Re: Boo hoo, Ironman request declined

Ya, the same thing happend to me when I registered for a
triathlon(Olympic distance)...Keep on trying...Somebody, somewhere will
cave in...

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john_childs said:

*Were you planning on doing an entire Ironman triathlon? Each leg is
epic by itself (2.4 mile swim, 112 mile unicycle ride, 26 mile run).
It's amazing you were even thinking about doing it.

It's not surprising that they don't want a unicycle in a triathlon of
that caliber. Even triathlons have standards for what they consider
to be a legal bike. They're not as strict as the UCI for professional
cycling, but they still have a standard for what they consider to be a
legal bike. *

Yep, that's right- 180km cycle section.

I worked out that I would make the cut-off fairly easily- you have to
finish the swim and the cycle section within 10 1/2 hrs. I think I can
probably complete the swim in just over 1hr. I know I can ride 160km on
a hilly course in 7hrs44min on a 36"Coker/110mm cranks. But the course
is flat and I'm assuming that I'd be riding a 29" Schlumhf with 100mm
cranks by then- which I reckon conservatively should have got me an
extra 20km in the same amount of time at the very least. And then the
run section is actually going to be easier IMHO after a unicycle ride,
since you've been pushing a lower gear with lesser leg movement over the
last few hours- which should keep your legs in a better condition. And
with the right shoe selection you save another few minutes at the
transition point also.

It was worth a try anyway. I might see if the'Coast to Coast'
(http://www.coasttocoast.co.nz/) guys will let me compete- but it means
that I have to learn how to Kayak. On the other hand, there is a teams
option, so I might be able to put together a team and only ride the
cycle leg.

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john_childs said:

*It's not surprising that they don't want a unicycle in a triathlon of
that caliber. Even triathlons have standards for what they consider
to be a legal bike.*

It's not that...they got wind of Ken's record, and they're worried some
uni guy is going to come in and make a monkey out of their competition
by besting half (or more) of their field.

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I used to do sprint triathlon and since I have entered the unicycle
world I have had thoughts of doing them with a unicycle. If you have
any luck with getting into triathlons with a unicycle let me know.
Thanks

Randy

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GizmoDuck said:

*Oh well, I guess I save $500. What can I do with that instead? *

Start saving up for a bike? I think it might be faster! 🙂

I wish I could suggest other unicycle events to attend, but you're kind
of off in a world of your own...

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mrrwt said:

*If you have any luck with getting into triathlons with a unicycle let
me know.*

Memphis has Wolfman Duathlon (that we just did Apr 10.) And a Wolfpack
Triathlon in the fall. I can get you info if you pm me.

We had 6 Unis in the Duathlon. We've had more and less.

Kansas city is not too far, you should come.

Granted these are "baby" events. Swim 400 meters, MUni (MB) 5 miles, run
2 miles...

The race director loves having us.

Tom

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Ken, You are a stud.

...I've thought about doing a unicycle triathalon but NOT AN IRONMAN!!
It's one of my goals to someday do a half (I'll probably have to bike)

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Did they give you a reason why?
For me they said "only bikes".I threw the rule-book at them which said
that novelty bikes may be permitted...Then, they said they didn't have
an adequate number of medical staff in case "something
happened"...Whatever that means...Maybe you just gotta keep on going
after them until they relent....

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Denali said:

*Did they give you a reason why?
For me they said "only bikes".I threw the rule-book at them which said
that novelty bikes may be permitted...Then, they said they didn't have
an adequate number of medical staff in case "something
happened"...Whatever that means...Maybe you just gotta keep on going
after them until they relent.... *

The best way to do it would be to sponsor our own, and invite bikes....

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