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Saturday, 31 July 2010 05:00

By Rose Greenleaf

"Hi. I'm a triathlete and I pee on MY bike." I then passed the sacred glide stick to the guy next to me. "Hello. I'm a triathlete and I have been peeing on the bike for 4 years." He passed the stick to the next person...

No one tells you these dirty little secrets when they first try to induct you into their secret club. No one mentions these trivial absurdities when they woo you with flashy bikes and attempt to indoctrinate you into their "healthy" lifestyle. You don't find out until later, when you become....one of them. (Insert scary high pitched noise here.)

I was zipping up the guy's wetsuit next to me when the subject came up. "Rose, you know..

you've arrived when you pee on the bike. Have you pee'd on the bike?" I stopped half way up the guy's back, the zipper making the perfect sound effect.... "Well, I,...uh,...No. I haven't." I hung my head in shame. I glanced around as the group looked at me with concern. I secretly hoped this was a sick joke. "Well, if you're going to get through your Ironman, you'd better find out now," said someone who just placed high in his age group at Racine and who's name will go unmentioned. *coughEriccough*