Date: Sun, 25 Jan 2004 02:35:49 -0800 (PST) From: Padraig o'Brien Subject: Triathlete Training - Part Two Triathlete training - Part Two. By P. Brien. Copyright by the author. We sat down to lunch and talked about what we would be doing for the day. Seamus was keen on taking photographs for the afternoon, because he had brought his camera set along. I was somewhat surprised with the change in interest from the purely physical to photography. Somehow, my cousin had not struck me as the photgrapher type. "Why not ? Actually I'd been into taking photos since I was a kid. I'm doing pretty professional work nowadays - sports and action shots mostly. When I'm not participating in a triathlon, I'm usually there with my camera and stands. Also helps me to make a little money on the side to buy equipment and keep my bike up to date." He sold action shots to the participants, most of whom he was familiar with as he sometimes competed with them. We decided to take the truck out to a vantage point where we could get a clean view of the lake from a high bluff, then head on to a technical rock face and hope for some action shots of people doing their climbs. It would also give us an opportunity to recce the rock face for our next climb, which we planned to do in a few days time. The road to the vantage point had a lot of scenic spots, so we stopped along the way to take shots of the trees and some of the peaks peeking above the treeline along the way. Seamus was quite happy to explain the techniques he was employing and showing off his camera to me. "This is a Canon D60 Digital Camera, with 6.29 megapixels and fully compatible with the EOS line of lenses. I took this along so that I can take endless shots without worrying about film." "Well, to me, a camera's fine as long as it plugs into a computer," I replied, confirming my tech geek status but not spilling very much into photography as an art. "You say that you take a lot of sporting event shots as well ?" "Yeah. Remember, I only go for sprint triathlon events for now. Some of the events I shoot areroad races, Olympic distance tritahlons and there is an Ironman in Florida every year. I don't do those, but many of the people who use the sprint events for warmup compete actively in the longer distances. They seem pretty fond of me, some of them call me 'Junior' or 'the Kid', because I have been competing for quite a number of years now". The talk moved on from photography to triathlon again. Seamus explained that it took many years of competition to build up the capacity to tackle the longer distances. That was why he was refraining from going too far for now. He also talked about the sense of community which existed in the sport. "Older triathletes always seem pleased to see young blood coming in. Probably because they know that us kids aren't going to be a threat for top honors for a while yet. Also, because we see each other all the time, it becomes sort of an extended family after some time." When we got to the rock face, we saw only one pair of climbers high up. They were on the descent part of their climb. Seamus got a chance to take some action shots while I checked out the condition of this rock face, mentally making notes for our own climb in the next few days. Pine Crag was a much higher category climb, but I was pretty confident about doing it. Seamus would find this more of a challenge than today's climb had been, while I had been up once before. When the pair of climbers got down, Seamus walked over to ask them for permission to keep their shots. "Not a problem. In fact, could we have the shots once you get back home. You could post it up on a website or send us an email," said the bigger sized of the two. "Okay. I'll upload it on my website and you can download it from there," agreed Seamus, who then wrote the URL for his site to the guy. We talked a little and found out that they were brothers from New Zealand. "My name's Jason, and this is my brother William," said the bigger guy. After the introductions were made, however, it became clear that the little brother was the more extrovert of the two. William was 21 and Jason was seven years older than him. The two of them were very dark and had an identical geometric tattoo on their left shoulder, which we could see as they were both bare bodied. They had large chests. Jason was wearing long tights while William was wearing lycra shorts quite similar to what Seamus had worn earlier. "We're both part of an adventure racing team," explained William. "But I used to do a bit of triathlon when I was younger." From then on, I knew he'd hit it off with my cousin, which he did. The brothers had nicely toned bodies and strong abs, with sinewy arms and hands. William had hard, smooth marbled legs, with a lot of scars around the knees and down the right calves. They had closely cropped hair and looked very alike, apart from William being relatively skinnier than his elder brother. "Right now, we're staying in a little tent by the river about 20 kilometers from here. Actually, more like staying outside a tent most nights, unless it gets too cold or rains. During an adventure race, tents are often impossible and we have to sleep anywhere we land our bums on the ground" continued the more talkative