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Discussion: Debauchery
Subject: Debauchery By: Andrew S. Written on: 2006-06-26 18:12:38 Message: Is that how you spell that? Ok, major confession time people. I've been an off and on smoker for a LONG time. My Tri buddies think I'm really crazy or a super hard ass. I mean c'mon on. How many people that you know actually have smoked on the way to a tri? So I'm forever trying to quit, and I WILL SUCCEED one day. But this weekend, man, did I fall off the wagon. ZERO TRAINING.....Smoked too much, drank too much, God was I bad. But I'm back on now. Cleared my head with a 2 mile run and weights at lunch today, actully felt pretty good. Did you know that "What I like about you" by the Ramones, keeps perfect time if you're a 12 minute miler? Whoda thunk it? Cragrats to all of you non-smoking Triathletes for your race times and finishes this past weekend!
Subject: RE: Debauchery By: Paul B. Written on: 2006-06-26 18:25:23 Message: Smoking triathletes...that's got to be one of the smallest groups in the world. good to see you're back on the wagon today Andy. I myself am feeling a little of the after affects from a friend's 30th birthday over the weekend (since when do hangovers last more than a day?) and plan to exorcise those demons with a little run tonight.
Subject: RE: Debauchery By: maggie S. Written on: 2006-06-26 18:29:46 Message: um, I 'm whispering this through my shame....but I too smoke and tri. When a woman in yesterday's tri yelled at me on the run and pulled me forward, because I had stopped to walk, she yelled, "you're too buff to walk, RUN!" I wanted to yell back..." um, I'm a smoker?!! I can't breathe!" Working on quitting myself. good luck and health to us both...
Subject: RE: Debauchery By: Lawrence D. Written on: 2006-06-26 18:59:06 Message: "What I Like About You" is by The Romantics. Good luck on quitting smoking. If Ozzy says it's bad for you, you KNOW it's bad! I have all the confidence in the world in you.
Subject: RE: Debauchery By: Ronald F. Written on: 2006-06-26 19:07:48 Message: We all have things to improve on, being aware that it is a problem is good, fixing the problem is next. Good luck fixing the problem. I know it is a powerful addiction for some. Ron
Subject: RE: Debauchery By: Dan W. Written on: 2006-06-26 19:07:53 Message: Andy, have you already mapped out your smoke breaks for IMAZ 2007?
Subject: RE: Debauchery By: Jose G. Written on: 2006-06-26 19:14:22 Message: Not a smoker here but have many friends who are stress smokers. They don't feel there is anything they can't do as a smoker so they don't quit. Then again, none of them have tri-ed swimming 800yds in the open water, sprinting a road bike up a 7 mile hill and back, THEN taking off for a moderate 4 mile run for your life. Will have to digress for a mintue for a little story. Helped a buddy from grad school lay backyard sod for their new house . We took a break after three pieces then again after another four. Looked around for a minute and noticed she was trying to lay sod with one hand and hold her cigerette with the other. Started cracking up so hard she gave me the evil eye for the next 20 minutes (which of course was also a break). Again, not a smoker here but should be a little sensitive to others addictions, mine is full leaded coke. Mmmmmmmmmmmm, so good. Been tryin to shake it for many years. All the kudos to smokers who are tri-ing to quit. It gives you the motivation you need to see the wisdom of a better, healthier life. Andrew: I've got that slow 11 minute mile pace too. Will have to give your musical selection a go. =:-O
Subject: RE: Debauchery By: Marty D. Written on: 2006-06-26 19:37:47 Message: Hey Andrew, Keep the chin up and put it behind you. Nicotine is a tough addiction, but it sure can be beat. Lots and lots of people are beating it everyday and so can you. Hang in there, you'll do it. Marty
Subject: RE: Debauchery By: Sherri F. Written on: 2006-06-26 19:45:58 Message: I have heard that nicotine is the hardest thing to quit. I applaud you for admitting that that it is your vice. That is the first step to making better choices! Really you can quit if you put your mind to it. I have watched my husband struggle with it for years but he finally finally hasn't had a cigarette since 1994. He's 42 now. What a struggle he had with it. Smoke if you want to. Quit if you want to. This is your life triman and you make the rules! I applaud you for just admitting your training and nutrition isn't perfect. Neither is mine! (I'm not a smoker but I struggle with being a recovering carboholic -- too many carbs --- the great American snackie past time!)
Subject: RE: Debauchery By: Teresa S. Written on: 2006-06-26 20:29:33 Message: Andrew, Tina Turner's Proud Mary (once its passed the talking) is a perfect 10 minute mile.. I try to do it for the length of the song then recover with the BeeGee's Guilty...lol..which is 12 minute.. Oops did I just date myself? Teresa
Subject: RE: Debauchery By: Leo d. Written on: 2006-06-26 22:40:48 Message: Andrew, before I started triathlon, I smoked two packs of Marlboro Red a day, had at least a few beers ech day and exercise was getting of the couch to get to the bathroom. Smoked for 24 years and decided that it was enough. Did the patch for a week, made me have weird drweams and very emotional (crying during Barney, ...not a good thing), threw those things out. Haven't had a smoke since November of 2006, and will never have one again. The only thing that will make you quit is you. If you don't want to, or if you are not ready for it, don't do it. You will only dissappoint yourself. I know that at one point you will want to stop, for whatever, reason. Good luck !! Leo D.
Subject: RE: Debauchery By: Andrew S. Written on: 2006-06-27 01:05:13 Message: Larry Thanks for the musical education. I knew it was the romantics.....slip of the R I gues. To the rest of you....this is why I'm addicted to ONTRI too....no judgement, no beat downs, just support and understanding and encouragement. Thanks A.
