Does anyone train for the wrong reasons? (Page 2)

Ouch...sorry to hear that.

Just tell her she should appreciate that you're spending all this time training and not in bars drinking and looking at other women and complaining about her until 2 in the morning

Is there a wrong reason to train?  I honestly don't think so.  I mean, whatever your reason you are getting more healthy and fit, and that's all to the good, whatever your reason.

I train because it impresses people in a way that going to the gym never did.

I train to eventually get the kind of body I want.  It seems really far away right now, but I want it, dammit.

I train for the thrill of competition, even though I come in last or nearly last. 

I train to get more of those little race numbers or medals or whatever.  They're like a visible sign that I did something, accomplished something.

I train for myself.

And if that's selfish, too bad.

Ohhh...Thats one of the best yet! You are SO right!

I started training because it was something my boyfriend (at the time) and I were gonna do together.  Now that we have broken up I have every intention of bumping into him at a future race and kicking his ass.  That, and I am super competitive and if I dont have a goal to strive for I lose focus in my life.

~B

There are no wrong reasons to train. In a world of severe obesity just doing anything physical for any reason is great.

I started doing these things partly out of boredom and partly out of a need to feel accomplishment at the end of the day. I did my first tri in Kuwait during my deployment there in the Spring of '98. It was a 5k run thru the desert/followed by a 20k bike (on borrowed mtn bikes) thru the desert/followed by a 300m pool swim ( in which I almost drowned lol). I signed up for it because I was in the middle of the desert and bored out of my gourd.

After I seperated from the military I was left with the emptiness of not having that sense of accomplishment at the end of the day. So I turned to tri to feel that sense of acheivement that I don't get at my job. Now at the end of a long ride or long race it feels great to know that I have done something good for my body and soul. It also gives me that competative outlet that I need as I am a super competative person. All in all it makes me a better me!