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Is OCD required to be a triathlete...discuss
combatdwarf
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Okay so I like everything to be lined up in transition "just so" and I meticulously record my training on my blog, and I lay out my training kit the night before.....my WAT Officer thinks I am obsessed - she is probably right but my burning question is;
Do people who already have mild OCD take up triathlon as they are the only ones with the obsession and drive to do three sports or do we develop OCD just to be able to do the multisport thing????
Just a trivial question for a Friday afternoon (as I plan my weekend training (in detail of course))
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Do people who already have mild OCD take up triathlon as they are the only ones with the obsession and drive to do three sports or do we develop OCD just to be able to do the multisport thing????
Just a trivial question for a Friday afternoon (as I plan my weekend training (in detail of course))
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I get moaned at from the wife that I train too much but I hit back saying that I feel better now tha say a year ago when beer was a main stay within my life. So the choice is life or ill health?
I do think that it can be taken too far, I previously asked under the old forum that as triathletes, are we addicted to exercise? I was criticised but I wanted to open a debate. I still think its true to an extent. We only need to do a search to look at those who post because they feel guilty when they don't train. Exercise is addictive but so is laziness. You can just easily get addicted to sitting on the couch as you can to a 40k cycle
S11
I find that I am never comfortable in my comfort zone. I always want to know what's beyond the boundaries. I'm trapped in an infinite cage. Either that, or I've just got back from a long walk to/from the pub. Discuss.
Triathlon is the same for me... when i could no longer smash my head against somebody else's for 80 minutes to find out whether I was good enough I ended up replacing it with a lifestyle whereby i could continually mark my life against something. its not a conscious thing... but is so obvious nonetheless.
Whether that is the same thing as OCD i'm not sure... but i do become obsessive over stuff, and exercise is addictive (or the endorphin levels are).
didds
i'd prefer to think i'm in didds' corner and just want to find out how far i can go, discover what my body and mind are capable of. now, if i can just afford that red sports car...
Certainly for me part of the attraction to Tri is the challenge of getting all the training in order.
But mainly I get transition box OCD when doing tri's.. I can be seen standing for 20 mins in the rack area just looking in the direction of my gear box,trainers, towel, gels, drink etc and doing this Mr Miagi kind of karate hand ( or the tom cruise - minority report hand moving thingy) thing then with my eyes closed trying to sort out my gear transition.. i think I do look a bit mental but then its comforting when I look round and a few others are doing it too.
In fact i stood for ages last weekend doin the exact same thing but for longer! GBF - gear box fixation.
We all deffo have a bit of OCD fo sho!
i certainly have fatigue as a symptom, and it might explain the hair loss