why wait? let's start the [censored] NOW

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Tommorow (Saturday) NBC will broadcast their Ironman - Kona show. That means we have almost a full
day to get ready with our annual list of complaints. Who will be the first to complain that the
show has too many fluffy features? Or that it doesn't represent the purity of the sport (and ESPN
does a better job)? Since it is in the early evening, NBC is probably seeking a bigger audience
then the hard core triathletes, so we can [censored] about that too. Age groupers can complain that
they didn't see a camera all day and didn't end up in the show, therefore it is flawed. Pros can
complain that too much time is spent on DeBoom's problems. Everyone can gripe about the camera
work, the editing, and the words.

You all know the drill. So dig up your complaints from previous years and start writing!

Don't we have this group set up to just autopost all of the complaints from last year?

--Harold Buck

"I used to rock and roll all night, and party every day. Then it was every other day. . . ."

- Homer J. Simpson

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Tommorow (Saturday) NBC will broadcast their Ironman - Kona show. That means we have almost a full
day to get ready with our annual list of complaints. Who will be the first to complain that the
show has too many fluffy features? Or that it doesn't represent the purity of the sport (and ESPN
does a better job)? Since it is in the early evening, NBC is probably seeking a bigger audience
then the hard core triathletes, so we can [censored] about that too. Age groupers can complain that
they didn't see a camera all day and didn't end up in the show, therefore it is flawed. Pros can
complain that too much time is spent on DeBoom's problems. Everyone can gripe about the camera
work, the editing, and the words.

You all know the drill. So dig up your complaints from previous years and start writing!

Well, I've always been a bit too optimistic, but here's what I'm hoping:

The 1st hour will be all of the "fluff." Behind the scenes, human interest, etc. Maybe they'll even
go into a little depth about how one trains for an IM distance race.

The second hour-long show will be a much more serious look at the race, the competition, and the
sport itself, with only casual references to the special interest participants highlighted in the
show before.

Well, I can always dream...

Tom

Tom Henderson <[email hidden]> wrote in message

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Well, I've always been a bit too optimistic, but here's what I'm hoping:

The 1st hour will be all of the "fluff." Behind the scenes, human interest, etc. Maybe they'll
even go into a little depth about how one trains for an IM distance race.

Well, I just watched the first part and I thought they did a good job on covering the history of IM,
which is something many (most?) newer triathletes have no idea of. Loved the footage of the 1989
Dave/Mark race, but then, that is one of my favorite tapes. Loved John Collins' quote at the
beginning about if you quit, no one cares, but you will always know.

Can't wait to see the second part.

clm in sf

How did that guy get his son around on the swim?

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How did that guy get his son around on the swim?

Piggyback? :-)

They didn't really cover that , did they? I think I heard elsewhere that he puts in in a raft and
tows him along. This, I think, would be the greatest increase in effort (per hour; the swim is
shorter, of course, but that's a lot of drag) among the three disciplines unless the course was
really hilly.

--Harold Buck

"I used to rock and roll all night, and party every day. Then it was every other day. . . ."

- Homer J. Simpson

Harold Buck said:

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How did that guy get his son around on the swim?

Piggyback? :-)

They didn't really cover that , did they? I think I heard elsewhere that he puts in in a raft and
tows him along. This, I think, would be the greatest increase in effort (per hour; the swim is
shorter, of course, but that's a lot of drag) among the three disciplines unless the course was
really hilly.

If one watches carefully, you can see the rubber dingy (silvery-grey coloured) at one point during
the 'coverage'.

--

Cheers,

Walter R. Strapps, Ph.D

"The sheer closeness of our two countries and the intensity of our mutual interaction combined with
the disparity between us in terms of wealth and power--all these things guarantee there will be
problems in U.S.-Canadian relations without anybody having to do anything to deliberately worsen the
situation."

Robert L. Stanfield, Oct. 28, 1971

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In article said:

How did that guy get his son around on the swim?

Piggyback? :-)

They didn't really cover that , did they? I think I heard elsewhere that he puts in in a raft and
tows him along. This, I think, would be the greatest increase in effort (per hour; the swim is
shorter, of course, but that's a lot of drag) among the three disciplines unless the course was
really hilly.

--Harold Buck

"I used to rock and roll all night, and party every day. Then it was every other day. . . ."

- Homer J. Simpson

They showed it in a lot more detail a few years ago when they were able to complete the whole
course. You are correct, Harold, Rick is in a rubber raft with [censored] towing it. What an
incredible effort!

Tom