tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3154397271301202110.post5175495737090150711..comments2008-11-08T18:28:35.038-05:00Chris Bagghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12595239714590808531noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3154397271301202110.post-75991047583095341902008-11-08T18:28:00.000-05:002008-11-08T18:28:00.000-05:00Whoa, now I can follow your blog.... race hard! -JRkilidogshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10621922467284393498noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3154397271301202110.post-13614529663752640392008-11-08T16:02:00.000-05:002008-11-08T16:02:00.000-05:00Here's the deal with the shoes thing. If we were able to leave directly from the bike racks, I think folks would be more inclined to slip their shoes on at the bike and then just jump on. Problem is, race directors often seem to set up transition areas to assuage their frustration with athletes, as the prospect of thousands of triathletes (remember, these are people who have trouble with the whole peeing off the bike thing) skidding across pavement, roots, gravel, or, I don't know, fresh oil in some cases, all while clad in carbon-soled road cycling shoes, is hilarious. I doubt XTerra athletes do the whole shoes to bike thing, as mountain bike shoes (as your naive and magical mind knows) are easy to run in.<BR/><BR/>I did, once, in a particularly "crossy" transition area, shoulder my bike as a joke. No one got it.Chris Bagghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12595239714590808531noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3154397271301202110.post-3267726519389458362008-11-07T20:14:00.000-05:002008-11-07T20:14:00.000-05:00wait...did you change the name again...from the pro-life? Because of the Christian right?maurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13470215281982018625noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3154397271301202110.post-88424242720087279042008-11-07T19:03:00.000-05:002008-11-07T19:03:00.000-05:00Alrighty Chris, I need an explanation for one of the many odd things triathletes do.<BR/><BR/>This whole shoes-pre-attached thing -- what's the deal with that? In my magical and naive cyclocrossing mind, I could slip shoes on in seconds, jump on a bike and clip in. If the shoes were preattached, doesn't that just makes something quick and easy (putting on shoes) really hard?<BR/><BR/>I'm sure there's an explanation, but I lack the PRO-ness, or even the pro-ness, to get it.Colin Rhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06289923497258059725noreply@blogger.com