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 2010-07-06 7:38 PM in reply to: #2954012 |
Pro  4311   Texas |  Subject: RE: You know training for an Ironman is taking over your life when....You make Gamestop part of your run course to pick up a game you pre-ordered months ago. OK, maybe that just makes me a nerd... |
| 2010-07-07 4:10 PM in reply to: #2954012 |
Regular 155 Alpharetta, GA | Subject: RE: You know training for an Ironman is taking over your life when.... When Friday night's entertainment consists of standing in the kitchen eating Doritos while mixing nutrition bottles for Saturday's long ride. When your kids get used to coming out to the garage to say good night as you are on the trainer again. When you convince yourself that McDonald's chocolate milk shakes are actually a good recovery food. When your wife sees your dirty water bottles and sweaty laundry more than you in a week. When you check the weather forecast at your racesite more than at homesite. |
| 2010-07-07 8:57 PM in reply to: #2954012 |
Veteran 297 | Subject: RE: You know training for an Ironman is taking over your life when.... when you have to sneak away to sleep in your car at lunch just to make it through the day! |
| 2010-07-08 8:35 AM in reply to: #2954012 |
Veteran 320 Edmonton, AB | Subject: RE: You know training for an Ironman is taking over your life when.... when you're vaguely aware of a woman and a short person living in your house but you struggle to recall their names but can recite the elevations of your bike ride with ease. |
| 2010-07-08 9:25 AM in reply to: #2958097 |
Expert 2547 The Woodlands, TX | Subject: RE: You know training for an Ironman is taking over your life when.... kvesey - 2010-07-02 11:31 AM Your bathroom is a circuit of training clothes drying out before hitting the hamper. You take a shower twice, maybe three times, a day. Cheetoes become your favorite food. When someone says something nice to you, you cry hysterically. Your mother sends you messages that induce guilt because she hasn't heard from you in "ages." The job is really inconvenient because you need to be training, getting a massage, or doing laundry. You have to put your shoes out to dry every day, b/c they are soaked in sweat by 7am. |
| 2010-07-08 10:00 AM in reply to: #2954012 |
Veteran 196 Houston | Subject: RE: You know training for an Ironman is taking over your life when.... Someon asks your age and you automatically state your USAT age, a year older. |
| 2010-07-08 1:16 PM in reply to: #2967916 |
| Subject: RE: You know training for an Ironman is taking over your life when.... tjfry - 2010-07-08 10:25 AM You have to put your shoes out to dry every day, b/c they are soaked in sweat by 7am. I've got a box fan in the guest room that blows over spots for my running shoes and bike shoes. Works great  I'm glad that it's not rained in two months and it's been 100+ degrees. That means the grass doesn't need mowed When you buy a stick dryer not for clothing right out of the wash but to hang up workout clothing rather than having drippy wet stuff balled up on the floor. |
| 2010-07-08 5:27 PM in reply to: #2954012 |
Member 1487 Scottsdale, AZ | Subject: RE: You know training for an Ironman is taking over your life when.... when you went to the grocery store and bought LOTS of food to get you thru the week of training, but forgot any 'formal' food to prepare for dinner. When you have no energy to make a 'formal' dinner, so mac n cheese becomes a staple for the kids - and husband! |
| 2010-07-08 9:30 PM in reply to: #2954012 |
Expert 924 Western WI | Subject: RE: You know training for an Ironman is taking over your life when.... You walk into the running store and walk out with 2 of the exact same pair of $140.00 shoes and $75 worth of gu and blocks. You walk out the door to work with that nagging feeling that you're forgetting something, then realize that of course! That's it! You forgot your HR monitor...oh wait, you don't need to wear a HR monitor at work... Your coworkers act suprised when you don't have a snack in front of your work station but are not suprised when you arrive at work with 3 (!) coffee mugs. you just said "tomorrow I get to sleep in!" When asked what time that is, your response is "6:30am" you have a 1/2 IM race in a couple of weekends and even though this is a significant distance, you think of it as just another training day and even look forward to an easy 56 miles on the bike! |
| 2010-07-08 10:30 PM in reply to: #2954012 |
Expert 1258 Marin County, California | Subject: RE: You know training for an Ironman is taking over your life when.... When you get really really excited to go to a grocery store 20 miles away every week because you can get mass amounts of produce really cheap.... ...and then realize THIS is the most social time of your week... |
| 2010-07-10 7:41 PM in reply to: #2954012 |
Champion 7704 Williamston, Michigan | Subject: RE: You know training for an Ironman is taking over your life when.... You only have enough energy to eat sleep train go to work and do enough laundry to get thru training and working. |
| 2010-07-11 10:11 PM in reply to: #2954012 |
Master 1779 | Subject: RE: You know training for an Ironman is taking over your life when....
Your husband tells you that you smell like chlorine and you take it as a compliment.
