rcmioga wrote:
About 5 minutes after you finish your first race and your initial thoughts of never again turn to “I wonder if I....”
Laying all your bike stuff out on a Friday night so you can hit the roads first thing for a century...and being excited about it....
Winning your Age Group in the local sprint and realizing deep down it does matter to you even though you only had 4 guys in your Age Group.
Feeling that “flow state” when your stroke is smooth and the water rushes by, or when 7 minute miles seem effortless, or when you feel like you can do 200 watts until the cows come home.
Having a better looking body than most people half your age.
Separating your shoulder...again
Running the last 200 yards of an Ironman....especially on Ali’i Drive...
Meeting my local swim crew for a current driven 2.5 mile swim on a Jersey July day...
Eating as much pasta as I want
Owning more than 6 bikes
Throwing away 20 old, leaky goggles...
Realizing your swim or bike shorts are becoming a little x rated as they wear out.
Lose another toe nail
Notice that the t shirt you’re wearing isn’t from a race
Putting all your medals and trophies in the closet because there are just too many of them and really, should you really have that big of a trophy for beating that newbie guy in your age group in a Super Sprint?
Drop $3500 for a kickr bike because #fuckCoVid....
That’s a great, thoughtful response.
I think it’s that moment when you finish your first race and you go from “training to do a triathlon” to having a race finish, regardless of the result.