Monday, 29 June 2009
How do you know that you are really a triathlete?
- You have a $10,000 bike on a $2000 car
- You have suggested wind tunnel testing for your local paper boy to make his route quicker
- Cereal is considered a main meal
- As you approach the bar for a drink you start yelling your order to the barmen from 10 metres
- If you are ever drinking out of a paper cup you crush it so you can walk and drink at the same time
- You think it's ok to wear speedos
- Before races you enjoy putting the chain back on your bike, and then shaking hands with people as your hands are covered in grease!
- You have considered putting aero bars on you car's steering wheel to help you stay in the zone
- When you're in a bus you go to the front and pretend to run really fast
- The last high school reunion you went to you had the pleasure of telling class mates that you have lost a few kilos
- If you don't wear compression socks you'd still consider buying them to put into your speedos
- You run two blocks to catch a bus and then add it to your weekly mileage
Throw in some more to this list!
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Comments (13)
by trimac, 06 July 2009Work is a rest between training sessions
by Matt, 04 July 2009Your waiting for the speedo and fluro to make their long awaited comeback. So true JISM, my corner store is a 2min walk away, but I just could'nt be arsed, I'll jump in the car for a loaf of bread and a carton of milk.
by firstoffthebike, 04 July 2009Great comments guys... we are all a little tragic
by MB, 04 July 2009You lose toe nails at a faster rate than your kids are losing teeth...
by Matt, 04 July 2009You are a triathlete if your favourite saying is " Life is killing time between workouts."
by liz h, 04 July 2009You can service and rebuild your tri bike but don't have a clue how your car works.
You can compare notes with your spouse on shaving/waxing legs.
most of your friends have had broken clavicles
by Nick, 03 July 2009You wear your heart rate monitor to bed to see how low your heart rate goes while sleeping (32) :P
by JISM, 03 July 2009You wear the same clothes all week at work so you can fit all your training gear in your bag
You spend hours writing crap on triathlon forums ;D
you'll ride for 4 hours or run 2 but cant be arsed walking anywhere.
by XO, 03 July 2009Sunday morning sleep in means an eight hour brick
by TR, 02 July 2009your wife says you're self absorbed but you didn't hear her as you're reading your TRI mags.
by old school , 02 July 2009you use fake tan;
by JR, 02 July 2009you wear speedos at the beach;
you worry about your heart rate at the dinner table;
you have no bunch riding skills whatsoever;
you climb out of the saddle still on the aerobars;
you rate a person based on their ironman times;
you wear finisher shirts to race starts;
you wear joggers with jeans and even tuck your shirt in;
you drink low carb beer (if at all);
I could go on forever - and hey ive been doing it for 15 years - keep it real people, forget the crap, just race and train hard, its only a bit of fun after all.
No one changes as quick as you do in your house
by SRR, 02 July 2009Runners are socially acceptible for any occassion.