In Defense of My Shirt

I don’t buy a lot of slogan t-shirts, but this one cracked me up so much that I had to have it to wear to spin class.

But when I showed it to Greg, his initial response was “oh, that’s sad…”

SAD?!

That shirt is HILARIOUS!

Here’s the disconnect.

Greg was picturing someone wearing the shirt and dreading their first 5k or half marathon, not excited about the event they were working towards.

Ok, that’s sad.

But I’m picturing someone pedaling frantically during a twenty second sprint in spin class, or running as fast as they can around a track, thinking “UM, I’m never going to NEED to do this, right?!  This is just for fun-sies? Yes? Aside from being late for a connecting flight, please tell my my ability to do this will never ACTUALLY be needed!”

As in, I’ll never be cycling as fast as I can away from a T-Rex, or sprinting away from zombies pushing the double jogger or something.

I see this shirt, and I think “I don’t know what I’m training for, but I hope like hell I’m never actually in a position where cycling as fast as I can is going to actually be helpful.”

This shirt reminds me that when I push hard during training, it really is above and beyond what I need to be doing for good health, and so therefore it should be fun and not stressful. My health is benefiting just by being out there doing the aerobic exercise in the first place, everything else is a bonus.

UNTIL T-REX ARRIVES AND I HAVE TO RUN FOR MY LIFE!!!!

It’s funny, right?

T-Rex, zombie apocalypse funny?
No?