You Know You're a Triathlete When...
BY: BHannahs on 2007-04-13 10:40 AM

Complete the sentence - I'll go first...

The words bike and porn make sense together.
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If you can't take the heat, get out of the desert!

They are the ones with something to prove or something to defeat. Whatever it is they bring it here and beat it into ugly submission over 140.6 miles, each one a full 5,280 feet. The Strugglers earn every inch of every foot of every mile. - Tom Demerly

RE: You Know You're a Triathlete When...
BY: jcdenton2000 on 2007-04-13 10:41 AM

your bike is worth more than your car.
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Whoever you are, whatever you are doing, there is no reason not to be cool with it.
~ Sam Hughes (www.qntm.org)

What I lack in youth I make up for in immaturity.

"There are many things to think about, but nothing to worry about." Matt Koepke - Extreme Makeover, Home Edition

RE: You Know You're a Triathlete When...
BY: ADollar79 on 2007-04-13 10:41 AM

When you aredone with a run, cool down, start dinner, sit down for dinner and realize that you haven't removed your HRM yet.

--happened Sunday night

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"No one can cheat you out of ultimate success but yourself." -- Ralph Waldo Emer

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Chief Endurance Officer FTP Coaching
USAT Level 2 Coach

RE: You Know You're a Triathlete When...
BY: jcdenton2000 on 2007-04-13 10:43 AM

you are always eating and refer to meals in # form - lunch #1, supper #2, breakfast #1...

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Whoever you are, whatever you are doing, there is no reason not to be cool with it.
~ Sam Hughes (www.qntm.org)

What I lack in youth I make up for in immaturity.

"There are many things to think about, but nothing to worry about." Matt Koepke - Extreme Makeover, Home Edition

RE: You Know You're a Triathlete When...
BY: madkat on 2007-04-13 10:44 AM

...any non-tri race is "just a..." as in "just a 10k".

...you don't even think twice about getting up at 4:00 to drive two hours to spend 2+ hours doing intense effort activities, and then drive home.  In fact, you think it's FUN, and plan your entire life around it.

...a day without a workout is like a day without sunshine. 

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RE: You Know You're a Triathlete When...
BY: jcdenton2000 on 2007-04-13 10:46 AM

you get REALLY cranky when you don't get your workouts in...and your co-workers tell you to go outside and run.
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Whoever you are, whatever you are doing, there is no reason not to be cool with it.
~ Sam Hughes (www.qntm.org)

What I lack in youth I make up for in immaturity.

"There are many things to think about, but nothing to worry about." Matt Koepke - Extreme Makeover, Home Edition

RE: You Know You're a Triathlete When...
BY: Writebrained on 2007-04-13 10:58 AM

You don't cry at weddings or funerals but you do cry at the end of an Ironman TV broadcast (watching the midnight finishers reach their goal just before the cut-off).

 

 

 

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If you look between the waves, all you'll see is the calm.

RE: You Know You're a Triathlete When...
BY: ADollar79 on 2007-04-13 11:05 AM

Happening right now.  I HATE taper!

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"No one can cheat you out of ultimate success but yourself." -- Ralph Waldo Emer

Andrew Dollar
Chief Endurance Officer FTP Coaching
USAT Level 2 Coach

RE: You Know You're a Triathlete When...
BY: jcdenton2000 on 2007-04-13 11:06 AM

you use words like "taper", "mdot", "140.6/70/3", etc. in everyday conversation...and don't think it's weird.
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Whoever you are, whatever you are doing, there is no reason not to be cool with it.
~ Sam Hughes (www.qntm.org)

What I lack in youth I make up for in immaturity.

"There are many things to think about, but nothing to worry about." Matt Koepke - Extreme Makeover, Home Edition

RE: You Know You're a Triathlete When...
BY: max on 2007-04-13 11:10 AM

You decide to call having sex as "T-3" in order to justify the allocation of time for it.

 

RE: You Know You're a Triathlete When...
BY: Marvarnett on 2007-04-13 11:13 AM

When you say,  "I just swam today, so that doesn't really count as a workout"
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Dan A.
Level 2 USAT Coach & Level 3 USAC Coach
"Integrating Sports into your lifestyle"
Endurance Concepts
6 time Team USA member & 6 time USAT All-American

RE: You Know You're a Triathlete When...
BY: triingforsept07 on 2007-04-13 11:13 AM

In shape, opposite gender riders go by and your response is, "NICE BIKE!!!"

RE: You Know You're a Triathlete When...
BY: the bear on 2007-04-13 11:26 AM

You probably call it that to justify how how quick you get through it.

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RE: You Know You're a Triathlete When...
BY: JeepFleeb on 2007-04-13 11:28 AM

...when someone uses the word 'stripper' you assume they're talking about wetsuits.

RE: You Know You're a Triathlete When...
BY: max on 2007-04-13 11:28 AM

Hey you gotta have priorities man!  Faster too if you wear a red speedo.

 

RE: You Know You're a Triathlete When...
BY: phoenixazul on 2007-04-13 11:31 AM



hahaha! You've got me.

here's mine....
...You've gone to class in bike shorts and a jersey, carrying your helmet under your arm, water bottle hanging out of your pocket and a cliff bar in your mouth, and no one bats an eyelid.
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Buy the ticket, take the ride.

RE: You Know You're a Triathlete When...
BY: runningwoof on 2007-04-13 11:38 AM

You go to a work meeting in running clothes, drenched in sweat from your 6 mile lunch run...and everyone just accepts that it me, training for another race. 

(this was when i worked at a different company...can't do it at this one.)

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RE: You Know You're a Triathlete When...
BY: WaterDog66 on 2007-04-13 11:54 AM

You eat enough food for 2 or possibly 3 people yet continue to loose weight

Out with friends who know you it is not so bad, but to the casual observer, it is amost like an army of strange parasites has taken up residence in your tummy
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Ask nothing from running and you’ll get more than you ever imagined

RE: You Know You're a Triathlete When...
BY: Marvarnett on 2007-04-13 12:00 PM

When you're neighbors think it's "normal" that you walk the dog in spandex.
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Dan A.
Level 2 USAT Coach & Level 3 USAC Coach
"Integrating Sports into your lifestyle"
Endurance Concepts
6 time Team USA member & 6 time USAT All-American