so what triathlon related (in any way) things can annoy you?

Nothing fitting anymore. most of the time a good problem to have but I'm tired of replacing expensive clothes, and not being able to afford the same things b/c I've spent money on tri stuff. But I'd rather buy more and better fitting tri gear, but you can't wear that to work.

Not enough hours in the day to train.

I have had my suits taken in 3 times, had to take all of my watches in to have the bands taken in, and none of my casual clothes fit anymore.

I think the most annoying thing is realizing how damn expensive this sport is, man I thought golf costs a lot of money.

Getting up at 4:30 am to drive 2.5 hours one way to do a Sprint race that I finish in 2 hours.

After a run, having my MIL ask me, "Ha ha, what are you always running from?"  Well, type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure, my ever-expanding @ss, to name a few...

People who stand along the finish chute and DON'T cheer.

But you know you wish you were that guy (I know I do).

Of Course!! That is why I get annoyed!!

Hmmm...need a plot. Drown him on the swim, steal his bike and his wife... . Nah...current wife won't like it.

Drown him on the swim- this doesn't work as he is a former Elite swimmer....bastard!

Steal his bike/wife-happy with the ones I have thank you....(and isn't one of each really enough?)

My solution is that he has to swim in trunks from Wal-Mart, ride a MTB from the toy section, and run in flip flops.....(sad thing is he probably still beats me by 10  minutes!)

This year at all the Tri California events, they handed out water from their sponsor Glaceau.  It was very generous of Glaceau to hand out bottles of their sports water (electrolytes added, no sugar) during the race, but on the bike it's not a good idea to have a smooth plastic bottle.  Nothing like trying to grab it out of the cage and not being able to get a grip.  Then, you either have to grab too hard which makes the water spray out all over you, or you wind up getting it out only to have it slip out of your hands as you're riding along.

Swimming in salt water sucks.  Oh, yeah, it's nice to be extra bouyant.  But the Pacific Ocean is damn cold!  Even the little inlets and bays are cold.  And it stinks.  I didn't realize how much water gets in my mouth when I'm swimming.  I came away from a 1.5K swim with my tongue all sore like I'd been licking a salt block for an hour.  And that salt water stays on you as you ride and run, only it drys into these painful little salt crystals that tend to rub in the most sensitive areas.

I hear you! I usually (knock on wood) don't have a problem with chafing, but with my first ocean swim, I did...and I ended up with red tide, itchy!! I prefer swimming in a lake, but I also know what gross nasty things are discharged into them...so I try not to swallow too much water.

It's funny though, we all have these things that annoy us, but we keep coming back for more! Whoo Hoo!