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moonmonkey02
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Pebble 2 wrote: | One of them is a mate of mine, and we were on a ski lift in Austria when the email came through.
He's going and I don't blame him, all this crap about not going because you haven't earned lol.  |
Good luck to him!
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chickenboy
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surely you can do Kona on zwift by now
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crumpy
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Posted: Fri Mar 16, 2018 10:39 pm Post subject: |
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moonmonkey02 wrote: | Pebble 2 wrote: | One of them is a mate of mine, and we were on a ski lift in Austria when the email came through.
He's going and I don't blame him, all this crap about not going because you haven't earned lol.  |
Good luck to him! |
Definitely. When I was over there, bumped into a lottery winner and the guy was a true warrior who loved triathlon. I think it is totally right that a few non qualifiers get an opportunity to experience the race week and lap up what is a triathlon festival. Each of us have our own stories and we should respect the fact that our sport is based on inclusivity.
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explorerJC
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Posted: Sat Mar 17, 2018 10:41 am Post subject: |
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crumpy wrote: | moonmonkey02 wrote: | Pebble 2 wrote: | One of them is a mate of mine, and we were on a ski lift in Austria when the email came through.
He's going and I don't blame him, all this crap about not going because you haven't earned lol.  |
Good luck to him! |
Definitely. When I was over there, bumped into a lottery winner and the guy was a true warrior who loved triathlon. I think it is totally right that a few non qualifiers get an opportunity to experience the race week and lap up what is a triathlon festival. Each of us have our own stories and we should respect the fact that our sport is based on inclusivity. |
The sport may claim to be inclusive but it is far more exclusive than it would care to admit...
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awildt
Joined: 08 Apr 2011 Posts: 698 Location: sunny (!) NW
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Posted: Mon Mar 19, 2018 9:24 am Post subject: |
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explorerJC wrote: | crumpy wrote: | moonmonkey02 wrote: | Pebble 2 wrote: | One of them is a mate of mine, and we were on a ski lift in Austria when the email came through.
He's going and I don't blame him, all this crap about not going because you haven't earned lol.  |
Good luck to him! |
Definitely. When I was over there, bumped into a lottery winner and the guy was a true warrior who loved triathlon. I think it is totally right that a few non qualifiers get an opportunity to experience the race week and lap up what is a triathlon festival. Each of us have our own stories and we should respect the fact that our sport is based on inclusivity. |
The sport may claim to be inclusive but it is far more exclusive than it would care to admit... |
Couldn't agree more...
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