1) You ask the race director if she can move the swim to last so you can cool off after the run. She declines citing “rules.”
2) On the swim you collide with a buoy, overturn a kayak, and startle a mallard.
3) You use a helium balloon to find your bike in transition but tie it to the handlebars instead of the rack. It bounces off your helmet for the first quarter-mile of the bike leg.
4) You tell people your bike split in furlongs per fortnight in an effort to hide how slow you are.
5) Someone suggested that you tape gels to the top tube of your bike. Mid-race it occurs to you that duct tape wasn’t the way to go.
6) The bike mechanic at your local bike shop keeps inspecting your helmet for cracks when you take your bike in for adjustments and tune-ups.
7) At mile two of the run, you realize that you are wearing someone else’s shoes.
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