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Taking it to the Streets

By Webster H.
October 27, 2008 on 2:48 pm | In Life at TriSports.com | No Comments

On my way to work this morning a song popped into my head.  I’m not sure if I remember all the words, it’s been a really long time since I had heard it, but I think it went something like this.

“One of these things is not like the others,
One of these things just doesn’t belong,
Can you tell which thing is not like the others
By the time I finish my song?”

Do you recognize it? Let me know if you do.  I think it is from Sesame Street.  Pretty funny when you think about it, teaching kids how to tell what doesn’t belong.  So why is this song on repeat in my head?   It probably has something to do with working at TriSports.com and not being a triathlete.  I have been working at TriSports.com for two months now and it has been the most unique work environment I have ever experienced.  I can’t help but laugh when I think about my first day,  driving into work and seeing only three cars in the parking lot.  I recall thinking to myself, “Where is everyone?”  Only to be greeted as I enter the doorway by all the coworkers I thought were “slacking off”.  Turns out people really do ride their bikes to work.  I have heard of these people but have never seen one, much less a whole group!  Later I am introduced to my rest of my department.  Not only am I the new guy and the youngest, but I am also the only person there who has not completed an Ironman or full marathon.  I don’t even want to tell you about the guilt I felt eating fast food for lunch in front of a guy who is having fresh bell peppers and fruit. 

It has been a very weird and fun couple of months.  You will be happy to learn that I am already looking at races for next year.  After being immersed in the world and culture of the triathlete I must say that I am hooked.  And why wouldn’t I be?  Triathletes to me are everything I want to be in life, disciplined, intelligent and a little crazy.  Take that Sesame Street.

A little treat from the Cookie Monster