You Know You're a Tri Geek and Run Nerd When.....
I get it a lot. If you’re in the same boat as me, you probably do too. My friends (non-TG and RN’s) think I’m a whack job when I do certain things.
You know you’re a Tri Geek (TG) and Run Nerd (RN) when…..
1. Drinking a beer out of a glass bottle becomes difficult because it doesn’t squeeze or tilt like a bike bottle.
2. No matter where you’re traveling to, you bring a swim kit, bike kit and run kit….just in case.
3. You have at least one drawer full of old tech shirts from races.
4. Your favorite suit is a one piece made of high end Japanese rubber and neoprene.
5. You have just as many running shoes as dress shoes. Men and women alike.
6. Guys, your legs are smoother than your girlfriend’s or wife’s.
7. Girls, your right leg has more scars than your boyfriend’s or husband’s.
8. At any given moment, you could race strictly with the contents of your car’s trunk
9. You sleep in Monday through Friday…..till 5:30 am.
10. You are asleep before your grandparents on Friday night.
11. You’re frustrated with the lack of aid stations when running through the city on a Tuesday night.
12. You wear compression tights under your suit to work.
13. You take a long lunch, only to shovel down food at your desk when you return from a long run.
14. Your Garmin replaces your AmEx as the thing you never leave home without.
15. You consider a Chocolate Brownie ClifBar a dessert.
16. You plan vacations around destination races. I’ll be in Kona 10/7-10/11.
17. Come August, you have 3 distinct sets of tan lines.
18. You have multiple Road ID’s. Need to match the kit, naturally.
19. You watch a season of 24 in a weekend while doing your long ride and long run in January.
20. The biggest drawer in your kitchen is for ‘nutrition.’
21. Most of the wall decorations in your house are shadowboxes of medals, bibs and photos.
22. You own a massage table.
23. You plan your wedding for the offseason so as not to affect training.
24. You can change a flat faster than Jimmy Johnson’s pit crew.
25. You’re the Foursquare mayor of a bike shop, running store and swimming pool.
26. You consider gels a food group.
27. You take an early flight for a bachelor/bachelorette party weekend in Vegas so you can get a long run in on the strip.
28. You use ‘on your left’ when passing carts in the grocery store.
29. You go to the track to gamble with other TG’s and RN’s. There are no horses or dogs at the track.
30. You fuel up at a gas station without getting any gas.
31. Your parents ask “How was your race?” before “How was your weekend?”
32. You think 12:00 pm is spelled N-U-U-N.
33. You ride your bike to the start of the 5K in the suburbs to make it a legit workout.
34. The numbers 53, 39, 11, 25 mean something to you.
35. Summer hours at work translates to “long run on Friday afternoon.”
36. You hear the words “Iron” and “Man” and Robert Downey Jr. doesn’t even cross your mind.
37. You know the location of multiple 24 hour Starbucks.
38. You think Isaac Newton is a shoe god.
39. You hear the word “Pre” and think “Fontaine” while normal people think “Game.”
40. You carry a work bag, gym bag and food bag to work every day.
41. You think fanny packs were the pre-cursor to Fuel Belts.
42. You use a race as an excuse to raise thousands of dollars for worthy charities.
43. You’re pumped to turn 30. That means moving up to the most competitive age group.
44. Catching your wave does not involve a surfboard.
45. You hear the words “Split” and “Banana” and immediately think mile 17, not dessert.
46. You DVR Versus for three weeks straight during the month of July.
47. Your carbon wheels are more expensive than chrome 22’s.
48. Whatever your religion, Boston and Kona are your mecca.
49. You do masters swimming just to stay in shape in the offseason.
50. Your friends make fun of and secretly admire you for being a Tri Geek and Run Nerd.
There you go, a list of 50 things that make you a Tri Geek and/or Run Nerd. Post yours in the comments, re-blog the list, @ reply to me on twitter, whatever you like. Happy training, geeking and nerding!