be soliciting feedback from Canadians in the fall. I’ll add it to the list.
"You're never too old, just too wise."
"Its garbage can, not garbage cannot."
We literally finished stuffing race kits at 5:00 when kit pick up was at 5:30...couldn't set up transition the night before because of some leftover cars in a parking lot so it was a 4:00 am start.
My crew absolutely nailed it and I can't thank them enough. Very few incidents were visible on the athlete side of things and apart from a few people taking spills on the bike everyone had a very safe event.
I plan on doing a long form post...maybe even a blog...about the whole "how to be a race director" experience. Lots of people came up to me with words like, "don't you wish you were racing" and I just told them that Triathlon isn't about the times, awards, cool swag, medals or placings, it's about community, camaraderie and memories. At the end of the day memories and shared experiences with our loved ones is really all we have in this world and triathlon really brings out the best in people with regards to that.
We had so many first time triathletes today (probably 35-40 out of 141) and to facilitate and provide a platform for them to achieve their goals was a truly humbling experience. It's a day they'll never forget, much like my first triathlon was
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