The Line Between Listening and Obsessing

A journey into the quantified self 🔢

I got into triathlon the way many people do in their early twenties.

With confidence. With ego. With just enough fitness to be dangerous.

I didn’t ease into it. I dove headfirst.

I signed up for races before I understood training. I stacked workouts because I felt strong. I played hours of pickup basketball post-training sessions. I assumed soreness was ju…