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03-22-2007, 06:35 AM
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10 signs your IM plan is working
Sorry but I had to steal these. They are great!
1. You eat so much that all your friends think you have a tapeworm. 2. You sleep 10 hours a night and still need a 1-2 hour nap in the afternoon. 3. You have a hard time finding a group to ride with on the weekends because the “A” group is too fast but the “B” group doesn’t go far enough. 4. Happiness is riding or running until you’re tired, sore, exhausted and can barely walk. 5. You become neurotic, cranky, and borderline psychotic on rest weeks and a monster during the taper. 6. You feel like you’re undertrained if you’re not doing at least 2 workouts a day, and 3 is better. 7. You annoy all your coworkers by insisting on taking the elevator up 1 floor because you want to “rest your legs.” 8. When waiting in line at the grocery store, you casually stretch your quads, calves, and hamstrings. 9. A 20 mile bike, 4 mile run, and power weight session has become a nice, little workout. 10. Your resting pulse and blood pressure have dropped so low you have to take a long time to stand to avoid passing out. Courtesy of Diary of an Amatur Triathlete
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03-22-2007, 07:31 AM
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Can definitely identify with a lot of those, even if I am still smack in the middle of my plan for my first IM. Especially #'s 5 &8.
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03-22-2007, 07:50 AM
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I think we can ALL relate to #8 LOL!
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03-22-2007, 08:29 AM
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Man, I wish I could do #2!
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03-22-2007, 09:03 AM
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03-22-2007, 09:57 AM
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My 2 year old son has recently begun to outgrow his naps. Therefore no more naps for Daddy on the weekends. I miss the good old days.
Can also relate to #6. Two a day has become normal and comfortable.
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03-22-2007, 11:27 AM
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7 is my favorite. I live on the fourth floor of an apartment building, and my roommate ALWAYS makes fun of me for taking the elevator up and down. I also take the bus every day ... for the 9 or 10 blocks I'd otherwise have to walk.
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03-22-2007, 11:41 AM
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Was just me that didn't get the elevator thing? How does one rest his legs just by standing on a moving elevator?
Or walking down stairs makes your legs rest?!
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03-22-2007, 11:53 AM
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Tamarind Extract, Cassia Fistusa, Figs, Prunes, Dates, Raisins 
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03-22-2007, 12:48 PM
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That just makes you regular LOL!
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03-22-2007, 03:37 PM
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Oh man... The sad thing is I can relate to all of those except the stretching quads at supermarket
.Thanks for the post Mark. |
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03-22-2007, 09:16 PM
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*sigh*
I love my life. |
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03-22-2007, 11:00 PM
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I really needed that for a laugh on a Friday afternoon at work. I can really identify with most of those. Great stuff.
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03-23-2007, 01:43 AM
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catch myself doing #8 all the time.
In line at the store, in front of class, chatting with the wife, standing here in front of the computer...ad nauseam stretchicus.
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03-23-2007, 05:16 AM
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What about
"Somebody hands you a cup of water and you have to restrain yourself from pouring it over your head." Great list! Some more at www.berkshiretrisquad.co.uk
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03-23-2007, 05:36 AM
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The sad thing is I was like I don't do 8 then I looked down at my legs while I was reading this and like umm yeah josh you do... I can definately go with 9 too...
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03-23-2007, 01:55 PM
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Hahaha! Yea I haven't seen that one before yet. But watch this video, might give you some ideas if you get thirsty on a run :P http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pM2MQXzps9Y Mark. |
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03-25-2007, 11:40 AM
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Since today I can add one from my personal experience:
"If you're doing a halfmarathon for speedwork and stand up at 6am to do a 2k swim before the run - and when you tell people, you don't know what the big deal is."
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