All of the Ironman Canada athletes received a little magazine that included a list of every athlete who was racing. If the athlete specified his or her profession when s/he signed up, it was also included in the list. I perused pages of athlete names and found a number of professions that stood out as amusing or unique in some way. Below are my 30 favorite athlete professions from Ironman Canada 2010: 1. Bev Smith  — Geriatric Whisperer I bet only her soothing voice and promise of Werther’s Originals and reruns of Murder, She Wrote can calm the elderly. 2. Sean Darragh — Corpse...

This photo was taken by my teammate Kathleen Jones at the Lake Stevens Olympic distance triathlon over the weekend: Three things: I’m pretty sure this isn’t legal for races (along with water wings, flippers, and a river boat fan strapped to your back) If you need this head snorkel device to swim, you probably shouldn’t be doing triathlons I bet this dude swims faster than me If I saw this dude in the water before the race, I’d smuggle some Nerds into the lake and dump them into the snorkel before the gun went off. That’ll teach him!…yeah, he’s definitely a...

The Tour de France brings out the obsessed and somewhat eccentric cycling fans in droves. Maybe they’re cyclists themselves, or perhaps they just have a fondness for unflattering spandex. Whatever the reason, each year at least one Tour photo surfaces that captures a spectator looking gloriously awesome. Case in point, this dude. Much like Elaine’s boyfriend Puddy from Seinfeld, I picture this guy running around going, “We’re the devils! Eeeeehhhhh!” If I saw dudes dressed like this cheering me on at races, I would race all the freaking time.