With training in full swing, swimming a few times a week, biking what seems like every 6 hours and running whenever I am awake; I have noticed something. I own a lot of spandex and Lycra based clothing. I have it hanging over doors to dry for the next session, loaded in the laundry baskets to be washed, my wetsuit hanging in the shower to dry after a recent pool workout. My house is starting to smell like a hockey locker room with just a hint of neoprene. Its an odd aroma, but one that has quickly grown on me. Is it odd that I find myself doing more loads of training clothes laundry than work clothes? At what point do I get rid of some of it? Than do I have to buy more? I have about 1500 technical t-shirts from races; what am I keeping them all for? I have 3 large Rubbermaid stack able bins just full of "stuff" My cold weather gear; hats, gloves, etc don't even have their own bin. They just get tossed in the training room until I need them again. I have done athletics for pretty much my whole life and if I got all of that gear in one room...my tri stuff would still out number all of the it!
Movies. This is another thing. I have increased my movie collection 10 fold in recent months so I have entertainment while on the trainer or dreadmill. Yet I find myself watching the same few over and over again. I mean, Dumb and Dumber, Elf, Christmas Vacation, Wedding Crashers, 40 Year Old Virgin, Fletch; these are great and make the time fly by.
I have 3 helmets, 3 pairs of cycling shoes, about 8 pair of running/racing shoes, 3 wetsuits, 4 bikes....why? Am I trying to compete with Gear West; I feel like I am running a small tri shop evrytime I enter the house.
So I ask a simple question....how much is TOO much? I might be over my limit.
