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You know you're a triathlete
if...
- you have a lifetime supply of
water bottles, safety pins, and t-shirts.
- you have trouble keeping lunch
under 2000 calories.
- you usually wake up at 4:00 in
the morning but don't get to work until way after 9:00.
- you have a $4000 bike strapped
on top of your $2000 car.
- you're always wet .... sweat,
pool, lake, sea water, shower, bath, or rain.
- your car has at least one
energy bar wrapper and water bottle on the floor
- your kids idea of playing is a
race and awards ceremony.
- you depart in morning with
swim bag, bike, and running shoes in case you can get away at lunch for a
workout.
- you take triathlon junkets
instead of vacations
- you have far more shoes than
your wife
- your kitchen cupboards are
organized into "protein", "carbs" and "etc"
- you're ride your bike in a
Speedo.
- your bath towel is never dry.
- you bring bottled water to a
party so that you're properly hydrated for the next morning's long run.
- everyone else at the party
also brought their own bottled water because you don't have a social life
outside of triathlon. Oh yeah, and they all showed up by 7pm and left by 10pm.
- your 8 year old comes home
with the school record for the mile and says, he took it out in a nice pace he
could hold.....everyone else died.
- you ask your wife, girlfriend,
or sister for leg shaving advice.
- you mention a race and
somebody responds "running or biking" and you are again forced to explain....
- you wear your bathing suit
under your work clothes to make a fast transition from work to swim on your
lunch hour.
- you name your two new puppies
Kona and Hawi
- your spouse wants dinner out
and a movie, so you agree, but fall asleep during the previews.
- you show up at the
neighborhood pool on your bike in a speedo and embarrass your teenage
daughters.
- you've spent more on bikes in
the last 10 years than you have on clothes for the past 50
- your hair is never dry.
- somebody hands you a cup of
water and you have to restrain yourself from pouring it over your head.
- you forget that talking about
daily LSD and speed weirds some people out.
- you feel like you took the day
off because all you did was swim 3000 yards.
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