Attention deficit triathletes

What? Huh?

umm I disagree. Nothing bores me more than an open water swim. I'm glad that portion is small.

I'd respond to this, but there are so many interesting threads in the other forums that I

intense exercise is a well documented, non-pharmaceutical treatment for AD/HD.. Back in teh day when I was really struggling with my attentional problems and distractibility, the shrink made me do 60 min hard core cardio every morning for a month before prescribing me drugs. Didn;t solve the whole problem for me, but helped A TON. Now I have all kinds of other coping skills and I don;t need any meds at all, but when I feel especially keyed up or anxious, nothing settles my mind better than exercise (and sometimes meditation if I'm not too far gone...)

This is exactly how I came to choose triathlon! I was running for a long time, and as my runs got longer, my interest in working out fell off. Same old same old, one foot in front of the other. Though I enjoyed the increased fitness and needed a goal, I just couldn't get excited about plodding along for all those training miles. Tri training is perfect for the attention-challenged because there's such a great deal of variety -- three different sports, and even different workout types within the 3 sports. No two workouts are the same!

I've been this way all my life, and I kind of just have learned to live with it and be effective anyway...kind of like that famous brain surgeon with Tourette's who just goes with the flow of his nervous tics..! IN my early 20s I remarked to a car full of friends "I would just hate it if I wasn't ADD. It would be so boring." They all burst out laughing, although I really hadn't meant to say anything funny. I just didn't realize that most 'normal' people don't feel bored when things are going along at a smooth, steady pace...!

I agree completely. When I first started training for triathlons...oh look, a dog

I don't like reading long posts...I get bor

What's this thread about, LOL.

Q: How many ADH kids does it take to change a lightbulb?









A: Let's go skateboarding.

ROFL.
Do we get our own races?????

LOL! Trying to imagine the scene when the starting gun goes off...remember that Monty Python skit with the guys with the hankies on their heads doing "olympics"?

I agree! I got into tris because I wanted to save my knees without loosing my base for my nex marathon. I love changing sports everyday... I think I do have ADD and this is the best sport

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That's funny!

My attention span in the pool is about 1000 yards.............

YES!!!! Although, I would sometimes prefer to think it's my superior intellect that keeps me from attending to what they are saying.

HA HA HA HA HA HA HA LOL