Husband's hilarious HIM spectator race report (Page 2)

You live in Hillsboro?! My husbands family has a lakehouse there, we 'lived' there for the winter of 2010. Miserably cold winter, but the lake is pretty great in the summer! We never felt like there were other athletes in the area. Not common, ya know?

He'll appreciate this article. I do far more races, I only have to suffer through his once or twice a year

And yet, they do. They come because it means something to us... I was weeping like a baby behind a ski mask as I finished my first 5k because I could hear my kids off in the distance chanting "go Daddy!" But I do not expect them to be at every single finish line. It's long and boring for them. My wife does have the good sense to make sure that she has reading material with her. (My only critique of the RR is to acknowledge that it's his own fault for not bringing something to read, but it was indeed funnier this way.) But come on folks, let's step back a secs and admit that all the self-congratulatory rah-rah stuff is fine, but we should go out of our way to give some slack to those who facilitate our habit. And look, I'm as big a finisher's -medal grubber as anyone, but the idea that this lifestyle can't be done for our health without finish lines and "events" is silly. We can just go be healthy with no one looking. We choose to do the public thing, which is fine. Just don't expect the world to stop spinning to see how awesome we are.

Excellent RR, I will forward to my dear wife.

My wife goes trail riding with her horse friends on the days I do triathlon.....she likes the outdoors just as much as anyone I know....but she likes to participate......she's not much good at watching others....in fact, she thinks it's downright stupid.

Wow. Completely unnecessary.

Great article!! Too funny!

My husband says would not miss one of my races.

My teenage son on the other hand...after no food vendors & having to wait for mom to come in almost an hour behind 1st place- will probably skip the next race and that is fine with me. I actually would not be mad if my husband did not come, but it sure did feel good to see his face when I was nearing the finish line.

Question: Why don't they provide food vendors for the spectators at smaller races? Surely even the smallest towns have vendors, girl scouts with cookies, someone that would like to make some cash on the spectators. 

Now if it's fiction, then my opinion is altogether different. I read a similar piece of fiction from the spouse of an ultramarathoner that was downright hysterical. It talked of bunnies, squirrels, watching mushrooms grow, but was identified at the beginning as satire. Your husbands article was published in the newspaper, and anyone who reads it will think being a spectator at an event is brutal. The BT community reads it as comical, sure. But what about everyone else. Sarcasm tends to be misunderstood by about 80% of the people who encounter it. What's the newspapers circulation?

If you or your husband were offended by my diet joke I apologize. It was ...... a joke ;-)

FWIW, I have spent time watching others scrapbook. It is actually more intriguing than AG triathlon.