Wednesday’s Workout: Impromptu open water swim at 8:00 am followed by a 90 minute bike ride at home on the trainer. You’d think that when I got home, I’d immediately change into my bike clothes, right? No. I had to take a quick shower to wash off the ocean water. THEN I got into my smelly bike clothes and sweated for about 90 minutes. I was thinking it was sort of silly to take a shower RIGHT BEFORE working out and that my towels are really never dry. And I came upon a thought of all the books that could be written by athletes and all they go through, and especially now for me, triathletes. Since I’m a fan of lists, here’s my list of
10 Books That Need To Be Written (and that I could probably write):
1) Triathlons Part I: Why My Towels Are Never Dry
2) Triathlons Part II: Why I Have No Spending Money and My Fridge Is Always Empty
3) Quadzilla: “No, I Don’t Lift Weights” – One Muscular Woman’s Journey
4) Are Those Biking Shorts or Are You Just Happy To See Me?
5) Relationships and DOMS (delayed onset muscle soreness): “It’s not you, honey, it’s that I literally cannot move.” One Couple’s Story.
6) “I Only Need To Be Faster Than the Slowest Guy” and Other Tips for Open Water Swimming With Sharks
7) I LOVE Triathlons (except for the biking and swimming part): One Marathoner’s Struggle To Transition From Marathons to Triathlons
8) Bad Combinations: Post-race Euphoria, The Internet, and A Credit Card – An Athlete’s Guide to the First Week After A Big Race….
Special Pamphlet Included!!!! “The Night I Got Drunk and Signed Up For An Ironman”: What NOT To Do
9) Mary Lee: A Guide To Why Naming Dangerous Animals Makes Them Seem Less Harmful
10) Benefits of Open Water Swimming: You’ll Never Need Your Neti Pot Again
BONUS!!!!
11) You And Your Bike Seat: Why You’ll Never Walk Normal Again
Ok, y’all, what book could YOU write???? I’ll compile a list and make another post out of it!
Running Boston And Beyond 
I love your list!!;-)
Thank you 🙂
How about “Your dog belongs on a leash, not attached to my ass!”
A memoir?
Lol, yes!
How about “I can’t (fill in the blank) tonight, because I have to get up early and swim/bike/run (choose all that apply) in the morning. -or- The Social Life of a Triathlete
Haha, definitely!!!
Yes, I think we can all attest to our lack of a social life! Well, outside of our fellow athletes!
This is hilarious and the reason I will never do a triathlon. I am petrified of sea creatures, not to mention being swam over by tons of other swimmers. And the bike…well just never mind that too, I went over the handlebars as a kid!
I just pretend sea creatures do not exist 🙂 and I will not be swam over as I will be behind all of them 🙂
Ok this made my day! Lok
Thanks!!!
I love this idea!! Here are a few that I would add from this last year’s experience:
Can’t Clean, Can’t Cook, Can’t Do Laundry…One Couple’s House Falls Apart While Ironman Training
The How to Guide for Successfully Sealing Yourself up in a Sausage Casing…AKA Wetsuit
Just Eat, Just Sleep, Just Train…There isn’t Room for Anything Else
Haha! I bet you and the hubster won’t know what to do with all your free time!! Except sign up for another one- d’oh!!!
I want to, but he doesn’t. I just need to convince him it is ok for me to do one without him 😉
http://Www.beach2battleship.com. Still openings for full.. 😉 Spare room available.
Thanks for the offer, but I think that is a bit too close to this last one 😉 I was thinking more like next July/August.
I know, but just putting it out there 🙂 Sometimes I don’t realize it’s fall, not spring right now.
It definitely feels like fall up here today…woke to 46F and tomorrow morning is chance of frost in northern Iowa. Yikes!!
Wow!! It’s 77 and 94% humidity right now- gross. How refreshing 40’s will be!!
😉
How about this:
One Parent’s Dilemma: How To Explain that Her Daughter is Not Really Crazy, She Is Training for a Marathon/Triathlon.
Haha! You COULD write that one, for sure!!
This list is hilarious. I could probably write the one about being spendy after a race.