When asked, how old you are you answer 35-39.
When asked how long your training was today you answer: three to four hours.
Your first thought when you wake up is how high your rest HR is.
You think an Ironman is easier than a Marathon because you don't have to start by running fast.
Nobody believes you when you say 'Never again'.
You go for a 5 km cool down run after a 5 km race just so that you can call it a training session.
Your co-workers don't ask you if you're going to train this weekend, but how long and how far.
You have a water bottle when you drive your car.
During the vacations, when everybody else is partying, you go to sleep at 10:00 pm because you're going for a long ride the next day.
In the summer guys legs are smoother than their wife’s or girlfriend's.
Your kids grab water bottles and energy bars when you suggest a family stroll.
You need a picture for a job application and you only have race pictures.
You use running T-shirts to clean your bike.
You are up everyday by 5:00 am, but never in work before 9:30 am!
That charming "cologne" you wear to work is chlorine.
You take more showers in a locker room than at home.
6:30 am is sleeping in.
The dog runs and hides when you get the leash!
You think there are only two seasons during the year, racing and off.
You can't change the oil in your car but you can completely rebuild your bike in 45 minutes.
When a co-worker asks if you are racing this weekend, you say "yeah, but I'm just running a 10K, so that is not REALLY a race".
You clean your bike more often than your car.
You have more water bottles than glasses in your cupboard.
You consider you bike saddle your "couch".
You have trouble keeping lunch under 2000 calories.
Your bed-time reading on your night stand consists of a pile of: DeSotocatalogs; InsideTri; Triathlete, VeloNews, USMA Swim, etc.
You're tempted to do your long rides in a speedo so that you don't have a stupid tan for your next race.
You return from your *Mini-vacation* more exhausted than before you left!
You feel like you took the day off because all you did was swim 3000yards.
You get done with a hard workout and drink a recovery drink while on the toilet and in the shower.
When non-racer friends tell you they ran/rode you automatically calculate their pace to see if you're still in better shape.
Cars pass you on the road when you're driving and you either drop back to get out of draft zone or speed up to attack!
Submitted by Jennifer Zambrano
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