Not too long a go I was really fat, depressed, sucidal, sitting in a lab doing a dull, dead end job. Pissed at the world for loosing my military career. Then I find slowtwitch.com. I read and look at the forum. I post and piss people off. I want to race again. I get surgery. I get a bike. I get shoes. I et emails from people who look past my stupidty and help. Couldn’t leave me alone could ya? Couldn’t let me slip into the abyss. Hi I’m slowman and I’m going to start a website and help people."
I have lost 15 pounds (only 45 more to go.) and rode my bike for two hours yesterday. I was only supposed to ride for 45 minutes but hey I was happy. So I wobble back home and what do I do? Slap on the running shoes for a 20 suffer shuffle.
I sat on my couch. Wondering why I did a brick. Loving every once of pain I am in thinking to myself “VIVA slowtwitch!”
You guys rock!
(I am not calling slowman stupid. Homer Simpson once said ‘stupid sexy Ned Flanders’ and I am kinda being sarcastic. He is sexy though.)
You don’t just come across slowtwitch unless you’re actively looking for something. You were looking to change your life, and you deserve tons of credit for that. It’s inspirational, keep it up.
Hey Jon, If you’re looking for a fun way to get back into racing, there’s a fun duathlon race series put on by www.thrustonracing.com
They do like 6 du’s a year in the 2mile/9.6mile/2mile format. The bike goes around White Rock Lake. They are loads of fun, there are usually about 150-200 people, and best of all, they’re relatively cheap. 30-35 bucks, if I remember right.
I’ve always had a goal to win one of those things one day. Maybe I’ll get a chance when I’m visiting the family sometime. Best I ever did was 4th overall a few years back.
On a bigger scale, Jack Weiss puts on some great races there as well. He rubs some people the wrong way, but I’ve always really liked Jack. When I was starting out, he made an effort to remember my name and offered to give me some bike tips. At the time, I was starting out with the bike and during decent length du’s he would pass me up on bike and I would return the favor on the 2nd run. You can count on his races to be well-organized affairs.