Subject: RE: Debauchery By: John P. Written on: 2006-06-27 01:41:57 Message: Hey smokin, I did it for years , quit once for 5 yrs and started, have not had one now since 94, Still like the odd pop though. Though to dump some of those in your body and then go train the next day. I ran marathon with a friend, a bid guy, after every race he would go around the corner and have a smoke, i couldn"t believe it. Someday you will just give them up, but not until you are ready. Be strong.
Subject: RE: Debauchery By: Lawrence D. Written on: 2006-06-27 02:46:48 Message: I didn't realize I was beating you down and not supporting, understanding, and encouraging you when I said, "Good luck on quitting smoking. If Ozzy says it's bad for you, you KNOW it's bad! I have all the confidence in the world in you." Apparently, you didn't read past the musical "education," I guess. In any event, I still support you and have all of the confidence in you that you will quit smoking, whether you were offended by my musical correction or not.
Subject: RE: Debauchery By: cassie r. Written on: 2006-06-27 03:45:31 Message: hey way to be!! i know exactly what you are talking about, i quit smoking 5 months ago and i was on again off again for about a year before i acutally woke up one day and said this is it. you have to want to do it first. i tryed everything even an antidepressant they perscribe to quit nothing worked. i would quit for a while and when it came down to being done with each program and i was without anything i started right back up again. YOU have to want to go through it and have a support team behind you. i had to quit cold turkey to actually do it with my fiance backing me up and running with me each day. it is really a one foot in front of the other process. i still have hard days were i want a smoke but i just run a little longer or bike a little harder (just started the biking) to make it through. good luck and way to go on your first step realizing you want to SOME day. be strong mentally and the rest is down hill.
Subject: RE: Debauchery By: Geoff F. Written on: 2006-06-27 10:01:20 Message: I know the feeling! I used to smoke on the way to the gym and on the way home. It took me a long time to finally realize that I was not making any progress in doing that. I think if you have the motivation to do tri's you can no question quit smoking. I tried everything to quit, patch, pills, gum, nothing worked. Then one day I just quit cold turkey. Got a bike and never bought a pack again. I have had a smoke now and then when hanging around my friends that do smoke, but when I light one up now I realize after like two puffs how much I hate it and usually end up putting it out. Hard exercise really worked for me. You just got to buck up and quit. Simple as that. You can def do it.
Subject: RE: Debauchery By: Ty D. Written on: 2006-06-27 10:59:36 Message: Andrew, I used to smoke before I started training seriously. Once I did, the training became my addiction, and all the triggers that led me to want a cigarette (stress, bad day, good day, etc) now lead me to another run or bike. It was tough, and I did it cold turkey, but it is so worth it. You notice the difference in your training and your overall health almost right away. Take it from me, I am a triathlete(now) and a physician, it's just not worth it. If you really want to quit, and I mean really WANT to, you will do it. Just get al the cigarettes out of your house, your car, your garage, and everytime you have that urge, do some sit-ups, go for a run, or hop on your bike. Afterwards you will feel so much better about yourself. Instead of taking days away from your life, you'll have just added some. Good Luck, and just do it. ty
Subject: RE: Debauchery By: Dana C. Written on: 2006-06-27 12:39:12 Message: Well Andrew.....let me tell you a story. I have been an on and off smoker for years. I played field hockey, basketball and softball in college....and still managed to smoke two packs a week. Somehow my lungs got used to the short capacity I had. I have always been a runner...and the smoking really didn't affect that. I have always been a work out person with a montly membership to the gym....and I have stuck to it. Last year...during the summer, I started bartending on the weekends, working full time and in the fall, started Graduate School. Try having a life with all that. Anyway, I was smoking and drinking too much and not working out at all....just letting that gym membership go to waste. I turned 30 in February and figured it was time to get back into shape. At this point, I was smoking a pack of cigs in one night...it was bad. I, ultimately, signed up for m first race (coming up in about a week) and decided I needed to quit for me. It was hard at first. When I felt like I wanted to smoke, I would go out and run or bike...or just go for a walk. There were no patches, no gum, none of that. I have now been smoke free for about 3.5 months and have been training more and more each day. I understand the hard part of quitting....but anyone can do it~ And I have faith in you being able to stop smoking. Think about the long term....it will only make you feel better!!
Subject: RE: Debauchery By: Andrew S. Written on: 2006-06-27 12:43:05 Message: Ok. I went back and read my post from last night. Sorry Larry...it did sound like i blew right past your encouragement there....not intended. Dan you're a turd " o I have my smoke breaks mapped out for IMAZ yet?" That's funny in sort of a twisted way. I'll probably just put a pack in my special needs bag....NOT! I will not be a smoket then, and I will not be a Clydesdale either. I too have done the drugs and the patch and the gum (still doing that) I feel it though...the day is coming. My biggest inspiration is my kids. How can i tell them I love them and I'm gonna take care of them if I'm killing myself? Thanks gang A.
Subject: RE: Debauchery By: Ronald F. Written on: 2006-06-27 13:03:51 Message: Wanting to be free, and wanting it bad enough is the key to breaking an addiction. As I sit here looking at my coffee cup, Knowing that I got fed up with that addiction and went cold turkey before, with three days of bad headaches, only to go back to it quite a while later. I just rinsed out the cup and put it away. Thanks everyone for helping me to take an honest look at myself. I may be a little grumpy for the next few days. Good luck with your battles. Ron
Subject: RE: Debauchery By: Andrew S. Written on: 2006-06-27 15:12:20 Message: My wife and kids I should've said. After all Dana is my biggest supporter and inspiration! A.
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