Sprint tri drama..tell me the rules

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Jun 1, 2014 19:30:42 GMT -5 tuggyruns said:

Jun 1, 2014 15:28:25 GMT -5 gumi said:

were you swimming in a pool? If so, I would think race officials saw it.

It doesn't sound like a USAT sanctioned race to me, to be honest. They wouldn't let a bike just be on the ground in transition. They have officials that ride little motorcycles around and take stuff like that pretty seriously.

I also don't know if I would tattle to the bike store. Is she on an elite team, or just wears a jersey? Because a lot of people purchase team jersey's, it doesn't mean that they practice with, or have a strong affiliation, with the team.

Did she win? I think if I felt she really endangered my swim, or caused a setback that allowed her to place over me, I would have contested right when the results were posted, before awards, so that she could be given a penalty. You are not allowed to blatantly push people under water. If it wasn't a sanctioned race though, I would care a lot less because it's not ranked. But I would be annoyed and probably vent on here, too.

I don't think there is anything that can happen after the event. She clearly takes her sprint triathlons too seriously. There is always going to be an asshole, I am sorry you had to deal with one. But, if she behaves that way in other races, it's only a matter of time until she penalized, disqualified, hurts someone, or pisses off the wrong person.

We weren't in a pool, it was a lake. 

It was USAT sanctioned, and she got out of there pretty quick after the race- leaving her bike sticker and helmet stick on the ground...wonder if she did get a penalty?

Her kit said ****store "race team". She did win our age group. I did yell something to the officials as we were running out of the water, but didn't want to stop and talk during transition. By the end, she was gone and I became unsure if I was just being a weenie and this was common practice for jerkwads like her, but not necessarily penalty worthy. 

Long story short, I just don't want this to happen to someone else. I think I would have been more pissed if I had actually trained for this.

Based on that 100% go to the running store first. Not cool, at all!

Most LRSs take it very seriously when their team members suck -- not just the one I'm one, but other's I have friends running on, people get booted for stuff like that, rightfully so!

[tuggyruns]

Jun 2, 2014 11:14:54 GMT -5 @vtcupcake said:

Not knowing the ins and outs of triathlons, I think the thing that would bother me the most is that she threw her bike, and may or may not have gotten a penalty and WON her age group. That's just reinforcing her crapass behavior for future races. I think you should at least say something to the LRS about her poor sportsmanship, because they're likely to be the ones to do something about it over a local Tri director.

PS- Did she have an M-dot tattoo? Did she yell things like "your marathon is my cooldown?"

lol, omg, I just spewed out my peach bite when I read that!!! I"m dying!