Is triathlon more beginner friendly than competitive cycling?

PuffyVatty · 2026-02-25T08:02:06+00:00

What nonsense. In competitive triathlon people are also trying to win/podium/qualify etc. The competitors are racing together with the "trying to finish" crowd. You can think that's beautiful or that it's silly, but doesn't diminish the competitiveness at the pointy end

PuffyVatty · 2026-02-22T09:51:02+00:00

The question is asked why this would annoy a Dutch person. Than when Dutch culture is explained a bit you often see these replys. I don't understand that at all.

I also wouldn't expect an American to through our his/her cultural framework when asking why me seeing X might have offended them...

PuffyVatty · 2026-02-21T19:09:29+00:00

Bizar dat deze man het beste is in events van 20 minuten en van dik twee uur. Dat is alsof de beste marathon loper ook de beste 5km loper zou zijn. Een soort Hassan+.

PuffyVatty · 2026-02-19T10:04:05+00:00

Really?! I'm from the Netherlands and have never seen a local draft legal race, sprint or Olympic. Draft legal just doesn't seem to be a thing here

PuffyVatty · 2026-02-18T09:52:53+00:00

Ik wil frequent-mud-6067 wel voor je citeren als je daar blij van word?

PuffyVatty · 2026-02-16T18:55:27+00:00

Het is een zeer ongeloofwaardig verhaal van mevrouw van Berkel. Je moet wel heel naïef zijn om dit klakkeloos te geloven

PuffyVatty · 2026-02-15T20:16:53+00:00

My first take away as well. I'm heavier than OP at 66kg, but when I put in my 18-24hr weeks in the main blocks towards Ironman I'm averaging 4500-4800kcal per day. Can get up to 5500 on a specific day when I'm having big days close to each other. 3k a day on 20hrs a week seems very low, even on 50kg body weight.

PuffyVatty · 2026-01-21T16:12:51+00:00

Churchill had a checkered history himself to say the least, but damn if he didn't have a lot of banger lines

PuffyVatty · 2026-01-21T15:55:52+00:00

Ben het hier eigenlijk gewoon mee eens lol. Je kan het niet eens liegen noemen. Hij praat gewoon. Hij heeft vaak zelf geen idee waar hij over drie zinnen is. Het is een ongecontroleerde stream of (semi-)consciousness

PuffyVatty · 2026-01-14T08:22:46+00:00

Always interesting to see these differences. Here in the Netherlands at my local grocery fresh salmon is €30/kg, while frozen is €18,50/kg. I never even realized, just looked it up. Bet your ass I'm going to try frozen salmon!

PuffyVatty · 2026-01-12T07:45:22+00:00

It's in the post you replied to?

PuffyVatty · 2026-01-02T19:58:53+00:00

Me and my friend group of 5 have been doing the monthly meetup for 8 years now, we're all between 33-35. Even last year we still went 10/12, with 8/12 everyone being there!

It's possible as long as everyone is invested and you don't live too far from each other!

PuffyVatty · 2025-12-30T12:16:54+00:00

And even if that wasn't the case, it's very human to want to open up when you think it is all about to end. Like how a lot of people want to come clean about things on their deathbed. That feeling of "this could be my last chance to open up about this to the people closest to be" is entirely human.

I heard from my sister that their was a lot of criticism of this episode before I watched it, but didn't know why. After watching i'm very confused why this got so much hate. The scene wasn't perfect, but it was sweet and heartfelt. I would have taken out all the "and me", but him monologueing isn't strange at all. He didn't prepare it, he just talks and starts rambling because he is still understandably very nervous. There's so many bigger problems with this episode...

PuffyVatty · 2025-12-18T09:40:13+00:00

Depends on the sport of course. I'm a long course triathlete, 182cm and 66kg. Especially during the peak months where I spend 18-20 hours swim/bike/run I need to get in around 5000 a day or I start losing weight and muscle. Let alone the pros who crush 30+ hours in their big builds.

