You’re a triathlete when… part II
Posted on April 23rd, 2008 by TriathleteDad
- Your legs move in a cycling motion while you are asleep.
- When you see a drop of blood, your first reaction is that you spilled some red Gatorade.
- You know how far you biked and ran last year, to one-tenth of a kilometer.
- You think the ultimate form of wallpaper is about 64 racing bibs.
- A 19-year old kid who works in a bicycle shop know more about you than your next-door neighbor.
- Your children are more likely to recognize you if you put your bicycle helmet.
- You have a vanity license plate with the work “Kona” in it. (or TRI WGON)
- About half the shirts you own have at least a dozen logos on the back of them.
- You don’t find the word “Fartlek” in the least bit amusing. (I still do)
- When you refer to your “partner”, you mean neither your spouse nor the co-owner of your business but the person you run or bike with three times a week.
- You shave your legs more often than your wife. (or you do it better.)
- The closest you came to punching somebody was when they disagreed with your position on whether wearing a wetsuit amounts to cheating.
- It doesn’t feel right that you can’t “clip ” in and out of the pedals in your car.
- There is a group of people in your life about whom you are more likely to know how fast they can swim 100 meters than their surnames or occupations.
- Some of the shorts you wear today are tighter than the ones you wore in high school.
- You are frustrated with the latest Garmin Forerunner because its live readings have a margin of error of approximately three per cent.
- There’s a separate load of laundry every week that is just your workout clothes. (They are washed more tenderly than your spouse’s past birthday presents)
- One of your goals this year is to be faster at getting out of your wetsuit. (or not to exceed your HR ceiling)
- You failed high school chemistry but you could teach a course on lactic acid.
- All you want for Christmas is something called a carbon crank set.
- You wore a digital watch to your wedding.
- You have to have completely separate meals from your spouse because he or she is on a low-carb diet.
- Your bicycle is in your living room.
- You have stocked up on a brand of cereal because it has a coupon that will save you money on your next two pairs of running shoes.
- In order to establish a new personal best, you considered peeing without getting off your bike. (or in fact did pee)
- One of your proudest moments is when you lost a toenail.
- When a car follows too closely behind you, you accuse the driver of “drafting”. (or you “draft” behind the car in front of you)
- When you went for a job interview, you wrote your social insurance number on your arm in black marker.
- Your spouse cried during Terms of Endearment; you cried during the television coverage of the Hawaii Ironman.
- You are comfortable discussing the sensitivity of your nipples with other guys.
- Your spouse is looking forward to the day when you will slow down and just run marathons.
- You have paused in front of the mirror in your wetsuit and thought, “Hey, I look like Spiderman. (or any other superhero)
- You see no issue with talking about treatments for chafing or saddle rash at the dinner table.
- You recently asked your spouse out for dinner by asking if he or she wanted to “fuel up” together.
- For you, “bonking” no longer has a sexual connotation.
- The magazine secretly tucked under your mattress has pictures of really expensive bicycles in it.
and peppermint tea to fight the flu. But, sometimes, the flu is just nature’s way of clearing out the toxins.
