I read that the most searched word on the internet is sex. No other word even came close. I figure if that is what everyone is looking for, who am I not to jump on the bandwagon. I also read that 70 percent of all pornographic downloads take place during work hours. If you are reading this at work shame on you.
All I have to do is to figure out how to talk about sex on a website about endurance sports. I could talk about how much better endurance athletes are at sex compared to those with a less active lifestyle. I of course can not prove that in any way, but it is a great rumor to spread to help our single athletes. It may even bring more individuals into the sports. I can imagine someone hearing that rumor and then trying to convince their spouse to start running.
The best I can come up with is comparing training and racing with foreplay and intercourse. Notice I did not use the word sex, for fear that we may run into the problem of definitions. See I did learn something from Bill Clinton. From this point forward I will use the word sex to mean intercourse. Foreplay will be everything leading up to that point.
In this comparison racing is sex and training is foreplay. Anybody really think I can pull this off?
We are going to compare a year in sport with a romantic night. You may draw your own conclusions as to the scale of 365 to 1 in regards to time for each activity. In getting ready for your romantic evening you must plan everything out. The plan must include what you are going to do the venues involved, what to wear, what to eat, etc. There must be some research done. Where is the resturant located? What time does the play start? What is the weather going to be? All the details must be taken care of in advance. Once this is all taken care of then you get to move to the actual getting ready such as making reservations, washing clothes, taking a shower etc. All of this is much like training for an event you want to compete in. I will not go into the actual sexual foreplay other than to say like all training practice makes perfect.
Now that you have planning your evening and carried it off to perfection you are all worked up into a frenzy for the sex. Or you have planned and executed your training to perfection and are ready for the race. If the foreplay or training has gone according to plan and you have managed to get to this point without injury the sex or the race should be a wonderful reward for all your hard work.
This entire article should prove that I am totally full of crap, but I did manage to achieve my goal of mentioning sex on this website no matter how goofy it was. One last word on the subject. Putting too much pressure on yourself to perform can always lead to a less than desirable outcome in either situation.