fauxto nick

Maybe I'm just a total a-hole...well we all know I AM a total a-hole but still. Team in Training people drive me nuts, when I see them half the time they're doing the stupidest ****. Who knows maybe this is an LA issue but do TNT people perform epic fails daily in your area? Nothing worse than philanthropic freds.

fauxto nick

ahem, head-butt*

dysFTP

You want to what?

haimtoeg

I sometimes run into them doing stretches or giving pep talks on the Huntington Beach bike path near Sunset Beach. For some reason they seem to always take the entire path and disrupt anybody attempting to jog, cycle or do anything else.

fauxto nick

At the Rose Bowl they have strict rules that the runners run in a certain direction the TNT ppl will get out there and go in the wrong direction...they just seem to have this idea that they can do what they want. I had one of their idiots yesterday pull a u turn in front of me with no notice. Some people just need to fight deadly diseases off the bike.

big john

Just be careful around them. Some of them are total beginners.

werewolf

"Maybe I'm just a total a-hole...well we all know I AM a total a-hole but still."


There ya go! Stand up proud and say it. Confession is the first step to recovery. Remember, tomorrow is the first day of the rest of your life!

LarryMelman

Most of them are total beginners, and among the many problems with TNT is that their runners/bikers/etc. never learn the rules of their sport. TNT keeps them too busy with happy-talk and phony motivational (I'm OK, you're OK) crap.

fauxto nick

...yah...recovery. I'll get right on that, I didn't start riding a road bike to be a nice guy.

johnny99

The TNT people around here are pretty dangerous, too. Not only do the cyclists ignore common sense road safety (like keeping to the right and stopping at stop signs), but their cheerleaders are dangerous, too. They park their cars on narrow roads, often illegally and unsafely. And they set up refreshment stops in places that encourage the cyclists to stop in the middle of the road.

They really need to be teaching and enforcing road safety before they start on their endurance training.

nogearCX

why no tbe proactive and write to TNT all of the points where you believe they could make their teams and groups smarter riders with better road etiquette. the results of that may be better than ranting on BF.

just a though.

matkinstall

pardon my ignorance, but what are you all talking about?

fauxto nick

That's too logical and mature.

euphoria

yeah what about those regional forums at the top

big john

https://www.teamintraining.org/

They show up at cycling events, centuries, etc. A lot of them are new at it. It's a cool deal for them, they get coaching, training, and support. At the end of the ride they have a cheering section.

DScott

Team in Training, or disease riders...

Yeah, they're really pretty clueless, the runners more than any other bunch. Which part of "on your left" is so confusing?

A typical Marina del Rey T-in-T training run:

fauxto nick

Team in Training is basically a non profit group that you pay into and agree to raise a certain amount of money for. The money goes to fighting leukemia I believe and then in turn you enter certain events under the Team in Training name. The problem lies in that they tell people you can basically show up being a total lazy ass with no talent and we'll train you to be able to run or walk a marathon or half marathon, ride a century, or do a triathlon. They provide team training and support, so subsequently you get these groups of noobs that get together and ride unsafely in massive packs. Some of them get pretty cocky too.

I went to one of their meetings once to look into triathlons, they wanted something like a $150 upfront and then a promise that I would raise $2500. It felt like a weird sports pyramid plan lol.

valygrl

Shouldn't it be Team In Training.....

fauxto nick

LOL! Those fools were doing an out and back yesterday on one of the streets I was riding and I guess they went out in the proper direction...and ran back in the same direction against traffic. They then proceeded to be shocked when I held my line in the bike lane...I guess TNT promotes playing chicken with cyclists.

fauxto nick

Wow, good call, my bad.

Ih8lucky13

It would make for a way better t-shirt.

fauxto nick

Well anyone who needs to pay to learn to ride a bicycle a 100 miles probably is still on the tit so it might be fitting.

Ih8lucky13

From this picture, it looks like they have that same brainwashed rah-rah cheer that they had at Jonestown, before they drank the Kool-Aid.

matkinstall

wow, sounds like a horrorshow. and a pyramid scheme.

fauxto nick

Well, at lest it's a good cause. Time to go ride my bicycle and get some groceries, ya'll talk amongst yourselves.