- While at the gym, you
change clothes as fast as possible because it feels like a transition.
- 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.
- Your friends are
insanely jealous of your tan legs. Until they realize that the tan stops
at your bike shorts.
- One of the criteria of
a vacation is that the hotel has a spin bike, pool and there’s running
trails nearby.
- Baggage for any out of
town trip includes running gear and goggles.
- You wake up at 5 am
but don’t get to work until 9.
- The inside of your car
looks like a going out of business sale at Sports Authority.
- You consider work,
recovery time between training sessions.
- You know you’re a
triathlete when you have a water bottle when you drive your car.
- You know you’re a
triathlete when you take more showers at the gym than at home.
- 6:30 am is sleeping
in.
- You have everything
needed in your car to swim, bike or run within 5 minutes notice.
- You catch yourself
about to blow a snot rocket while walking around the office.
- You know you’re a
triathlete when you take ice baths!
- Your cologne of choice
is chlorine.
- You know you’re a
triathlete when your house and office is littered with half full water
bottles
- Your bike costs more
than your car.
- You shout “on your left” when
passing people in the aisles at the grocery store.
- You use the
words “only”
and “10k”
in the same sentence.
- You know you’re a
triathlete when you use the words “easy” and “long run” in the same
sentence.
- Your bath towel is
never dry.
- You take two showers a
day.
- You know you’re a
triathlete when you think the ultimate form of wallpaper is all your
racing bibs.
- 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.
- You plan vacations
around where your next race will be.
- You feel like you took
the day off because all you did was swim 3000 yards.
- 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.
- 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.
- There’s a separate
load of laundry every week that is just your workout clothes.
- You know you’re a
triathlete when your bike is in your living room (possibly mounted on your
trainer).
- A car follows too
closely behind you and you accuse them of drafting.
- You see no problem
with talking about treatments for chafing or saddle rash at the dinner
table.
- You know you’re a
triathlete when nobody believes you when you say “I’ll never do an
Ironman”.
- You call a 5 mile run
an easy day.
- You spend more money
on training clothes then work clothes.
- You know you’re a
triathlete when you clean your bike more often than your car.
- Your car smells like a
locker room.
- You have to explain to
your co-workers what “splits,” “bricks,” and ‘LSDs” are.
- When asked how old you
are you answer 30-34.
- You know you’re a
triathlete when your car purchase depends on whether your bike will fit in
the back.
- You consider sprint
triathlons as group training sessions.
- You pass people in a crowded
hallway and say “on your left.”
- Your
car purchase depends on whether your bike will fit in the back.
- After getting your car cleaned, you
wonder how long the good smell will last
- When
people think the chain grease mark on your leg is actually a tattoo.
There is my list... what would you add?
Goggles On!
