Check out what Mike got in the mail today. I get invited to test drive Masaratis, and he gets to carry an Ironman credit card. If only the Ironman people could see what sorry shape we are in! If you have not completed an Ironman, can you really use this? That would be another layer of poserdom.
We go to possibly one of the most hard-core Ys I have ever seen. There are a bunch of triathletes that train there, and they are into it all year. I have witnessed something that resembled a transition in the locker in the WINTER (going from Masters to a spin class)! There are a ton of people who are rocking Ironman tattoos. One dude was decked out head to toe with Ironman gear (bike shorts, jersey, helmet, backpack, possibly underwear). There are a lot of oval stickers that have the 140.6 on it parked in the lot. We used to joke about getting 1/2 of the ironman logo tattoed since we have only done half ironman distance! So I am willing to bet somebody has the credit card!
One of the hard core people we talk to is going to do Lake Placid this summer. He was telling us about riding over this winter. I will not ride under 45 degrees. It is just not fun at all. That is what you would need to do though to get ready for a race in the end of June! Otherwise, biking, swimming, and running inside! It is hard enough to train long distances, but indoors? Forget it. That is why we are never in shape until August! We are signed up for our first event on May 18th, so here's to motivation!
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