COTrimom wrote:
Ok so maybe I'll be a "closet wearer" and just wear around the house! Obviously I say this tongue in cheek since there are larger issues out there. I have seen several folks wearing IM hats and when I ask they say "no" but family bought it for them.
My mom carries one of my freebie water bottles soooo I guess its what your comfortable wearing. I was there in all my training and ready to taper but still hold to my decision that I didn't want to walk the run. I couldn't fathom (for me) swimming hard, biking solid knowing that I would have to walk the run and then see everyone for 3 loops pass me as I walked. I think I would have finished mad at myself. I'll go to therapy later :) Thanks again for the thoughts!!! For those that finished great job!!
Some years ago I was at the gym and the guy swimming next to me had on an Ironman swim cap. I asked if he had done a race and his reply was something like "No I haven't don't an Ironman but I lost my tooth while skiing downhill last week." When he smiled, he was missing a tooth and looked very gross. He wore the swim cap to swim, not to prove anything. Your mother uses the water bottle because it is available, not because of what is printed on it. I am not sure if you got the Ironman Cozumel 70.3 swim cap then a 140.6 swim cap like I did. I didn't do the 70.3 but will happily wear that cap on my head. Wear the jacket and don't think about it. Most people in the world will not know what it is anyway.
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