TriSport Fetch: The smell of 220
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9 Aug
6:48pm, 9 Aug 2024
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LazyDaisy
I was surprised to see at the recent swimrun that both hand paddles and pull buoys were permitted in that discipline, as I'm (pretty) sure they wouldn't be allowed in a tri? I saw one man using the paddles (but frankly he wasn't a great swimmer) but quite a few people had pullbuoys tucked into a belt round their waist on the runs. |
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9 Aug
6:50pm, 9 Aug 2024
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LazyDaisy
GE. IBPHTUAPTDA.
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9 Aug
7:42pm, 9 Aug 2024
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Raemondo
In the dim and distant past, when I was at the sport tech startup and could blag reading tri magazine websites as 'work', I remember reading that some enterprising chap* was selling special swim run pullbuoys; with two loops of bungee cord through one side so you could attach it to one leg and just twist it round as needed. *actual gender identity of this opportunist gobshite unknown, but we all know it was as chap, don't we |
9 Aug
8:14pm, 9 Aug 2024
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Nellers
If he came up with it himself and patented it, Rae, he's probably doing alright as I understand they're quite a popular option on the runswim (Ottilo?) circuit.
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9 Aug
9:19pm, 9 Aug 2024
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GregP
Indeed. Őtilő possibly Nell? Lake to lake?
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9 Aug
9:20pm, 9 Aug 2024
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GregP
Two Ls (ötillö) and island to island not lake to lake. I’m out of touch, out of practice, SOL etc.
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9 Aug
9:23pm, 9 Aug 2024
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GlennR
Evening. IBRVSWSFB.
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9 Aug
9:55pm, 9 Aug 2024
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Nellers
That would be the one, @GregP . I'd only heard it talked about on podcast, surprisingly.
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10 Aug
12:19am, 10 Aug 2024
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Angus Clydesdale
Raemondo wrote: *actual gender identity of this opportunist gobshite unknown, but we all know it was as chap, don't we Really? And you had the temerity to call me out as a misogynist. Well, once again fuck you. Haven’t really hung out here since then. Seems I’ve only missed much of the same. Probably won’t be around much going forwards. God lick to you all. |
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10 Aug
7:23am, 10 Aug 2024
152,935 posts
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GregP
I think it’s to swimrun as Ironman is (or used to be) to triathlon - it has the brand, the glamour, the money and the ability to put on a buttery smooth event. Buddy at Striders’ (Swedish) wife used to hoover up their races like TRO hoovers up Ironmans |
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