Triathlon Quotes

“I was stunned. I pulled the phone away and looked quizzically at the hole-punched speaker. Aside from the blood obligation to be my sister's maid of honor, it had never occured to me that I would get asked to be in anyone's wedding. I thought we had reached an understanding, the institution of marriage and I. Weddings are the like the triathlon of female friendship: the Shower, the Bachelorette Party, and the Main Event. It's the Iron Woman and most people never make it through. They fall off their bikes or choke on ocean water. I figured if I valued my life, I'd stay away from weddings and they'd stay away from me.”
― Sloane Crosley, I Was Told There'd Be Cake: Essays

“Some sessions are stars and some sessions are stones, but in the end they are all rocks and we build upon them.”
― Chrissie Wellington, A Life Without Limits: A World Champion's Journey

“The magnitude of the satisfaction that a triathlete experiences upon crossing a finish line is directly proportional to the amount of suffering he has overcome to to get there. This reward knows no ability. Even the slowest of the slow can push themselves beyond existing limits and finish with tremendous satisfaction. But winning often demands and inspires the greatest suffering and thus confers the greatest sense of pride. Often, because of the nature of competition, it is precisely he who has the most guts who is the fastest and experiences the most intense fulfillment at the finish line.

Theoretically, then, the most deeply satisfying experience a triathlete could have in the sport (and among the best in life) would occur at the finish line of a race in which he has overcome as much suffering as he could possibly ever endure, and knows it.”
― Matt Fitzgerald, Iron War: Dave Scott, Mark Allen, and the Greatest Race Ever Run

“As your training moves from base training to more intense work, to tapering, your nutrition needs to change.”
― Charlotte Campbell, Triathlon for Women: Everything you need to know to get started and succeed

“The world, with its commonsensical viewpoint, thinks their lifestyle is peculiar. And it would be hard to argue with anyone who labeled them eccentrics and oddballs. But there’s something we share, not something as exaggerated as solidarity, perhaps, but at least a warm emotion, like a vague, faintly colored mist over a late-spring peak. Of course, competition is part of the mix -it's a race, after all- but for most of the people participating triathlon the competitive aspect is less important than the sense of a triathlon as a sort of ceremony by which we can affirm this shared bond.”
― Haruki Murakami

“Of course, competition is part of the mix -it's a race, after all- but for most of the people participating triathlon the competitive aspect is less important than the sense of a triathlon as a sort of ceremony by which we can affirm this shared bond”
― Haruki Murakami, What I Talk About When I Talk About Running

“If I was ever going to win Ironman, I was going to have to beat the man who rinsed his cottage cheese”
― Matt Fitzgerald

“The aim of the taper is to minimise accumulated fatigue and fill up the fuel stores to arrive at the start line fresh.”
― Dan Golding, Triathlon: Winning at 70.3: How To Dominate The Middle Distance

“while i may have been strong, i was not particularly goat like.”
― Chrissie Wellington

“Every time your foot hits the ground when running it's the force equivalent to around 250% of your body weight. That's a lot of force going through your legs and body!”
― Matthew Silver, Built To Run: The Runner's GuideTo Fixing Common Injuries, Resolving Pain, And Optimizing Running Performance Now And For Life