Edited by Catwoman 2010-07-11 10:17 PM |
| 2010-07-12 10:01 AM in reply to: #2974246 |
| Subject: RE: You know training for an Ironman is taking over your life when.... Catwoman - 2010-07-11 11:11 PM
Your husband tells you that you smell like chlorine and you take it as a compliment.
I've never had that one happen to me |
| 2010-07-12 6:02 PM in reply to: #2954012 |
| Member 1487 Scottsdale, AZ | Subject: RE: You know training for an Ironman is taking over your life when.... you rearrange your laundry room so that it is quite inconvenient to actually do laundry in there, but it works nicely to store your bike/trainer set up! |
| 2010-07-12 6:47 PM in reply to: #2954012 |
Expert 1360 | Subject: RE: You know training for an Ironman is taking over your life when.... you plan the weekly menu such that your husband (who just knows how to bbq) can cook dinner on Tuesdays and Thursdays when you have long workouts in the evening. |
| 2010-07-13 11:47 AM in reply to: #2954012 |
Expert 885 | Subject: RE: You know training for an Ironman is taking over your life when.... You decide which church service you are going to on Sunday based on what kind of workout you need to do and when you are going to do it based on how hot the day will get. |
| 2010-07-13 12:33 PM in reply to: #2954012 |
Veteran 196 Houston | Subject: RE: You know training for an Ironman is taking over your life when.... You tell your supportive hubby " I need some free speed " and they nodd knowing its a legal purchase. |
| 2010-07-13 5:20 PM in reply to: #2954012 |
Pro 3730 NorCal | Subject: RE: You know training for an Ironman is taking over your life when.... I love these! Below is a an entry from my blog while I was training for IMKY in 2008. You might be training for an IM if - U are hungry all the time (even after finishing a meal your stomach groans for more) - your hair is always wet from pool, shower or sweat - the laundry basket is full of sweat-wicking fabrics with a few pair of underwear thrown in - you have constant saddles sores (or maybe that's just me) - you are constantly hungry - you have no patience (in fact have stopped going to Starbucks because having more than 2 people in line in front of you means waiting too f-in long for a coffee!) - Gu and electrolyte drinks are their own food group - incessant hunger - when you leave the gym, people at the front desk say "see you later" rather than "have a nice day" - body glide, deodorant, GU and goggles are in your glovebox in the car - people no longer ask "how are you?" they ask "how's the training going?" - have I mentioned the hunger? - you are always packing/unpacking clothes for the next workout - you significant other tells you over dinner how the movie/tv show you watched last night ended b/c you fell asleep watching it - foreplay?? what's that? "Let's have a quickie, I have to get up early so I can swim, bike or run" - you debate eating your arm while waiting for the waitress to bring over the friggin bread at a restaurant for fear you may starve to death - you stop trying to figure out how much money you have spent training - you know that surviving all of the above is worth having an IM finisher's medal!!!! |
| 2010-07-13 5:37 PM in reply to: #2954012 |
Veteran 129 | Subject: RE: You know training for an Ironman is taking over your life when.... you realise that nothing is impossible ever again. Sorry, corny I know, especially from an Englishman. |
| 2010-07-13 6:56 PM in reply to: #2978758 |
Expert 1360 | Subject: RE: You know training for an Ironman is taking over your life when.... AbbieR - - foreplay?? what's that? "Let's have a quickie, I have to get up early so I can swim, bike or run" - you debate eating your arm while waiting for the waitress to bring over the friggin bread at a restaurant for fear you may starve to death Both of these sound way too familiar. |
| 2010-07-15 8:29 AM in reply to: #2954012 |
Regular 247 Waterloo | Subject: RE: You know training for an Ironman is taking over your life when.... You have a HIM scheduled for Sunday and you're relieved to have an "easy" day on the weekend for once |
| 2010-07-15 8:36 AM in reply to: #2954012 |
Regular 68 Bromsgrove, Midlands | Subject: RE: You know training for an Ironman is taking over your life when.... You got married last October and still havent found time to order the wedding pictures in July as that 30 mins could be put to more productive use  DDDDDDYou miss out on a sunday dinner at the in-laws as you have to cycle home rather than get a lift with the missus ;o) |
| 2010-07-15 10:36 AM in reply to: #2954012 |
| Alpharetta, Georgia | Subject: RE: You know training for an Ironman is taking over your life when.... People no longer ask how your weekend was. They ask "how far did you run/ride?" |
| 2010-07-15 12:30 PM in reply to: #2982755 |
Extreme Veteran 542 Pauls Valley, OK | Subject: RE: You know training for an Ironman is taking over your life when.... lisac957 - 2010-07-15 10:36 AM People no longer ask how your weekend was. They ask "how far did you run/ride?" x2 - I just noticed this, this past weekend. It doesn't help I live in a small town and I know everyone. |
| 2010-07-15 1:51 PM in reply to: #2954012 |
Elite 3658 Roswell, GA | Subject: RE: You know training for an Ironman is taking over your life when.... For the guys I think it really comes down to the haircut. Once it gets less than 1/2" you know IM has taken over your life. |
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