So, how do you exercise together when one half of the partnership is a triathlete and the other half is, well, not? It’s tough to do. Mr. TheyTri gets bored out on long runs by himself but Mrs. TheyTri considers a “long run” to be a mile. You can swim at the pool together but despite sharing a lane it’s not as though it’s easy to chit chat while swimming laps. The bike works out pretty well, so long as your athlete is in base training mode and the route is fairly flat but once serious, hilly, pre-race training kicks in the non-athlete partner gets dropped like a bag of dirt. 

But, yesterday, the TheyTris came up with a great solution. Mr. TheyTri had a 1 hour run to get in and Mrs. TheyTri joined him on her bike. This posed a few challenges on downhills when the bike wanted to just roll away quickly, but it gave us the opportunity to talk and enjoy being out on a beautiful Saturday together. 

Finding time to spend together when your athlete is in pre-race mode can be tough so finding ways to participate without a, overreaching on your own abilities or b, driving your athlete nuts by slowing them down. But, this biking/running combo seems to be a good solution!