Post-race etiquette questions

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Well done Joe. Difficult questions! I find the race numbers get mistaken for bruises or tattoos after the first 24 hours! Bragging is definitely worth trying, however I get peeved by people who have never done one who say "I could do that" because they can run 10Km!! If you have a race shirt that fits and is not hideous then you are incredible lucky and I would consider wearing that with the suit rather than the medal ;-) As to the medal hang it somewhere very very prominent - over your computer in the office is a great spot so you can be inspired every time you see it and it helps get you through those dull dark days of the off season. Dx

Joe the only faux pau is wearing your tri shirt before you've earned it, as in during the race! After the race you can wear it until it starts talking. Way to go Joe. You rock.

I have acutally considered wearing my danskin medal, with it's blue ribon, as my "something blue"........

go for it!

after my last race, I was very careful in the shower around my left calf and proudly wore shorts all week to show off my race number.

Brag all you want.

I second that Mary! You worked hard to reach your goal for that wedding dress. Those that know you well will understand, and everyone else will just think it's the 'something blue'.

go for it!

Joe,
The *BLING* was designed so that it could be worn both casually as well as formally. You would not be commiting a gauche fashion faux-paux. How could you? You already wear tight spandex

And as far as your T-shirt, it is also permissible to be worn underneath your button down shirt, provided that your immaculate and wonderfully pressed shirt is white. This serves as a subtle bragging right once the Sharpie race numbers fade away. At the office, don't fret when the ladies begin to stare at your chiseled chest and wonderfully sculpted traps/lats/rhomboids. They're really admiring your triathlete physique, not attempting to decipher what's written all over your undershirt.

And as always, if you eat like me (a cow) when I am wearing a tie (and that's only when I am working), I tuck it into my shirt between two buttons so it doesn't get all in my food. When pairing your *BLING* with a tie, always tuck the hardware in with the tie. If not, then you will definitely be known as a dork by the 99%-ers.

NICE JOB!! REVEL IN YOUR ACCOMPLISHMENT!

Do it!!!! Marriage, like a triathlon, is about endurance and commitment, and most importantly FUN!!!

(Today is my first wedding anniversary!!!!)

Yeah Joe!

CONGRATULATIONS ZAGAGIRL!

Joe, casually ask people about their weekend, listen politely to what they think is cool, appear interested.... THEN tell them what you did with YOUR weekend! And relish the looks of AWE, envy, and admiration!

What a 'DUH' moment for me. I forgot to appear interested. I always get empathy and apathy mixed up when I should be showing one of them...

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Hey, I have my one and only race t-shirt on right this very minute. I don't think it's hideous. Well, actually I do, but I wear it anyway.

When I got married (way back in the dark ages) I threatened to wear my wedding dress for a week -to the grocery store, to work..... (Oddly enough my husband had other ideas about my garb for the first week of our marriage but that's another story for another time. You probably know how it goes, anyway.) But the POINT is, it's okay in my little world to wear these special garments whenever and wherever we want.

Or maybe the point is, don't listen to me for fashion advice

Andrea

You mean we're supposed to have clothes other than tight spandex and hideous race shirts?

You know, SOME of us look good in spandex... ;-)

1) If you strategically plan your deoderant schedule, stay out of the heat and wear a bib at all meals, you might get a week out of it!

2)  Bragging???  No, you are simply telling THE TRUTH! 

3)  No,  pretend it is a funky lanyard for your keys...."oops, I must have mixed them up..."

4) I agree that they won't get it!

Jen  (who actually got 2 out of 3 nice race shirts this year...lucky I guess!)

Edited by keepitup 2004-08-30 9:35 PM

And how would YOU know how *good* I look in spandex??? ( LOL )


Actually, I got my new stuff from trisports, including a pair of tri shorts and a sports bra. I tried them on and they actually FIT! Yea! I will almost look like i belong there....at least until the start of the run!

1) How long is it acceptable to wear my race t-shirt before washing it?
A. Until you dirty it, which in my case took about 2 minutes with my first t-shirt. I spilled some spagetti sauce on it!

2) How much bragging do I get to do this week?
A. Don't "brag", just sort of casually bring it up in every day conversations until someone tells you to "shut up about your damned triathlon already!"

3) Is it considered gauche to wear my finisher's medal with a suit? How about jeans?
A. Gauche? No! Goofy! Yes!!!!

4) Is it considered rude to refer to my non-athletic coworkers as 99%-ers?
A. Not rude, just the truth. Anyways, most of them would think that you believe them to be superior in some sort of way, not knowing what it really means.

Edited by Machiavelo 2004-09-01 8:14 AM

LMAO!!! Almost had coffee projectiling from my nose.

D

What is a 99%-er?

99% of the people will NEVER do a triathlon, much less train for one. By extension, these 99% are slugs, couch potatoes, TV junkies, dorito-magnets, you get the idea.