This is what he posted today, I don’t understand his ramblings…almost all of them? What’s his deal?? What does he have against IM. If he’s coaching triathletes, don’t they mostly do IM’s anyways? What does he mean about changing the sport? I am bored today.
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this is the sad part of triathlon .
the very financial demographics , means ironman triathlon in itself is a society of haves , that , in developing their upper middle class level , are not satisfied and need to do more with their life ,
they are right and im pleased to see people re evaluating but they still dont get why there not fulfilled after they do their bucket list , im , why do we feel empty and sink back to where eth we came ? or the other part of the group , who still cling to the all about me dictom , while they fake , the concern for social justice and environmental degradation that goes on around us .
of course if you follow me , in the future be prpepared for the slap as i treat you like any in my squad , the size of your wallet , does not have any bearing of my calculation of your worth as a human being , just as running fast , or swimming fast has any influence on my take ,
here is a statistic , every real and concerning post i do that talks on real issues , be it here or twitters , get a very little viewing indeed .
you ever thought why ?
because we live in the world of spin and selective news , i hear what i want .
if i make a contraversial observation , on some one or something , we get huge viewer surge .
well if i was , a cynic, one would feel , that this the jerry springer moments are what most triathletes care about in the sport
well here is the first of a few slaps ,
you people stop being so bloody shallow , get about the posts of , how we help change the sport , you read about the in difference we as a group display .
and most of all when we talk of the dark side of sport , instead of ignoring , why dont you educate your self of not only is wrong but how as a group of people we can effect change .
if you follow me in the future , what im saying is i want grown ups , not the jerry springer brigade .
not so cheery doc
But based on that cut-n-paste there, I’m pretty sure he recently submitted a resume to MJuric.
While certainly I find a bit of truth in what was stated I’m not sure I can follow his point about “Changing the sport”. I also find it a bit humourous that half of the post about not being self centered is about him giving other people a slap and continuing to “Follow” him.
The bit of truth in there is that indeed I think society has the tendency of looking for “Accomplishment” in all the wrong places and focusing on the wrong things. However you’ll not here me say that any accomplishment as a whole is this and only this. Being rich, an IM “Finisher”, or any other accomplishment is not a negative, bad or something you should “Give up” for other things. It is at the point and time where these types of goals become the only goals or to the extent of marginalizing other parts of peoples lives that it is an issue.
While some people can be IM finishers year after year and maintain healthy balanced relationships in the rest of their lives, others can not. They become obssed to the exclusion of everything else. The same could be said of career, money, etc etc.
Ironically there’s a local musician that I know who is very pretentious about being true your art, not selling out, would never play music that he didn’t love no matter how much mney he could make, etc. etc. etc. You’ll have to use your imagination to fill in more details about his personality, but he expresses very strong opinions.
I got a chuckle the other day when he posted something from work and I found out that he works in a cube farm at a major bank. Hmmm…I wonder if he protested his own job at occupy wallstreet.
Sounds like a self-important guy who does not realize that most triathletes just don't care about his take on issues unless those issues are related to triathlon. He may feel like folks don't care about environmental issues, but would find the same level of disinterest if he posted on Justin Beiber. He could more effectively broach the points by addressing how people compartmentalize their lives, and how his hope or goal is that tri is but a part (relatively trivial) of more actualized life, but he chose to pen his disappointment and disdain for those who don't follow his every thought.
On the one hand, I read the article and thought, “I didn’t do triathlons to impress him or anyone else, and I didn’t do it for a sense of accomplishment. I already knew I could finish an IM if I trained for it. I did it because I wanted to do an IM and see what that journey was like.”
On the other hand, I’ve been having conversations regarding my guitar player recently who seems to be very driven by some sort of external societal expectations placed on him. He’s from New York, works in banking, and seems to have a lot of opinions about other people - my friends who come to our shows are “white trash,” and I’m childish and irresponsible because I don’t have children, don’t make my bed, don’t have family dinner every night with my family (which doesn’t exist), etc. Every time we have a show, some of his coworkers or old friends come out and supposedly someone will always have a negative opinion about why one of us said something, who the other people were that came to see us, why we played some song, etc. Which I found very interesting because I’ve not gotten a single negative comment from any of the 30-40 people I’ve known who’ve come out to see us.
I think what I’m getting at are there are people who go through life and do things because they enjoy them and don’t really care what other people think, and don’t really care what other people do. Then there are people who are very concerned about what others think of them, and what other people do. I think the person who wrote this article is the latter type of person. His whole article is very judgemental, and I think he looks at the triathlon from teh perspective of “IF I was to do a triathlon, it would be to impress other people.”
I got a chuckle the other day when he posted something from work and I found out that he works in a cube farm at a major bank. Hmmm…I wonder if he protested his own job at occupy wallstreet.
Reminds me the time I was buying underwear. Gave my Amex card to the sales person and he says…
I think what I’m getting at are there are people who go through life and do things because they enjoy them and don’t really care what other people think, and don’t really care what other people do. Then there are people who are very concerned about what others think of them, and what other people do.
Don’t disagree with this but at the same time I think there are people that go thru life “Doing what they want to do” in hopes that they will find happiness just as some people go thru life “Doing things to impress people” in hopes that will bring them happiness. In both cases there is a chance that what they are doing, either by being extremely self centered or to focused on what other think, that they are never happy.
I also agree that “Being judgmental” likely is side effect of not being happy.
That being said I definately think “Doing what you want” is way more likely to get you to your happy place then “Doing what impresses other people” will. I do believe that being to self centric can cause a person to become unhappy as well.
This is what he posted today, I don’t understand his ramblings…almost all of them? What’s his deal?? What does he have against IM. If he’s coaching triathletes, don’t they mostly do IM’s anyways? What does he mean about changing the sport? I am bored today.
Thanks
if you follow me in the future ,** what im saying is i want grown ups** , not the jerry springer brigade .
not so cheery doc
So ‘The Doc’ has moved on from (just) molesting minors then, and now everyone is fair game?
Don’t disagree with this but at the same time I think there are people that go thru life “Doing what they want to do” in hopes that they will find happiness just as some people go thru life “Doing things to impress people” in hopes that will bring them happiness. In both cases there is a chance that what they are doing, either by being extremely self centered or to focused on what other think, that they are never happy.
I also agree that “Being judgmental” likely is side effect of not being happy.
That being said I definately think “Doing what you want” is way more likely to get you to your happy place then “Doing what impresses other people” will. I do believe that being to self centric can cause a person to become unhappy as well.
I don’t think you understand. I was posting because I get enjoyment out of it. I don’t really care what you think.
