Your know you're a clydesdale/Athena when... (Page 6)

This just means you are super smart because of all of your brains.....

I'm 5'2" and my partner is 6'4".  We weigh the same...except that he has 5% body fat and climbs like a Schleck.

When someone accuses you of cheating because "your bike split can't possibly be that fast"

When you can bench press the weight of your AG's winner.  (true story!)

When you spend more time on the horns than in the aero bars in the beginning of the season due to too many Christmas cookies!

...you realize your backstroke is faster due to reduced drag.

...your bike seat is designed more for comfort than speed.

I totally get this too. Sometimes it makes me giddy.

I actually wrote to one race director to add XXL, as they had a clyde option. He very happily obliged

X2! I can't stop laughing, and yes, I've thought my tire was losing air only to find out once I got off of it that it was rock hard. It usually only happens about once a ride

Steve

at dinner thursday,

aren't you training for like an ironman or something?
I am training for a half
wow you are so big, thats crazy
uh yeah its a lot of weight to move

didnt really know how to respond.

THIS ALWAYS HAPPENS! Hahahaha. So glad I'm not alone.

You tell someone your doing a 1/2 Ironman and they laugh and say, "yeah right". Then you advise them you have already done a half Ironman and they say, "When"?

When the race director tells you "I'll stay until midnight if I have to.  I want to see you finish this thing!"  (true story)

When said race director, after the race, asks if they can do a write-up on you for the municipal newsletter.  (another true story)

I have a fix for this - I do my tris in cycling bib shorts (minimal chamois) they come up high enough in the front to keep your gut under control.. tri top goes over the top.. you still have to pull it down, but at least there is no wobblys trying to escape 

When you're sitting on the beach waiting for your swim start and a group of people run up and start splashing water on you.

Seriously though when you blow past someone like they're standing still on a downhill only to have them pass you right back on the corresponding uphill.