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2006-08-09 4:30 PM
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Subject: RE: You know you are officially a tri-dork when:
Ok ... this one just happened ...

... when you are required to go half way across the country for your job for a week next month and the FIRST thing you do is look up your gym to see if they have a location in that city and the SECOND thing you do is call the hotel to find out where there is to swim. Sightseeing? BAH! Maybe I'll get in a run or two to take care of that!


2006-08-10 7:19 PM
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Subject: RE: You know you are officially a tri-dork when:
christyr1978 - 2006-08-09 8:49 AM

FishrCutB8 - 2006-08-09 8:19 AM

You realize there are tri-geeks that don't live on forums.


Really? Who's that?

Oh, wait...that was me a few months ago...




Who's kidding who, they're on Slowtwitch, trifuel or trinewbies !!!
2006-08-10 10:39 PM
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Subject: RE: You know you are officially a tri-dork when:
I just wore those very same socks today... What's not cool about them??? Wink
2006-08-11 12:37 AM
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Subject: RE: You know you are officially a tri-dork when:

I'm only new to triathlon so I don't know what tri-dork behaviour is.  The only thing that I do is when I'm driving in heavy traffic if a runner goes past me, I start my stop watch (which I wear all the time).  When I drive past them again I look at the trip meter on the car, and time taken, to work out their KM rate. I have been known to time other people swimming laps to get their 100 rate as well.

I also make up reasons to tinker with my bike, to the point where my 5 year old son busted me and told his mum after she had told me to leave the F*)(&&^ing thing alone.

If you are a tri dork is it can it be cured, or does it only get worse.

2006-08-11 6:40 AM
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Subject: RE: You know you are officially a tri-dork when:

numbers saved in your cell include: one running shop, two swimming pools, your OWS centre, and 4 bike shops.

and you think this is perfectly normal/sensible

2006-08-11 7:05 AM
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Subject: RE: You know you are officially a tri-dork when:

you know you're a tri dork when you're a grown man and your wife walks in from shopping and catches you crying on the couch watching tv- and when she looks at the tv its the IRONMAN!

This is a friend of mine of course that told me this happenedWink



2006-08-11 7:17 AM
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Subject: RE: You know you are officially a tri-dork when:
i thought of this on my run yesterday (which probably raises the dorkiness level right there), as almost every paper, research project, or assignment i did in college somehow related to running, and i was a business major.

at this point, if i were still in school, which wouldn't be too bad at this point now that i'm in reality world, i'd work in swimming and biking into those projects too.
2006-08-11 7:29 AM
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Subject: RE: You know you are officially a tri-dork when:
Your pass your friend on your bike while he's out for a 5 mile training run, and neither of you stop to talk, just yell across the road to one another. The fact that it was 10 at night didn't strike either of you as strange in the least
2006-08-16 12:01 AM
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Subject: RE: You know you are officially a tri-dork when:
What, no new dorks since the weekend ?


I didn't train all week. Two weeks before my A race. DOH.
2006-08-16 8:28 AM
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Subject: RE: You know you are officially a tri-dork when:

... when you are required to go half way across the country for your job for a week ...the SECOND thing you do is call the hotel to find out where there is to swim...

Or call the hotel to ask how long the hotel pool is, followed by the question of "Is that meters or yards?"  Or explaining to the staff (different hotel) that advertising a 'lap pool' but it only being 15yards is just wrong.

Being told you'll need to visit relatives in another city to introduce them to the new baby, your first thought is to grab a recent tri magazine and look at the race list for that city, rather than checking work schedules or anyone else's plans.



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2006-08-16 8:45 AM
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Subject: RE: You know you are officially a tri-dork when:
when your odd nuts/bolts and screws on your workbench are in an Accelerade container instead of a coffee can.


2006-08-16 8:49 AM
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Subject: RE: You know you are officially a tri-dork when:

marmadaddy - 2006-08-16 8:45 AM when your odd nuts/bolts and screws on your workbench are in an Accelerade container instead of a coffee can.

Finally a legitimate use for accelerade.

2006-08-16 9:42 AM
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2006-08-16 9:45 AM
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Subject: RE: You know you are officially a tri-dork when:
When for your birthday, instead of giving you roses, chocolates, jewelry, a new outfit, or taking you out to a fancy restaurant, your boyfriend gives you a gift certificate to your favorite LBS so that you can FINALLY buy clipless pedals!

I'm so excited! I can't wait to get 'em!

When your parents give you a bright purple mylar balloon for your birthday and say, "I hope it stays inflated until this weekend so you can mark your transition area with it."
2006-08-16 9:58 AM
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2006-08-16 11:29 AM
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Subject: RE: You know you are officially a tri-dork when:
I'm just training for my first tri and I already.......

Go to work in a dress and heals and accessorize with an ironman wristwatch!

Wear a Nike jogging top instead of a cami under my sweater hoping a client will cancel on me and I'll get to get out for a quick run

Hope to win the lottery, not to live like the rich and famous.... so I could quit my job and have more time to train!

Oh, and one more...... tell my hubby I don't think we'll be trying for kid #2, maybe ever, because my newfound fantastic hobby won't allow the down time. Don't know how that will go over. Is that terrible?


2006-08-16 11:44 AM
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2006-08-16 12:20 PM
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Subject: RE: You know you are officially a tri-dork when:
Your Mom tells you that your son said " Mommy is training Do you train?"
2006-08-16 1:45 PM
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Subject: RE: You know you are officially a tri-dork when:
I am guilty for most of these (except for the sports bra and purse stuff). A couple of new ones for me today.

While doing my mile swim (pool) I tried to figure out a business propsal that will convince the company to sponsor me in next season's tris (they take care of entry fees and I can buy new tri stuff).

The second was working out a tri course for the gym where I was swimming. (forgot to hit the lap button twice..)
2006-08-16 1:50 PM
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Subject: RE: You know you are officially a tri-dork when:
when training for an Ironman, you set your watch for a 20 minute count down and alarm and take short naps in the bathroom at work twice a day.
2006-08-16 2:28 PM
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Subject: RE: You know you are officially a tri-dork when:
ginac007 - 2006-08-16 10:29 AM



Hope to win the lottery, not to live like the rich and famous.... so I could quit my job and have more time to train!




I volunteer for this one!!


2006-08-16 4:42 PM
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Subject: RE: You know you are officially a tri-dork when:
you spend an hour in work, post a thread on a different forum and half an hour at the shopping mal looking for a sweatband for your wrist and then get over excited when you find one in red for $1.70...and then spend the next twenty minutes excitedly telling your friend who was there when you bought it how it now means you don't have to blow snot rockets when you run.
2006-08-16 6:12 PM
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Subject: RE: You know you are officially a tri-dork when:
AcesFull - 2006-08-16 12:44 PM
cornelius300 - 2006-08-11 7:05 AM

you know you're a tri dork when you're a grown man and your wife walks in from shopping and catches you crying on the couch watching tv- and when she looks at the tv its the IRONMAN!

New to triathlon this year.  Watched 2005 Kona last week.  Cried three times.

Told my wife that I would rather stay up and watch the 14-17 hour finishers for IMLP while chatting with friends than go to bed with her.

2006-08-16 7:28 PM
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2006-08-17 8:10 PM
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Subject: RE: You know you are officially a tri-dork when:
You have to force yourself to walk in public and when you think you have enough space you start running. (in the grocery store tonight)
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