You know you are a triathlete when....

So I was looking for some comic relief to send to a friend of mine, when I came across a list of "you know you are a triathlete when...".  Well, I read through the list and laughed.  Many of the things they mentioned, I have experienced personally.  I know many of my fellow triathletes read this blog so I thought I would share those that I can personally identify with here.

1. While at the gym, you change clothes as fast as possible because it feels like a transition.
2. You bring bottled water to a party so that you’re properly hydrated for the next morning’s long run.  Everyone else at the party also brought their own bottled water because you don’t have a social life outside of triathlon.  Everyone showed up by 7pm and left by 10pm.
3. Your friends are insanely jealous of your tan legs. Until they realize that the tan stops at your bike shorts.
4. One of the criteria of a vacation is that the hotel has a spin bike, pool and there’s running trails nearby.
5. Baggage for any out of town trip includes running gear and goggles.
6. You wake up at 5 am but don’t get to work until 9.
7. The inside of your car looks like a going out of business sale at Sports Authority.
8. You consider work, recovery time between training sessions.
9. You know you’re a triathlete when you have a water bottle when you drive your car.
10. You know you’re a triathlete when you take more showers at the gym than at home.
11. 6:30 am is sleeping in.
12. You have everything needed in your car to swim, bike or run within 5 minutes notice.
13. You catch yourself about to blow a snot rocket while walking around the office.
14. You know you’re a triathlete when you take ice baths!
15. Your cologne of choice is chlorine.
16. You know you’re a triathlete when your house and office is littered with half full water bottles
17. Your bike costs more than your car.
18. You shout “on your left”  when passing people in the aisles at the grocery store.
19. You use the words “only”  and “10k”  in the same sentence.
20. You know you’re a triathlete when you use the words “easy” and “long run” in the same sentence.
21. Your bath towel is never dry.
22. You take two showers a day.
23. You know you’re a triathlete when you think the ultimate form of wallpaper is all your racing bibs.
24. After you meet someone and they tell you they race, you go home and check online to see what age group they’re in and what their times are.
25. You plan vacations around where your next race will be.
26. You feel like you took the day off because all you did was swim 3000 yards.
27. You know you’re a triathlete when you show up to work on Mondays with faded race numbers written all over your arms and legs.
28. There is a group of people in your life about whom you are more likely to know how fast they can swim 100 meters than their occupations.
29. There’s a separate load of laundry every week that is just your workout clothes.
30. You know you’re a triathlete when your bike is in your living room (possibly mounted on your trainer).
31. A car follows too closely behind you and you accuse them of drafting.
32. You see no problem with talking about treatments for chafing or saddle rash at the dinner table.
33. You know you’re a triathlete when nobody believes you when you say “I’ll never do an Ironman”.
34. You call a 5 mile run an easy day.
35. You spend more money on training clothes then work clothes.
36. You know you’re a triathlete when you clean your bike more often than your car.
37. Your car smells like a locker room.
38. You have to explain to your co-workers what “splits,” “bricks,” and ‘LSDs” are.
39. When asked how old you are you answer 30-34.
40. You know you’re a triathlete when your car purchase depends on whether your bike will fit in the back.
41. You consider sprint triathlons as group training sessions.
42. You pass people in a crowded hallway and say “on your left.”
43. Your car purchase depends on whether your bike will fit in the back.
44.  After getting your car cleaned, you wonder how long the good smell will last
45. When people think the chain grease mark on your leg is actually a tattoo.

There is my list... what would you add?

Goggles On!