A competitor on Moats:
“I saw him run off course and could have yelled at him… if it had been anybody else.”
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Cutting the course?
No, a wrong turn just before the finish I believe. That’s why he decided not to call out 
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Am absolute shitshow of grammar 
And we’ll done for calling him out on the gay comment.
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50p says the shinning armour was just standard compression socks
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Calling someone out for me, is always more about the people who read it and get actually upset than educating the person making the statement.
I just thought using gay as an insult was left behind in 90s primary school playgrounds.
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If I was having trouble on race day and some stopped to give me a shinning I wouldn’t be thanking him!
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Maybe a knight in Under Armour?
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Your all gay
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Did someone mention donuts. (Doughnuts)
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At least I can blame that on my phone. Same can’t be said for the other guy
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He kept doubling down
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IMUKJ full of people complaining about bike cutoff. Clearly it had a very hard bike leg. People need to know this when they sign up and be realistic. There are much better courses for first time IM participants… especially people who arent able to put in enough training. I suspect a course like Copengagen is much more forgiving
However, please don’t blame Ironman… they didnt take you off the course because they are a corporate machine (actually this is bad for business). If you want to strip off in T1, then make sure you know where to go. Don’t blame IM for your lack of preparation
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be realistic - this is IMUKJ you’re talking about!
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Its 10hrs 20, a 1:30 swim and T1 (which is below average, lets be realistic) gives 8hrs 50 to ride the bike leg, that’s an average of less than 13.5mph. If you cant train to at least that level then Ironman is the wrong choice for you at this time. Its not like its 112miles up an Alp. Also IMUK has always been know for a tough’ish bike leg. It’s not something new this year
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Lanza often extends the bike cut-off by an hour if it’s particularly windy, but realistically unless you’ve had a major mechanical and have been waiting for 2 hours for the mobile mechanic to reach you, if you’re only coming off the bike with 11:30 on the clock you’re going to be up against it to get to the finish inside 17 hours.
People seem to forget that the cut-offs are driven in part by the need to re-open closed roads and the volunteers out on the course don’t want to be out there all day.
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I’d guess Copenhagen is out as they are people who want to do the branded IM thing and for one reason or another are restricting themselves to the UK. They look at Wales and are possibly put off by the sea swim so have Bolton or nothing. Doesn’t mean they can’t train for the course though.
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They live in The Fens
Only explanation for it 
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