As I entertained the thought of taking up triathlon training, I expected my daily routine to change. I knew that I needed to make more time to work-out. I figured that I had to focus on what foods I take in. All these things I had read in books.
Here's a few things that I did not anticipate:
- I sleep like a baby- or better: a rock. Since I started training my bed time went down from around 11 pm to between 9 and 10 pm and I fall asleep the second the light is turned off. Oftentimes I used to wake up before my alarm goes off in the mornings but now I am literally catapulted out of my dreams every morning by my wonderful cell-phone alarm.
- Body lotion is my new best friend. It turns out that skin gets somewhat dry from taking two showers a day and swimming in chlorine water all the time.
- Any type of sport seems so much more interesting to me. When I come across other people playing soccer in the park, I stare at them as if I was trying to find an endangered species. I even caught myself watching a Darts tournament on TV the other day.
- I know what numbers the sports channels are on.
- There's always tons of laundry waiting to be washed. Bike stuff, running stuff, towels... It never ends. Especially if you don't own 10 sets to change for each sport.
- I have a more realistic understanding of what it takes for a woman to be muscular. When I see a toned and fit woman I won't think of her as a freak of nature but I respect her for the hard work that stands behind that look. That also means that I have not excuse anymore. Unfortunately I have to stop claiming that "I am just not that skinny"...
