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I've had a couple of conversations over the past few days with two different athletes about their choices.

The more entertaining of the two was a conversation with an athlete trying to do two races, with less than a week between the two of them, and she would like to do well in both.

The logistics alone make this a challenging task but ultimately, the situation is not ideal.

As I continued to volley my point back and forth through email, I eventually received a response stating:  " Veruca just wants it all ".

I've "dabbled" in triathlon for years but in 2008, I began to take it seriously.   Prior to that, it was a hobby and I treated it as such.

Decisions were based purely on cost rather than performance and in 2007 when I decided to purchase a triathlon bike, I recall scouring the area bike shops for their closeouts.

As a kid, on the first day of school, I would enter the classroom and if the teacher did not assign seats, I went straight to the back of the classroom where I could hide, screw around and in general, lower my grade point average.

With all of the other degenerates sitting in the back row, I would poke fun at the smart kids who sat in the front of the classroom when they raised their hands to answer a question, when then answered the question correctly or even if they didn't raise their hands but I suspected they knew the answer.

People think racing well is about being "fast". I think of racing well as getting from Point A. to Point B. in the least amount of time while using the least amount of energy.

In other words, get there as quickly as possible while being as efficient as possible.