Sadly no. She has lost enough of those that when we started talking bet the first thing out of her mouth was nothing ******
. The bet was over a triathlon as my wife had just done one and works out like rocky all the time. I am not in my peak physical condition at this point and just got tired of hearing about how she completed the tri etc. she put the stupid sticker on her car and carried on fow a week and I finally said I could beat her at one as I sat in the garage with a beer in hand. This seemed to ,ake her mad and so I said let's fet on the next one and that started it. I did an 18 week training program and had about 10 weeks left and it became pretty clear I had no hope of beating her. I could stay close in the swim and crush her on the bike but running is hopeless for me after football injuries etc. I managed to drop about 20 points to 290 but needed some help so I started calling her friends to come over at night and set out bottles of wine. They drank andi went out and busted my ass for 20 miles a night on the bike. I swam at lunch and pretty much gave up on the running as training was doing more damage than good.
It's not like I am a non-athlete. I played football in the big ten and was a golden gloves champion but I am not in good shape and have a few bad joints to show for it I ended up beating her in the bike by a ton and in transitions by a minute over all which came out to an 8.5 second victory and a new raptor in the driveway instead of a minivan. I saw a black raptor on the run course too...a sign from God no doubt as I pushed a little harder there.
