This week trifuel.com posted an article on the '
17 things that triathlon has taught me about life' and thought it would be interesting to hear what others have learnt from swimming, biking and running.
Here are some of the things that I have learnt:
1. A bad day on the bike is still better than a good day in meetings (unless there is free food, then maybe it's a tie).
2. Being lapped in a pool every 5 laps by some 11 year old kid sucks.
3. Hitting the bitumen at 20+miles per hour hurts.
4. My overweight workmates think it's unfair that my lunches are twice as large as theirs, but my waist only three-quarters of theirs (I've offered to show them the 'secret', but so far no takers!).
5. No matter how much food I've eaten on a long ride, I can still come home and clean out the fridge.
6. That no matter what language you speak, no matter what lap you are on, everybody you meet on the run of an Ironman somehow becomes your best friend, even if it is only for the short time you run together.
7. That half the above involved food, which is pretty good, since I think about food more than half the time.
What I'm yet to figure out:
1. Why is a 30 minute conversation with a boring colleague about their tedious existence infinitely more difficult than a 2 hour run. In the rain. While bonking after 90 minutes.
2. Why do others think that triathlon/cycling clothes look funny?
3. Why do I feel abnormal when I have hairy legs?
I look forward to hearing about what the endurance lifestyle has taught you!