William. "Why don't you join us for a trip to town ? Seamus and I can come and pick you up at around 8.30 tonight and we can have a drink. How about that ?" "Sounds cool. Big bro, a little indulgence in our stay here wouldn't hurt our programme, would it ?" "Nah, we did come here to lay off the serious training, didn't we ?" Jason chipped in. So we settled that and agreed to come by again tonight. Before we had left, Seamus set up his tripod so the four of us could take a shot together. We waved to them as they set off on their travel bikes laden with their climbing gear. "Friendly brothers, huh ? Looks like I'm not the only one here for a spot of light training" as Seamus got in the car. "This is a beautiful spot. It'd be a waste to behave like a training maniac here, wouldn't it ?" I answered. Seamus went into the house to upload the photos into his notebook computer, while I checked on the mountain bikes and the boats. We were going to do some biking the next day, but a night in the bar was an unexpected change to our plans. We piled into the truck for the long drive down to the campsite. Although it would be getting dark, I had no problems getting around as I was familiar with the place. We came to their lone tent pitched above the river bank. It was still early in the season, so it was no surprise to find them the only campers at this popular spot. "Right, here's our ride into town! Big bro, are you ready ?" William hollered to the tent. He was now wearing glasses and had a long sleeved sweatshirt on with jeans. "Coming, Billy Boy" answered Jason, as he came running out of the tent. He was also dressed in jeans but with a polo shirt on. "Sorry about that, guys. My little brother was taking his time putting on makeup while I had to stand naked outside the tent" "You're the one who's going to need makeup after this!" William retorted, as he threw a punch at his brother. Jason swiftly sidestepped his punch and put a lock around his skinnier brother's neck with his right arm. William made a mock choking expression as his brother gave him a noggie on his hair. I couldn't help but notice that the two of them made a very cute couple. We squeezed into the cab of the truck and made off into the darkening trails. I was looking at William in the rearview mirror and noting how different he looked now, with glasses and a shirt on. He had a studious boy look, with light curly hair, and his skinny frame didn't look as bulky in his sweats. I asked him, "So you wear glasses for real ? How come you weren't wearing them this afternoon ?" "Yeah, I wear glasses when I'm not racing or training. I wear contacts then, but it gets to be a drag when you spend close to a week with no chance to shower during a multiday race" "There was that one time when his kayak capsized and he lost his last pair of contacts during a race. Lucky for him it was the last day of the race but I had to lead him, blind as a bat, after the kayak part and we had to trek through a brush jungle to the finish line." "Thanks very much for more embarassing highlights of my life. But he's right, I can hardly see a thing without these or contacts on." I found that thought strangely attractive. Here was this physically impressive young man, but vulnerable because of his bad eyesight. I also thought that his brother was mighty sweet to him. As we got to town, Seamus reminded us that he was underage. "Gosh, hope I don't get carded". "You won't, because you look bigger than some guys I know, and this is in the woods. Everyone needs to drink up to warm up !" I told him. Seamus didn't get carded, so we settled for a long night ahead. We found out more about the two brothers from New Zealand. Jason had graduated in civil engineering, but had gone to Queenstown to work in the resorts there. "The Adventure Capital of the World. A paradise for nature lovers, extreme sports enthusiasts and adventure racers", Jason described his adopted hometown. William was more of a sportsperson. He had been in sailing, which was sort of the national sport in New Zealand, and especially popular in Auckland, where they both came from. "Apart from Rugby, which I happen to suck at." Then, William went on to triathlon, which was, after sailing and rugby, also a very important sport in New Zealand. "One of these days, we are going to be the world superpower in triathlon in all distances; we already have some great athletes". At this, Seamus looked like he was going to come in with guns blazing in favor of American triathletes, but we moved on to how William decided to join his brother and get immersed in adventure racing. "Quite a number of adventure racers start out in triathlon, because full body skills are required." William had finished high school and joined his brother down south, and then formed a youthful team which had gone on to some serious races around the world. Most of the talking was done by the younger two amongst us. Most of it revolved around race experiences. The night grew old and we were still drinking up. Then, I noticed that Seamus had started to grow quiet, unlike his confident talkative self. "Uh-oh, junior is starting to get drunk", I said. The other two gave a knowing look, as Jason said, "I guess we'd better be going back". William and I carried