LifeCycle of a BTer (Page 2)

Will someone please explain this step of the lifecycle to my wife?  WACK...Sorry honey, don't you remember me saying that red italics is the sarcasm font?  WACK....oh, you did remember....WACK.....gotc....(fade to black)

My kiddos are studying lifecycles which got me thinking, "What's the typical lifecycle of a BTer"?

1.  Find site during internet search for triathlon.

2.  Observe the going-ons as a guest (1-5 days)

3.  Sign up for free membership.

4.  "Lurk" reading all the questions/answers in Triathlon Talk/ Gear Reviews/ Nutrition.  (1-4 weeks)

5.  Sign up for first triathlon.

6.  Post introduction in the "Introduction" thread.

7.  Continue "Lurking". (1-2 weeks)

8.  Post first question.  Normally, a.  How to determine Max HR?, b.  What strength exercises can be used to replace bicycling? or c.  Can I replace cycling with spin classes?

 9.  Get lost in the activity resulting in the above questions.

10.  Sign up for Bronze or above membership for training plans.

11.  Use training plans, logging everything (10 - 20 weeks)

12.  Find Cup of Joe.

13.  Post count quadruples in the course of a day.  Training is at a bare minimum.

14.  Realize triathlon is coming up and concentrate on training again.

15.  Begin to answer new BTer's questions.

Did I miss anything?

Those are "typical" BTer's.

There are the few, select folks who join and immediately post as if they're on some internet version of the movie Speed.  If they go below 100 posts a day, they're going to have a limb removed with the jaws of life in front of a cheering audience.

Some members become very active for awhile then just disappear.  Why is that?

TW