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f you are guilty of 5 or more, your family can call you a Triathlete. If you are typical of 7-12, you can announce to others that you are a Triathlete. If you are typical of 13 or more, you may be obsessed with being a Triathlete. You know you're a Triathlete when…
f you are guilty of 5 or more, your family can call you a Triathlete. If you are typical of 7-12, you can announce to others that you are a Triathlete. If you are typical of 13 or more, you may be obsessed with being a Triathlete. You know you're a Triathlete when… 20. You are continuously experimenting with protein powder and adding it to all kinds of foods and drinks in attempts to increase your protein levels.
19. You get to bed by 9:00 PM so that you can do morning workouts. You are so sleepy from hard workouts you can't stay awake anyway.
18. Your idea of a romantic evening is to snuggle with your loved one, sip Gatorade and watch a video of the Ironman. And you cry at the finale.
17. You own your car and make payments on your bike.
16. You own more swim, bike and run clothes than other clothes.
15. You ride your bike to the start of a local 10k race.
14. You purchase a third wetsuit to have more range of choice for different conditions.
13. Your nightmares are always the same: You are in an endless transition area, unable to find your bike (T1), or having left your running shoes back in the car (T2).
12. If a parent, you occasionally bring your kid(s) to the track or the pool with a coloring book while you work out. You might even have them time your intervals and yell out splits.
11. When booking a vacation, you grill the reservation clerk about the type of stationary bike is in their workout facility and how long their pool is.
10. When staying at a hotel/motel you have been known to scale the fence of the closed pool and swim laps very early in the morning.
9. You can use the words "hammer" and "brick" in a conversation that has nothing to do with construction.
8. You can only get major projects done at home during taper weeks.
7. Your bill for vitamins, supplements, protein powder, energy bars and recovery drinks surpasses your grocery bill.
6. When you "propose" family outings that are 50 miles from home, and mention only in passing that your spouse will be driving the kids "out" to that place by him or her self, whilst you bike there and catch a ride home with them.
5. Your summer tan line includes a bright white stripe across your back (from the heart rate monitor strap).
4. You've gone running in dress/work socks and/or your only pair of underwear rather than skip a noontime workout just because you forgot these items.
3. You can't remember the last time you had all your toenails, and you've actually grown kinda fond of the alternating blue/black and white/pink pattern on alternate toes.
2. There's such a thing as an "easy" hour swim, an "easy" three-hour ride, and an "easy" 10-mile run. And the #1 reason you know you're a triathlete is:
1. You are convinced that if you rest more than one day, your muscles will atrophy, your ultra-fit body will turn into a pile of goo and everyone in your age group will beat you.
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