I was accused of being a Pro Triathlete, and I don't know how to feel about that
>> Saturday, February 10, 2018
Last weekend, I took Charlie to a birthday party for E, a friend of his from the gym who's turing 4. E's Dad and I have chatted briefly in the pool together in the past, and Charlie is always SUPER excited to see if E will be at the gym's daycare when we get there! Also from our gym, J and his Mom were invited. People in the daycare at the gym have referred to E, J, and Charlie as "the three musketeers." It's pretty cute.
All in a line: E (in black), Charlie (in red, drinking), and J
(obscured behind Charlie) during the "happy birthday" song!
E got the first piece (obviously), and he wanted Thomas's face,
so that's what his Mom got for him!
I really wasn't sure how to feel about that at first.
Do I come across as an I-NEED-TO-GET-THIS-WORKOUT-IN-OR-ELSE kind of a person? Am I too anal at the gym? Am I "workout before anything else?" I was first very concerned about this perception that these parents have of me at the gym.
Then later I realized it wasn't as bad as I had thought. E's Dad had remarked before that he thinks I'm fast in the pool (even though I'm only swimming like 3:00 200s - I'm "fast" for the 60+ year old overweight crowd that's in the pool at that moment). And I think they thought I was a pro triathlete for 2 main reasons: I'm always in triathlon race shirts (I mean, I have WAY too many), and I'm VERY regularly at the gym (in the pool, on the track, and/or lifting weights [many times doing "unsexy" balance exercises that are for function and not for sexy bulk]).
I didn't want to come across as some overly egotistical triathlete who can't be stopped from getting in his workout, but that wasn't the perception. I do NOT want to become that person. I like to be good at this sport, but I don't want to be an ass.
I think my image at the gym is safe. I hope. :)
3 comments:
Maybe also because you don't have a typical 8-5 job schedule.
That could be part of it too! Although I'm there working out with other parents who I see regularly, and no one has asked them about being pro triathletes... ;)
* other parents who also don't have a regular 8-5 job.
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