I guess I'm not a noob, anymore.

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I long for the day when I am no longer a noob, but I will probably always feel a bit noobish. Mainly because I always have something to learn. But maybe in a year or so, I will figure it out.

Nah, if always having something new to learn = noob, then I will always be one. I don't ever want to get to the point where there is nothing new. That wouldn't be any fun.

[Catrin]

Nah, if always having something new to learn = noob, then I will always be one. I don't ever want to get to the point where there is nothing new. That wouldn't be any fun.

+1,000 on this! Before my injury I have learned a great deal on the bike this year - and one of the biggest is just how much I have yet to learn

[gnat23]

Nah, if always having something new to learn = noob, then I will always be one. I don't ever want to get to the point where there is nothing new. That wouldn't be any fun.

Try skateboarding! Yow!

-- gnat!

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Try skateboarding! Yow!

-- gnat!

As if I haven't brutalized my left ankle enough this year, heh! My friends keep trying to get me to mountain bike...hells no. I am just too much of a klutz for that!

[GLC1968]

As if I haven't brutalized my left ankle enough this year, heh! My friends keep trying to get me to mountain bike...hells no. I am just too much of a klutz for that!

*snort* something else we have in common. It's why I will not be sucked into 'cross, actually.

Now the real question is, can you swim? Tri is a fun addiction!

And congrats on all the cycling and running accomplishments this year!

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Thanks! Nah, I have little interest in swimming. I'd have to do most of my workouts in a pool, since Winter seems to last about 6 months in these parts. Nearest pool is almost a half hour away and $$ to use (YMCA). We have at least 3 duathlons within an hour of me, so that's what I have my sights set on next year.

Not sure why 'cross doesn't scare me. I think it's because there are fewer trees to plow into.

[Jo-n-NY]

I tell all my runner friends that get discomfort or even worse, injury from running, "many runners turn to cyclists" I know you are both but basically the cycling bug bit and it is great that you are now really enjoying both sports.

Have fun finding your new ride.

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I tell all my runner friends that get discomfort or even worse, injury from running, "many runners turn to cyclists"

It is very true! And, while I love running...I'm not particularly good at it. If I were to ever becoming injured to the point of never again being able to run I'd be OK with it. I'd still be bummed, but not as bummed as I'd be if the situation were reversed and I could never again bike. So my primary sport has definitely shifted.

[GLC1968]

Not sure why 'cross doesn't scare me. I think it's because there are fewer trees to plow into.

That's probably true - but my fear is that I am so competitive that I'd do something to hurt myself and then ignore it in order to finish and end up very badly injured. I used to play rugby and that happend to me a lot - I'd get blinded by the finish (at least back then, I was younger and healed quickly). I could never race MTB for the same reasons! At least in tri - there isn't really anything to run into or trip over...*knock on wood*

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That's probably true - but my fear is that I am so competitive that I'd do something to hurt myself and then ignore it in order to finish and end up very badly injured.

Ha...kinda like me with the grade 2 sprain in the trail relay. Though I would have dropped out had I not been part of a team...I took one for the team, literally.