If you answered yes to any of the questions above, you must be a card-carrying member of the bizarro world we call triathlon. And as such, there are a few pet peeves that only we can understand—so sit back and enjoy.
You've earned it.
1. Open water swim practice.
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Sure, I love practicing the feeling of constant drowning.
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Especially when you forget you're wearing a watch.
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4. Roadies who think you don't know how to handle your bike.
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Even worse? Other triathletes who actually DON'T know how to handle their bike.
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At least the snot rockets will come easy...
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Yes, yes you can.
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No that's OK. This was getting too easy. I wanted an extra challenge.
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If there's no record, did it really happen?
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I said, "ON YOUR LEFT!"
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Wheel suckers... You might be the reason we pee on the bike.
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Apparently I spent 15 minutes setting up and rearranging my station for fun.
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No, you don't need that much stuff. Promise.
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Those $2,000 disc wheels seemed like such a good idea at the time...
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Everyone wants to look like a model walking in the breeze—just not when you're trying to finish a grueling ride.
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18. Working hours upon hours to improve your swim, only for it to be canceled.
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If I wanted to do a duathlon, I would have signed up for one!
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20. No matter how hard you try, you can't get a good finisher pic.
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Oh sure, you just HAD to sprint into the frame. #photobomb
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22. Being in the flight path of another athlete's snot rocket.
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INCOMING!
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The ocean's not big enough for the both of us.
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Nooooooooo.
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WHY GOD WHY?!
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