M Dot Tattoo b4 ironman (Page 3)

I have a Madonna t-shirt.  Won't wear it until I have done her.

OK lighten up folks.  scoring perfect SAT's is tough too...you don't see people getting SAT tats.

How about 1%'er tats for the rich crowd?

I'm sure the people at WTC are laughing their rich off at people who get Mdot tats.  Customers are paying good money to advertise the WTC brand.  Nike is so jealous that so few people get Nike tats.

yes Ironman is tough.  do you need to tell everyone you finished? ok,  buy a bunch of shirts and wear them every day.  the Mdot tat is just a passive aggressive way of saying "look at me but i'm pretending that the tat is really for me but i want every to see it and comment on it."

Climbing Everest is way harder than Ironman.  Do most sumitters get a tat of the mountain?  I'm thinking not.

Rant probably over.

It is your body to do what you want with it.  Though you will feel awfully foolish if you DNF and people ask you which one you completed.

On a similar note though, what are peoples thoughts on completing the 140.6 on a non-ironman brand race and getting an M-dot tattoo?

HAHAHAHAHAHAAA!!!!    You can't make this stuff up.  

HAHAHAHAHAHAAA!!!!    You can't make this stuff up.  

He is just a wannabe....nothing more.

Why do you think you know the motivation of everyone who gets a tattoo? I'm planning on getting an Mdot. I want people to know I finished because I'm a normal, everyday person with a job and a life. I'm not a pro. I don't train 30 hours a week. I'm not super athletically gifted. I got cut from every sports team in high school. But I had a dream, and I worked hard, and I did it, even though it seemed to be impossible.

I was inspired to do an Ironman when I heard the story of someone who was a very normal, average Joe and he completed one. That's what I want to do for others.

would you get the tattoo of the ford logo on your body? how about the apple logo? how about a nike swoosh?

that's exactly what the Mdot has become. it's a company logo.

i thought about getting one. then i finished the race with a 12:48 with only 16 weeks of training and i thought. eh. it was hard, but not that hard.

honestly, you did the race, you know what you put in to get it. no need to show it off to the world. get an mdot hat, you can take that off whenever you want.

getting the mdot before the race is just dumb imho. but whatever, better finish the race buddy!

john

For you.

Doesn't mean it's "hard, but not that hard" to finish in 12:48 for everyone.

Some of us have to work our a$$es off for what we have. Give us a little credit.

When I finish my Ironman I'm getting this for a tattoo......because I can if I want to.  I can't believe anyone cares what someone puts on their body.

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Not sure that goes with your avatar.....

No self-respecting human would get THAT tattoo.

silly bubblehead

I completed IMFL 2011 and was about 2 weeks after I had my Mdot Tat on my calf.  I was a right of passage for me as it represents my 1st one that I finished and that it was the official Florida 2011.  

I placed it in position with the thought of adding the official race and year for the next and the next and so on.   

Proud of it as i had never had a Tat before and always said this would be my first.

So. Train for it, complete it/finish it and then perminently Brand yourself with it. 

I thought that also before every one of my 3 DNF's in my 9 Ironman starts.  But I wish you luck just the same.