The Triathlete Response

Nice bike huh? Those wheels would kill me though...

Thanks everyone for your input and time helping me think about pursuing triathlons. NO, is my answer [at least for now.....next year for Honu? Hmmmm] Thanks, but not for me I think. It's been almost 6 months since I stopped running and took up cycling full time [well...not quite the pro life yet but you get the idea]. While I enjoyed my time running, it goes without saying that cycling is 10 x harder and yet much easier on my body with respect to muscle soreness. Heck, I remember my first half - marathon [which I didn't do too poorly in!] - left me in so much pain, I had to call in 'sick' from work the next day as I felt like a vegetable. With cycling, the amazing thing is I can nearly kill myself doing intervals and yet, I function like a normal human being when it's all said-and-done.

It goes without saying that running is my first love with respect to sport. Next to cycling. But make no mistake about it: I would GLADLY give up all of my running and cycling talent to have NBA talent and shoot the rock like Ray Allen [that dude was on video game status last night]. But, as god didn't give me a 6'6" frame and stupid verticals, I'll have to settle for cycling. Oh wells.

As for the photo. Well, that's a pic of Chris Lieto - a VERY bad ass triathlete. Very fast runner as well [although I could dust his ass in my hay day....oh wait, that's AFTER he's cycled 100 miles]! Speaking of running, my silly weegan okole tried to run when I was in Hawaii. 28 minutes later, I wrote to a friend and said: "28 minutes later, my running career has ended."

His response: "FINALLY! Only took you 6 months to figure it out!"