Seamus' arms around our shoulders. He was almost deadwieght. We put him in the back with William while Jason took the front seat. After a bit of distance, I could see that William was asleep too. The two boys' head were nodding at each other's. "Look at our beautiful angels behind," I said softly to Jason. He turned around and smiled. We continued talking softly while the two slept. I knew that Jason wanted to make sure I kept awake for the drive home. I found out that the two of them were only siblings, and had always been close. Jason had taught his brother the art of sailing when he was younger, and helped him often in school. William had never liked class very much, but he was a bright boy with lots of energy. Triathlon helped keep him focussed, but then he didn't want to continue his studies after secondary school. "He was going to join me and that was that", and it was clear that Jason supported William, whatever he wanted to do. They decided to form a team and go adventure racing together, as William had very good stamina while Jason's experience working around Queenstown had given him a very good grounding in the technical and equipqment aspects of the sport. Soon, we had arrived at the brother's campsite, and awoken William. They dropped off and I drove off with my cousin still soundly asleep in the backseat. "Must be his first night out," I mused, remembering that he hardly went out at night as he had to keep to a tight regimen at home. I had to carry my cousin to bed that night. He was going to have my lower bunk, as he was still out cold and may need to rush to the bathroom at night. As I lay him down, I stared at his muscular body again. I started to undress him mentally, images of his big pecs and narrow waist tapering to his smooth pubes coming to my mind. Then, I thought, this guy does not enjoy wearing a lot of clothes to sleep. Evidently, I had to do something about it. I took off his loafers and put it down on the floor. Then, I removed his watch. There was a metal bracelet on his wrist, which I hadn't noticed earlier. It said "Olmpic Gold in 2008, Ironman in 2014". So, these were probably his targets for the next ten years. Impressive. I thought he seemed driven enough. Then, I moved on to his shirt. I slowly unbuttoned it as his chest slowly heaved with his breathing. Once again, I felt the bigness of his body. I noticed that he was wearing something underneath his shirt. He seemed to like wearing clothes for the next day's training to go to sleep, so that he didn't need to waste time pulling it on in the morning. So, he was dressed in a one-piece tri-suit, which was a singlet and shorts combined, and a zipper in front. It was a red in color, with gold stripes down the sides. Emblazoned on his chest were the words "Team Tri-Energi". This must be his racing team uniform. As I unzipped and pulled down his khakis, I got a bit of excitement and my cock started to harden. I would get to see his package bulging in his padded crotch. I pulled his pants off completely, and beheld his boyish body before me. The suit was so tight it virtually revealed everything. The suit around his abs were so tight that you could count all the ripples on it. His nipples protruded slightly underneath the red lycra. Just looking at him might be intimidating to his opponents. I couldn't resist having a more intimate feel of his hot body. I brushed my hands on his face, with its delicate features. If you did not look at his body, you wouldn't think he was this big. But there below was the highlight of my cousin - his superhero body. I started to lick under his chin, down his throat to his collar. Then I gently bit his right nipple. At that, he stirred a little, but soon settled down. He felt so hot ! I licked his pecs right down to where his navel was, under the suit. As I reached his cock, I opened my mouth and lifted it a little with my teeth. It was padded, so he wouldn't feel too much. I didn't want to wake him tonight. I continued to lick and tried to suck his cock under his uniform. Then I broke off and went to sniff his armpit. There was a light rosy smell mized with his body odor, and this made my cock rise a little further. I went back down to lick the part where his muscular thighs joins his torso. I licked both his muscular calves and then took a gentle bite of his left calf muscles, which were all sinewy and full of veins. I then returned to his dick, which now seemed to be straining against the material covering it. I played around it with my tongue and after a while there was a bit of precum wetting his crotch. I had enough of my fun with him tonight and it was time to go to the bathroom to relieve myself. I quickly took off my clothes and grabbed my cock, beating off frantically. Images of Seamus lying on the floor and jacking off, naked, came back to me. Me licking Seamus's heroic body. Seamus wetting his uniform with his precum. Seamus emerging from the lake, shivering in only his tiny speedos. Seamus beating off his teammates trying to grab hold of his champion's speedo. I shot a huge load, and cupped my hands to get hold of it as it continued to cum. I then wiped my cum on my own abs and pecs, the way Seamus's had when he shot it over himself earlier today. To be continued