Nothing in my life apart from triathlon

Dude, drive to mini-mart.  Buy some beer.  Order a pizza.  Hopefully you've got some of the Tour on DVR.  Relax and enjoy. 

also add a girl to complicate your life a little more and all will be back to normal...i promise...

I spend a great deal of time training and thinking about Triathlon but it's good to keep things in balance.  If you only do triathlon stuff it would be hard to keep it up for very long.

Just feels like everyday I have to fit in triathlon somewhere. 

Can't hang out at friends for the occasional late night as I have training in the morning, can't spend too much time doing other fun things after work or in the weekends, have training, can't go hiking or skiing as I have a run this afternoon, etc. 

Same here.

But I'm probably the most boring person I know.  Parents think it's an unhealthy/unsustainable mentality and they are absolutely right.  I just enjoy the peace that comes from disciplined training.

Nope, not me. Triathlon, and the inclusive training, is nothing more than a hobby to me. It ranks right up there with fly fishing, backpacking, off-roading and any number of enjoyable things I fill my time with. The health benefits are definitely a plus, and that is more the reason I do tri's anyway. 

My life revolves around my family. The healthier I am the longer I will be around to enjoy my wife, kids, parents, brothers, in-laws, nephews, nieces, friends etc...

In no way am I saying the way you feel is bad, sad, unhealthy or wrong. In fact, when I was involved in skydiving I felt the same way you feel towards triathlon. It was all I ever wanted to do, the only thing I could ever see myself doing and nothing else mattered. Things change. I haven't jumped in over four years and I don't miss it one bit. Well, every now and then when I see old pics or videos of me and my friends in freefall I miss it a little.

Other things?!?

I think this video pretty much sums it up. 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B03dFMG8nR4&feature=player_embedded

What's the old saying:  If you're in a healthy relationship, you could be training harder. 

I'm a college prof, so I have tremendous flexibility.  Thus I can train usually when my girl is working. 

x2

I feel this way when I'm in the part of my training schedule that has 2/day workouts, but I'm not doing that year round.  I make a point of doing more casual socializing and catching up with friends during the scheduled breaks in my training.    No family lives close to me so I travel to see them and I don't adhere to a strict training schedule when I travel.  I'm there to see them and I'm on their time.

I first decided to train for a triathlon a couple years ago when the economy caused a noticeable slowdown at work.  Suddenly I wasn't spending all hours in the office and I felt like I was sitting around wasting time.  Decided to train for a 1/2 IM and two years later, I can't imagine giving up the training and everything that comes with it.  The biggest potential problem is that work has picked up again and I am not as interested in dedicating so many hours to my job.  I'd rather be swimming or biking or running.   Somehow I've switched from immersion in an activity that puts money in my account to immersion in an activity that drains money from my account.

My friends basically work nights and I work days (during the week) so other than work I've not got a ton of other demands (just take a look at my house! It's a wreck)

I get up early and get my workouts in on the weekends so I've still got time to hang out with the people I want to see.

Burned out on dating at the moment so that helps I suppose.

However, I love the way things are going... and until I don't, I see nothing wrong with it.

Yes. Definitely. I used to be bipolar; now I'm tripolar.