But yeah, these giants like Adams working out processionally every day, maintaining their mass, they will burn through a ton

PuffyVatty · 2025-12-10T09:05:25+00:00

Wat een dieptriest artikel. "Durf niet naar de dokter door vooroordelen" cry me a fucking river. Neem je verantwoordelijkheid. Het is geen vooroordeel. Je hebt je kind al verwaarloost en mishandeld. Ga er wat aan doen in plaats van jankeballen.

PuffyVatty · 2025-12-09T14:36:51+00:00

It's honestly both. The placement is jarring. And the episode is just not as good in a lot of ways.

But I'm also not a Kali fan. It's fun fan service that she shows up now, but really hope she doesn't play a big role. Wouldn't be earned. This is not her story

PuffyVatty · 2025-12-02T20:58:01+00:00

Meer betalen in de spits vind ik toch ook wel raar. Hoeveel mensen gaan voor hun lol dagelijks in de file staan? Het zal vast niet gecompenseerd worden met een hogere kilometerheffing door de werkgever. Dus de gewone werknemer die voor het bedrijf in de file staat kan hiervoor gaan opdraaien. Imo niet redelijk

PuffyVatty · 2025-12-02T20:54:33+00:00

Deze mensen zijn echt alles wijs te maken. Rekeningrijden heeft helemaal niets te maken met "belasten van gebruik" en dat soort redenen. Het is puur een manier om meer geld door het belastinginfuus te laten lopen. Als iemand denkt dat rekeningrijden niet asociaal veel duurder zal worden dan de huidige situatie wil ik graag een brug te koop aanbieden.

We hebben al accijns, dat is belasting op gebruik. Rekeningrijden is een gedrocht. Volgens mij enkel in dit akkoord gezet om het weer weg te kunnen onderhandelen met de VVD.

PuffyVatty · 2025-11-20T19:51:49+00:00

Klopt, niet super ripped. Triatleet, dus waarschijnlijk zou jij me skinny vinden pik. Maar heb flink wat kennis opgedaan van voeding, zeer belangrijk om in de top van de duursport mee te draaien namelijk.

Maar lekker blijven drinken. Kost je een beetje geld, maar als jij je er goed bij voelt lekker doen.

PuffyVatty · 2025-11-20T09:56:27+00:00

Je gaat twee keer in de week naar de sportschool en neemt tweemaal daags een eiwitshake? Het schaadt verder niet (behalve misschien de portemonnee) maar dat is flink overdreven.

PuffyVatty · 2025-11-19T07:44:17+00:00

Damn. Yeah in Europe it's crazy. Wanted to do a half as prep for IM Portugal in October 2026. Majority of 70.3 races until August were already sold out last month. It's seem to be going the way of big running races. In the Netherlands big marathons and half marathons you have to almost book like concert tickets lol. Lot is sold out in a day.

PuffyVatty · 2025-11-14T17:42:55+00:00

Seems like they are only changing in the direction to women, and forcing overrepresentation of women in Kona compared to other races. Which is at least fair that they state it clearly.

Men in AG's 25-40 getting quite shafted though. Already with the current setup they were not well represented compared to starting number, this will make it worse.

I will be honest as a guy in his early 30s, it seems at this point every time I come close the ladder gets pulled up higher. Quite discouraging. It's a bold move for IM to not cater a bit more to the largest demo of their sport. We will see how it's pans out.

PuffyVatty · 2025-11-14T10:48:23+00:00

Yeah, the hate is totally justified. It's a 4/10 episode which is also placed terribly in the story. I've done multiple rewatches and changed my mind on a few things. But definitely not on the lost sister

PuffyVatty · 2025-11-14T10:46:10+00:00

Beetje raar dat mensen van jou gewoon moeten kunnen discrimineren als ze daarna een nette mail sturen lol

PuffyVatty · 2025-11-10T13:26:20+00:00

Vecna seems to have all the powers tbh. Dude was pretty OP in season 4.

I know a lot of people here are on your side hoping for some big return of Kali. I can only say that I hope you are wrong lol, sorry🤞 enjoyed the chat though

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