first triathlonites 2006-07

[Wahine]

My favorite part about all this training? I feel phenomenal, particularly after a good run on the trail on a weekend morning, and I become super-driven to do stuff the rest of the day. It's like I'm on a natural high, and I will get 3x the stuff done that I would normally do! It's insane, really, what a little adrenaline will do to your housework!

K.

Welcome to the realm of the adrenaline junky. At first you tell yourself you've got your habit under control but eventually it consumes you. You start missing engagements to feed your addiction, first it's coffee with a friend, "sorry I won't make it, I've got to train." Then it's baby showers and eventually you don't even show up for weddings. You become grumpy and distracted when you don't get your fix and soon your friends become worried. You stop paying your morgage so you can save up for that special gear - a carbonfibre tri bike or a GPS/HRM. You've started the downward spiral towards the life of an addicted triathlete.

That was meant to be funny, but as I read it over, really it describes me. Maybe I should plan my own intervention. Naaaaaahhhhhhh!!

Off for a run. I might not make it to work in time. Oh well, who needs a job. It just takes away from my training time anyway.

[Kimmyt]

Ruh Roh...

that describes me and climbing to a T! I don't know if I can fit in another addiction! I'm going to have to develop multiple personalities to deal with all these multiple hobbies!

A conversation I had a few years ago with my brother:

Me: So, I won't be home for Thanksgiving
Bro: Why? Where will you be?
Me: West Virginia
Bro: West... Virginia? What the hell is in West Virginia?
Me: Well there's this really great climbing area..
Bro: And you're going to miss Thanksgiving dinner with your family to go to this climbing place?
Me: Uhm, yeah...
Bro: In NOVEMBER? It's gonna be cold..
Me: I have a 0deg sleeping bag...
Bro: Who are you going with?
Me: Some climbing people I met from the internet
Bro: So you're going to miss holidays with the family to go climbing in a cold place in WV with a bunch of people you don't know?
Me: Well I know a few of them. One's bringing a deep-fryer for a turkey..
Bro: You are ridiculous.

[Wahine]

K - I used to clim too but I had to give it up to adequately fuel my new tri addiction. Watch out.

[HillSlugger]

K - I used to clim too but I had to give it up to adequately fuel my new tri addiction. Watch out.

I climbed obsessively for 4+ years but then took a break for injury and surgery. After 20 months off I started climbing again, but never with the same passion. These days swim, bike, and run get all of my attention.

[rocknrollgirl]

OH My Gosh MD...me too..I was obsessive about it. I have a bouldering wall in my basement.

I stopped in the winter of 05 because one of my partners was killed while we were climbing together. I tried to climb again, but I just can't and should not at this point. My climbing head is gone.

So now I am off road tri girl...all that energy slowly moved over, first mt biking, then trail running and well, you know the rest.

Wow...I would love to chat more with you.

Ruth

[Kimmyt]

RnR,

I'm really sorry to hear that about your partner. I know it's really hard to deal with a situation like that. A while ago I was involved in a very bad rock fall event and watched a friend get really hurt. It could have very well been me as I was standing next to him. I ran one way, he ran the other. Luckily he survived, and I forced myself to continue climbing. But the death of a partner... I know how a partner can become very close. It's so sad when something like that happens!

Kim