Translation Tuesday - Dedication

Dedication (noun)

Normal Definition
- Self-sacrificing devotion (Webster)

My Definition
- All three of the following examples I had the dedication (and humility) to suffer through this week.

Swimming for 30 minutes in the
over-chlorinated gym pool WITHOUT any goggles
because I accidentally left them at home.
BTW: I had no Visine either.
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Running for an hour in the Florida heat and then
forgetting your showering towel.
It's always fun drying yourself with cheap
paper towels after your shower.
People look at you real strange after you take
50% of the remaining paper towels to dry your
naked body.
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Cycling on the trainer for 1 hour in your dress shoes
because your forget your gym shoes at home.
This got some strange looks.

Translation Tuesday - Tapering

Tapering (noun)

Normal Definition
According to Wikipedia tapering "refers to the practice of reducing exercise in the days just before an important competition. Tapering is customary in many endurance sports, such as the marathon, athletics and swimming. For many athletes, a significant period of tapering is essential for optimal performance. The tapering period frequently lasts as much as a week or more".

My Definition
No Exercise, No Beer/Coffee Make Mr Half TRIing Go Crazy!!

Translation Tuesday - Short Run

Short Run (Noun)

Normal Definition
For most people I know a short run is the distance between the car and the Starbuck's/McDonalds entrance. A short run for most Americans is only performed if it is raining and they forget their umbrella.  Sadly this is also considered their LONG and ONLY run.

Example of Short Run
Honey, it's raining grab the kid and lets run to the door before the rain comes down harder.

Runners/Triathletes Definition
This can not be defined.  This can mean a 1 mile to a 100 mile run.  A short run for some is the longest run some will ever do.  A friend of mine is training for a 100 mile running event.  The other night she did a short run of 30 miles.  For me a short run is about 6 miles.  For some it would be 1 mile run.  But it does not matter if yours is 1 mile or 30 miles as long as you are moving and enjoying the run.

Translation Tuesday - Lunch Time

Lunch Time (noun)

Normal Definition

Around noon each work day, normal people actually get to enjoy some time to take a break and eat a small meal.  Sometimes it's at their desk but most of the time people actually get to sit down with their co-workers and enjoy a meal and socialization.

Examples of "Lunch Time"

• Hey Tommy, it's lunch time.  Let's go to Friday's and have a hamburger and fries.

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I had to include this one for Bonnie.
!!Accounting Trolls!!
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Triathlete Meaning:

• Rushing to the gym to do one (or more) of the following for an hour:
• Lift weights
• Run on the dreadmill
• Hopping on the cycling machines
• Swim laps in the pool while counting random floaties (band aids, hair, hair clips, etc) or just staring at the never ending blue line
• Hopefully having enough time to take a shower so you do not stink out your coworkers.  (worse case just throwing on some extra deodorant).
• Shoveling down food while working because your lunch was spent doing one (or more) of the above tasks.

Triathlete Visual Example:

Oh no!! I forgot to bring my lunch today!

Translation Tuesdays - "Sleeping In"

SLEEPING IN (verb)

Normal Definition

For normal people sleeping in is done on the weekend.  Having the day off affords the person to naturally awaken to the sweet sound of the birds.  For those with children sleeping in still occurs but is generally less than those with non-children.  In college and high school sleeping in is an art form.  High school kids sleep in till around noon.

Examples of "Sleeping In"

• Wow, isn't it nice to have the day off and being able get up whenever I want.

Normal Visual Example

Waking up to the sound of the bird and the rising sun.
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Triathlete Meaning:

• Getting up so early that you piss off the rosters for waking them up. 
• Getting up so early that collage kids and night clubbers are still working on getting back to their homes to sleep in.
• Getting up so early the dog refuses to get out of bed to go for a walk. 
• Sleeping is usually the days we have to go to work.
• All this is done in the name of "fun" and "training."

Triathlete Visual Example

My ACTUAL sleeping in alarms from my last race.
I actually got up at 0330 on a Sunday to run 13.1 miles in
feels like 26F freezing weather.

Translation Tuesdays - THE POOL

THE POOL (noun)

Normal Definition
A fun place to lay around, read a book, float around, get a tan, check out girls/boys, drink a fruity drink with an umbrella, etc.

Examples of "The Pool"

• After breakfast lets go hang out at the pool and read a book.  Maybe we can get some pina coladas.

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Triathlete Meaning:
A place where one spends hours swimming back and forth staring at a blue line wondering when the madness will end.

No more stupid laps!!

Hours starting at a blue line and trying to figure out how to count all the tiles.

Translation Tuesdays - Friday Night

Translation Tuesdays - Friday Night

The boredom and monotony of swim training (especially in the pool) inspires many good ideas. The issue is I usually never write them down so they are quickly overwritten with another good idea. I only have enough room in my old, small brain for one idea so by the end of the swim I only have one good idea left in the queue.

Yesterday's “good idea” was for “Translation Tuesdays.” This little inspiration was roughly based off the funny posting from Will Race For Carbs post about Runner vs I Run. In this post she describes what a “real runner” thinks verse what a normal runner thinks. It was a funny post and you should check it out (see I do read other peoples posts).

The idea for “Translation Tuesdays” is to translate an everyday word/phrase to what non-runners, triathletes, etc think it means verse what it means in our crazy heads.  

Today’s word/phrase is “FRIDAY NIGHT”


FRIDAY NIGHT (noun & verb)
Normal Definition of “FRIDAY NIGHT”
* The day of the week were one can let loose, party with friends, drink, go dancing, see a movie with family/friends and generally do things that leave a person having fun very late into the night.

Examples of “FRIDAY NIGHT”
* Friday night at the bar was happening. The guys and I had some beers, watched the game, danced and even flirted with some girls.

* Friday night we went to see the midnight showing of Harry Potter. Then afterwards we hit the IHOP for a late night snack.

Origin of FRIDAY NIGHT
* Generally the meaning of FRIDAY NIGHT starts in high school when one discovers the opposite sex and obtains a car but FRIDAY NIGHT hits its perfection during the college years. This is the time when one truly knows the meaning of FRIDAY NIGHT. After having marriage/children the meaning changes slight to watching the TV, children activities, cleaning, and/or general family bickering.

Visual Example:

!!Dance Party!!

Hanging with the boys, drinking beer, playing pool, etc

Triathlete/Runner Meaning:

ZZZ....

ZZZ....

Chewie's Friday night ZZZ....