Funny: WAYS TO TELL YOU'RE A TRIATHLETE...

69. You catch yourself about to blow a snot rocket while walking around the office.

My favourite ! 

Funny list.  I'll add:

When your friends invite you to the lake for the weekend, out on the boat, and you bring your goggles, and swim cap because its a good opportunity to practice OWS, and you have plenty of spotters.


When one of the employees at the bike shop asks if you've lightened your hair.

You don't think about the albums on your MP3 player in terms of time, but of distance. Which albums should I listen to if I want to run 6 miles, 9 miles, 12 miles, etc.

When no 1 is looking at work you take a few moments to do some stretching, you dont sit at your computer looking at BT forums because you are stretching.

33. You have everything needed in your car to be swimming, biking or running with 5 minutes notice.

lol, guilty as charged.

You know you're a Triathlete when (YKYATW): Everything you eat is all natural, but none of your clothes are.

YKYATW: The boss sends you on a business trip and the first thing you pack is a wetsuit and bike pump.

YKYATW: The airlines wants to charge you for overweight baggage so the first thing you toss are your work clothes. You can always get new work clothes at Walmart...but good training clothing is worth its' weight in gold.

YKYATW: Your friends try to hook you up on a blind date and the first thing you ask them is "What's her pace?"

YKYATW: You see a 90.3 sticker (a local radio station) and wonder what race that is?

Happy RIOW!

Ha! These are great guys!! I'll get them added ASAP!!

OMG, I'm guilty on about half of those!

YKYATW: You delay grad school for another year because you are training for Ironman.

You send in pics of road rash and healing scabs for others to enjoy and compare to.

You would rather look at bike porn than naked pics of the opposite sex (well maybe not)

You know that pace has nothing to do with the salsa from New York City

You know what HTFU means

When you find out your wife is going out of town for the weekend, your first thought is, "I wonder who I can get to babysit the kids so that I can still get my long ride in?"

-  You put of having kids as your training for Ironman (again).

-  The first thing you do when you find out your pregnant is order a BOB Ironman Stroller and have it shipped 1/2 way around the world, make sure your gym offers child care for when you swim and wonder who the heck is going to look after the baby when you go on your long rides.

71. You feel like you took the day off because all you did was swim 3000 meters then go for a short run.

I was just complaining about feeling like a slacker to my fiance for this reason--I'm only swimming today!!!

When you crash on your bike and the first thing you ask ..."Is the bike alright??"

you come home from work and there is a bike grease (chain ring) mark on the top of your dog's head and you think its funny because he now fits in with the rest of the family.

your dog also knows the difference between when you are going for a swim, bike and/or run workout and only gets excited if you put on your "walking" shoes.

you recognize your friends while out training by the bike first and the cyclist second.

I love being a triathlete!! These are great guys!! I added some to the original post. Thanks!!

The bag of food you bring to work every day is heavier than your work bag, which includes a laptop, several notebooks, and a book on triathlon training.

After riding in the rain, you use the one towel in your car to wipe down your bike.  You're used to going about your day dripping wet.

A friend comments that your tan line's fading nicely and you have to explain why that's a bad thing.

You drive an SUV and you barely have enough room for groceries.  On a good day you might be able to give one other person a ride.

The extra work clothes you keep in your car have wheel marks on them.

You plan to move the kitchen table and chairs into the garage once the weather gets colder to make room for your bike trainer.

When driving on the interstate, you hold a steady pace while approaching a slower vehicle from the rear until you're within three car lengths, then give it a little more gas in order to pass within fifteen seconds.

Every pond, lake, stream, river, bayou, canal, and ocean is evaluated according to how long of an OWS can be fit within it, with bonus points based on the quality of bike and run routes that could be supported by the adjacent topography and infrastructure.

You don't need to ask someone if they are a triathlete.

Stick around more then 2 or 3 minutes and they will TELL you they are ............

You have at least 6 different tan lines.

You have more than 6 different colors of swim caps in the trunk of your car.

You think smearing bodyglide all over you has nothing to do with sex.

John