What is your other life? (Page 4)

Wait... I'm suppose to have a life outside of triathlons???? 

Just kidding...

I'm a counselor III for a children psych unit at a local hospital.  When I am not working weird shifts I am training.  A social life would be nice... but I need to find one first.  

Husband, father of 5 (4 boys 27,25,18,14 then a girl 11), fly fisher. 65+hours a week I'm the General Manager of a very busy Residential, Multi-family, Commercial renovation company. Something you don't hear of much in Michigan these days. We're very, very fortunate.

PEACE

Captain Firefighter / Paramedic. Since I am the Capt I set the PT schedule for my station.

I also work part time  as a Paramedic in a smaller city about 30 miles form here.

Being a Firefighter gives you plenty of time to train, I can even work my P/T job around it.

Being a Husband takes some time away from training, but not much ( i guess that would depend on the wife).

Being new father takes lots of time away from training.  But is very much worth it.

I am a manufacturers rep in the window and door industry.  Basically, I work for myself and set my schedule.  I have weeks that I travel alot, but there are also weeks where I spend most of my time from the home office on the phone.

Personally think I have a great job to allow flexability in training time.

Dad of two boys, 6 & 3yrs, Senior design engineer for a tier 1 automotive supplier (still employed).  I train at night after my boys go to bed. I've never been a morning guy, so night workouts work for me.  Plus, last year I finished my second master's degree, so I just replaced going to night school with exercise.

 I haven't done a tri yet (June 2009), but I love the training so far and I have inspired 5 other people to start tri training. That feels good too.

 Glad to be part of BT.

Jack of all trades master of none.

To quote Mr. T "I ain't got time for no jibba jabba - I need work...and crack is wack kids"

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I'm an insurance agent/inventory specialist/janitor/volunteer/dental assistant/auditor/whatever pays off my debt to the man.

Man I love the A Team.

13 years as part of the thin blue line in the bussling metropolis of H-town, Tejas.  After working Homicide for the past ten years, I have finally made my way to a nice 8-4 spot, with weekends and holidays off.  Enough time to get in runs in the AM and bike, swim and gym in the PM.  It's as close to a normal life as the profession offers... 

I manage a support team throughout Europe, Middle East and Africa for a US based satellite communications company.  when I'm in the UK I work from my home office so training can be done in the morning (my boss is US based and gets online around 1pm my time :-) )

the only real killer is I travel 50-60% of the time and sometimes on short notice, I can't gaurentee to have suitable training facilities so I can go 2 or 3 weeks without being able to follow a plan and fitting in training where i can.  

Oh to be a student again!!!!!!!

Other life?? oh, you must mean what is my hobby... wait, THIS is my hobby.  I get so confused -

 Single mom (11 and 5), Fitness instructor and coordinator, student and doing my best to hold on to 12 years that I put into a company that is essentially worth nothing at this point, economically.  Thankfully, I have my kids, friends, equipment and time!  If not for those, I'd never make it to November (IM AZ '09, baby!).

Electronic Trading in Equities, my formal title is Global Head of Marketplace, suffice to say I love what I do....My company actually ENCOURAGES me to compete, so while its not an easy balance, its good to know there are almost 2 dozen others at my firm who are "Tris"....

Training is near impossible to fit into my life.  I am a technician for emergency power systems.  I live in York PA, but work requires that I travel to Mansfield, Allentown, Scranton, Philly, State College, Chambersburg and all points in between. ( in the course of a day)  I train when time allows, in the morning, at night and weekends. 

- J.D.