This kid I spend 90% of my time hanging out with and I were discussing what I spent 90% of my time thinking about - so Chris and I were talking about Triathlons, of course.
It started with Chris' goal to swim a continuous 5,000m before the end of a year, a lofty goal considering he has no swimming background, and my goal to do another century ride before summer. Of course, Chris being Chris, talking about my experience riding for 6.5 hours straight made him want to do a century ride, too. And, me being me, swimming 5,000m seemed like an awesome way to spend an otherwise lazy Saturday morning. That and I can't let him do this by himself - some one has to pull him off the bottom of the pool.
So then somehow, we both got really excited about both these ideas and decided to knock them out in one weekend: swim 5,000 one day then do a century ride the next day. Then it morphed into us doing both in the same day, because rest time in between is for the weak and faint of heart.
...One thing led to another and before we knew it we decided to add 26 more miles to the bike, and back them up right next to each other - GENIUS!!!!
We decided to title this a Really Great Training Day. This is an amazing idea! Why had no one thought of this before? After we do this, EVERY triathlete will want to try this.
Oh...wait...every triathlete DOES want to try this. This is also known as the first 2 parts to an Ironman.
There are some people in the world who set their own goals and reach them by themselves, then there are those who feed off other's excitement until they end up doing something completely out of their comfort level, but maybe not so incredibly out there that it can't be finished...like skydiving, base jumping, or even completing 2/3 an Ironman.
We're either going to come out of this as a couple that really focuses on communication, team work, equality and getting through hard times by supporting each other...or we'll have a super messy break up some where in the boonies of Massachusetts on the side of the road and hate each other's guts for the rest of our lives.
love love love,
me
It started with Chris' goal to swim a continuous 5,000m before the end of a year, a lofty goal considering he has no swimming background, and my goal to do another century ride before summer. Of course, Chris being Chris, talking about my experience riding for 6.5 hours straight made him want to do a century ride, too. And, me being me, swimming 5,000m seemed like an awesome way to spend an otherwise lazy Saturday morning. That and I can't let him do this by himself - some one has to pull him off the bottom of the pool.
So then somehow, we both got really excited about both these ideas and decided to knock them out in one weekend: swim 5,000 one day then do a century ride the next day. Then it morphed into us doing both in the same day, because rest time in between is for the weak and faint of heart.
...One thing led to another and before we knew it we decided to add 26 more miles to the bike, and back them up right next to each other - GENIUS!!!!
We decided to title this a Really Great Training Day. This is an amazing idea! Why had no one thought of this before? After we do this, EVERY triathlete will want to try this.
Oh...wait...every triathlete DOES want to try this. This is also known as the first 2 parts to an Ironman.
There are some people in the world who set their own goals and reach them by themselves, then there are those who feed off other's excitement until they end up doing something completely out of their comfort level, but maybe not so incredibly out there that it can't be finished...like skydiving, base jumping, or even completing 2/3 an Ironman.
We're either going to come out of this as a couple that really focuses on communication, team work, equality and getting through hard times by supporting each other...or we'll have a super messy break up some where in the boonies of Massachusetts on the side of the road and hate each other's guts for the rest of our lives.
love love love,
me
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