Two words, tan lines!

I've had a breakthrough moment! Stand back everyone, I don't know what really happens next but here it is...

I've see/read/believed the posts concerning when you are no longer a beginner but I..yes, I...now know when you are no longer a beginner.

After you've taken off your clothes for an after-brick shower and you pass by the mirror and take a glance only to do a double-take because it looks like you're wearing white tri-shorts and a light brown tri-top only to realize you have tan lines so distinct that it looks like someone snapped a chalk line to separate the colors.

I HAVE ARRIVED!! I've always been an outside-kind-of-guy however, this year, it's freaky. I feel like I need extra soap and a wire brush to blur the finely developed tan line on my leg from my tri-shorts. Then up top, I have a mixture of lines which all positively correlate to the bike jersey, the sleeveless tri-top and the tank tri-top [yes, I only have three tops, I'm saving my dollars, thank you very much]

I am now convinced that THIS is how you know you have stepped up onto the next rung of the ladder. Everyone can rest a little easier tonight knowing that the threshold that separates beginners from the rest of "us" is as easy as crossing a line. [Hummm, don't know about that last line].

Chap