Haha so I am opening a Pandora’s box here, but I think dating for triathletes is kind of interesting, especially for men. I am 25-year old bachelor in NYC so I date a good bit and things seem to follow this pattern:
1****) Boy meets girl. Boy mentions he’s a triathlete. Girl swoons and has images in her head of giant muscular quads and incredible “endurance”
2****) Boy and girl go on a few dates. Girl eventually asks about what it’s like training for a triathlon.
3****) Boy describes a typical Saturday AM long ride, discusses the 12-15 hours a week of training, or mentions the distances of a Half Ironman or Ironman.
4****) Girl stops returning boy’s phone calls.
Sounds familiar to anyone?
Is there some sort of line that works, such as “don’t worry this is only a phase” or a white lie, like “if I qualify for Clearwater or Kona, I will win $1 million”?
Boy joins tri-club and finds girl friend there. She already knows the time commitment and is to tired to want to go out and spend money. You get girl and the power meter noted above.
Hrm… I met my wife before triathlon. But my bike will never matter more.
It’s just a bike.
I met someone recently, who asked what I ride and I told him. He asked how much I like it, and I said it’s a good bike, I like it. He told me how much he loved his bike and that’s how it should be.
So I checked the recent results and noticed I smoked him, on my lesser bike. Guess I like it a little more now.
That sad, nothing will replace wife and family; ever.
Just need to find someone as passionate about sport/fitness/outdoors/etc as you are.
My g/f doubles as my coach and trains quite a bit herself. Works out great b/c quality time doubles as training time and neither of us can stay up past 9 anyway.
After boy meets girl, he immediately ups training to 25 hours per week and dissappears for multiple weekeds of racing and says, “baby, this is how it is and it aint gonna change. don’t expect me to drop what I am doing and change who I am. If you like it, cool, if you don’t let’s cut it off now and save each others dating time…”
Then boy cuts training back to 12-15 hours per week, cuts racing in half and comes out looking like he cares. Aside from that, I think we are supposed to listen to everything that they say and never talk about ourselves.
Dev
Disclaimer: This worked back in 1991 when I met my wife. Not sure if it flies today
Haha so I am opening a Pandora’s box here, but I think dating for triathletes is kind of interesting, especially for men. I am 25-year old bachelor in NYC so I date a good bit and things seem to follow this pattern:
1****) Boy meets girl. Boy mentions he’s a triathlete. Girl swoons and has images in her head of giant muscular quads and incredible “endurance”
2****) Boy and girl go on a few dates. Girl eventually asks about what it’s like training for a triathlon.
3****) Boy describes a typical Saturday AM long ride, discusses the 12-15 hours a week of training, or mentions the distances of a Half Ironman or Ironman.
4****) Girl stops returning boy’s phone calls.
Sounds familiar to anyone?
Is there some sort of line that works, such as “don’t worry this is only a phase” or a white lie, like “if I qualify for Clearwater or Kona, I will win $1 million”?
You date a former NCAA swimmer who is not only super hot, but encouraging of your athletic pursuits and will help you become a better swimmer.
Done that one!!! Worked great for two months until I moved haha.
You have to try them all until you find the right fit. Some are wide, some are narrow, some are thin and some are thick. They come in a multitude of colors. Some have natural materials while some use fake. The only thing in common with them all is that they always screw with your balls…
6a) boy meets girl at tri club. boy dates girl. boy hears about all the other boys in the tri club that dated girl. eventually boy or girl breaks up with the other, and boy moves on to next girl in the tri club (or girl moves on to next boy if you prefer). gossip and love triangles ensue.
My wife is a former competitive swimmer and she’s tearing it up on her new road bike currently. She isn’t racing currently but she “gets it”. She rules.
Dude, you just need to date a better class of women. No sports, no date.
