Funny: WAYS TO TELL YOU'RE A TRIATHLETE... (Page 3)

...you have a nice tatoo, but the next one will have to be an original SBR related one

... you have been spotted putting on your swim cap an googles on the way to the lake, after dropping the kids off at aunties.

....when your favorite aunt is the one who lives closest to the lake

.... when spending the best part of paying $8000 to convert from oil to gas is not the new boiler, but the extra space in the basement for a better workout area.

....when the portable DVD players for the kids in the car take up perminant residence in front of the trainer and treadmill in the newly improved workout space in said basement. They have also been set up through the VCR with cable spliters so you can watch the Tour de France on both while doing a Run,Bike,Run X 6 set. (yes it was done this year )

....the family takes seperate vacations, they go to the ocean/beach on the big race weekends. You do not going to the beach/ ocean without a wetsuit and someone to swim with

....The guys at work no longer cringe when you get out of the car in nothing but a pair of flip flops and jamber swim shorts on (BTW you are also a clysdale)

....You use the shower at work more than the other 39 guys...combined

.....OWSing before work stops when it is too cold out. Not because the water temps have dropped too much, but where you hang the wetsuit at work is only 3 feet from the wood stove, and if the guys light it, the wetsuit is junk!

....you have 3 lockers in two different work buildings and have added places to hang your bike and wetsuits to keep them out of the way while at work.

oh yeah, forgot about spending over 3 hours trying to figure out why the eithernet conetion and wireless internet are not working on the computer that has been set up for use while on the trainer.

I would think of it more as something that MUST be relearned.

You don't tell your spouse when you're getting sick. That way he can't say anything when you leave for a long ride the next day.

Your children ask you if it is a rest day when you cook or clean.

Happiness is a weeks worth of lycra hanging to dry.

Your bathroom hand towels are freebies from races.

You have a drain board in the kitchen filled with gu, water and aero bottles.

Your kids and husband don't think anything about dumping a bag of ice on you in the bathtub. Yes, I wear my tri suit.

You can't remember the last time you actually showered at your house.

Taking a shower with strangers at the gym isn't weird any more.

This is a little obscure, but unfortunatley all too true.

you have set up a key board on your aero bars on the drainer to chat in BT while on the bike. Small problem, intermintant connection to the internet via wireless. Run hard wire, works for a day, replace cable, works for a day. Figure router needs update, download new software. Computer nob that I am goes too far and crashes the computer so hard it needs a full restore to get it running!! Loose all I tunes and photos thought to be backed up on line. Buy new computer to get the house running again. Lesson learned, I am a computer nob, priceless.

BTW, have chased the orriginal problem to the router, this is now confirmed (duh) should have contacted tech support earlier (DUH!!)