Passed on the run by a person with Clip Ins on
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jsk85 posted 18 weeks ago.
I think I'd take my chances barefoot before taking off for a 5k in my bike shoes...those hard soles would be awful on the feet. That's amazing...I think I would have just stopped and conceded victory to him.
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jtrimom posted 18 weeks ago.
wow, I once left t2 with my helmet on, but that was by accident
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cayman posted 17 weeks ago.
can't say that's ever happened in any of my races, must've sounded like the 4 Horsemen of the Apocolypse chasing you down ;0
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jhudalla posted 17 weeks ago.
Ha, that's pretty funny, this past year at IMC I forgot my race number (rookie) and ran back into the transition area w/ my bikes shoes on... I broke on of my cleats $%# luckily I didn't notice and just thought was the pedal giving me a hard time. Afterward I found that it was cracked right down the middle... dang.
19m 5k... dang, lucky for you he didn't have is running shoes, sounds like hes do it in 15. I hate those people. Damn you mom and dad!
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jhudalla posted 17 weeks ago.
jhudalla wrote:
Ha, that's pretty funny, this past year at IMC I forgot my race number (rookie) and ran back into the transition area w/ my bikes shoes on... I broke on of my cleats $%# luckily I didn't notice and just thought was the pedal giving me a hard time. Afterward I found that it was cracked right down the middle... dang.19m 5k... dang, lucky for you he didn't have is running shoes, sounds like hes do it in 15. I hate those people. Damn you mom and dad!
I've seen people running in sandles, there's a crazy man in Las Vegas who bikes and runs in his sandles. aaaand... he still beats me every time. :(
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StephenPDennis posted 17 weeks ago.
Wow, power to that runner. A quick walk to the mailbox in sandals and I'll get shin-splints.
Don't worry though, I'm sure he felt pretty silly a few minutes later when he was passed by a unbathed hermit wearing tissue boxes.
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jhudalla posted 17 weeks ago.
TriSooner wrote:
When I lived in Oklahoma there was a Native American dude who would show up to the local road race series wearing jeans, long sleeve work shirts, Red Wing boots, and run < 20 5ks. Nuts.
He probly didn't even want the medal and race T either. I gotta respect those dudes.
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Nutty posted 17 weeks ago.
Not to make this less awesome, but are you sure he didnt have running spikes on? Maybe he thought it would be an offroad run so he brought CC spikes. Ive done that before myself doing a 5k and ended up running it on pavement making lots of noise. Still a terrible experience and not one i recommend, but better than doing it in bike shoes.
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TryScott posted 17 weeks ago.
My toe has been really sore lately. The only time it didn't hurt to walk/run on it is when I was walking around the drug store in my biking shoes. Since biking shoes are stiff, my toe doesn't bend. Maybe that's why he was using them, and maybe I should give it a try.
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cutiger95 posted 17 weeks ago.
I can barely walk my bike out of the garage in my shoes. The shimano SPD clips are just too large. Now if they are mountain clips I can understand as my mountain shoes cleats are recessed a good bit and I could run in those, but it would be uncomfortable and make one heck of a noise doing so.
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PrinceofClydes posted 17 weeks ago.
In 1989 at the Vancouver Marathon, there was a guy ran the race in a full BC Lions football uniform - including helmet and cleats, he finished last though.
Thank God, I finished ahead of him. That would have been embarrassing.
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jtrimom posted 17 weeks ago.
POC, I am hypnotized by the little guy at the bottom of your post...that sounds dirty, but that's not how I meant it..heehee
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defro781 posted 13 weeks ago.
"In 1989 at the Vancouver Marathon, there was a guy ran the race in a full BC Lions football uniform - including helmet and cleats,"
HA! That's good.
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TryScott posted 13 weeks ago.
When I saw that someone added a post to this, I had hopes that the guy with clip ins saw the thread and posted.
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trigirltina2 posted 13 weeks ago.
defro781 wrote:
Running a 19 min 5k... got passed. The gentlemen was clappity clanking down the street. He smoked me still wearing his bike clip in shoes.I never saw him after the race, but I assume he just forgot to bring his running shoes and decided to just run it out.
I imagine that couldn't be comfortable. Anyone ever run with clip in bike shoes on? What about barefoot?
I did Carlsbad Triathlon once in socks. I didn't lay everything out the night before and left the shoes at home. (My third tri) It is an hour 1/2 minimum to get to Carlsbad from our house. I told Scott out of the tranistion on the hill, but he couldn't find any for me to use. It was the first time I met my coach coming out of the transition (he is an offical) he was yelling go get your shoes. i had to yell back I don't have any. The waves were awful that year and I would not quit. I finished, but my feet hurt. Lucky it was only a 5K.
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KitKat posted 13 weeks ago.
Running in bike shoes just sounds dangerous and painful. It would make me double a double take and say WTF?
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toni posted 13 weeks ago.
I've ran 5 miles in socks last year after my deraileur broke during a training ride. It was kind of late and I wasn't about to wake up my friends to pick me up. I wore a hole in the socks. For some wierd reason, I still have them and almost put them on last week.
I'd definitely do it again vs. bike shoes if I forgot my runners.
Sister Madonna Buder is definitely signed up for IMC. She's 78!! I just hope I can still walk by the time I'm that age, much less compete in an IM!
-Toni
The only thing we have to fear is fear itself. - FDR
Running a 19 min 5k... got passed. The gentlemen was clappity clanking down the street. He smoked me still wearing his bike clip in shoes.
I never saw him after the race, but I assume he just forgot to bring his running shoes and decided to just run it out.
I imagine that couldn't be comfortable. Anyone ever run with clip in bike shoes on? What about barefoot?
Brian
Writer - The Endurance News Network - http://www.endurancenews.net