What do you guys do for a living?

I work as a nuclear certified quality control technician, inspecting welded and machined products for the nuclear power industry and the military.  The shift is 3 PM - 1 AM, Monday thru Thursday, occasional Friday overtime.  Leaves me the daytime to train.  I've been with the same company for nearly 27 years and on this shift for the past 12...I love it.

I'm a marketing Director for a small Financial services firm.

I think Bear gets paid to post too.

Own & manage a yacht charter company - I'm sailing to St. Croix this weekend with three other guys to compete in the West is Best Sprint Triathlon.

Financial Advisor for a major Wall Street firm.  I work some long  & unusual hours sometimes, but also have the flexibility to schedule time for workouts.

Two full-time jobs: two or three 24 hour shifts a week as a flight paramedic for a helicopter service. Three or four 12 hour shifts a week for an in-hospital code/trauma team member. Thankfully I have backup at the hospital so when it's slow I take a pager and walk across the street to swim, run, or lift weights. I back-up my partners when they want to go eat a real lunch or go buy their chewing tobacco...... I usually bike very early in the morning on the trainer. I watch virtually no T.V. and I have no social life outside of BT, training/racing partners, and the gym. 

Instead of training after work you may have to bite the bullet and get up at 4:00 am and train (you can become a member of "Club 4:30" here on BT just by showing up..... If you plan to do a 1/2 IM, find a training plan and start plugging those workouts into a weekly schedule that includes work and your other committments. You must plug your training into the big picture to get it done. Good luck!

I am a small animal veterinarian.  My husband and I also own an 140 acre farm where we raise grain crops, vegetables and chickens.   I work 4 1/2 days a week as a veterinarian and am on call for emergencies every other week.  Also, emergencies can come in any hour of the working day as well.  Sometimes I work out before work, sometimes at lunch, sometimes right after work and sometimes late in the evening.  There is no way with my job that I could ever follow a set workout schedule.  

Every evening I think about when I can fit in a workout the following day.  I always try to come up with a plan A and a plan B.  That way if I plan to get out and ride the bike at lunch, but can't due to having to suture up a dog that got hit by a car, then maybe I'll go for a long walk or workout on the Nordic Track at home later in the evening.  The key for me is to be flexible.  I know that with my current lifestyle though, I would never have enough time to train for a half or full IM.  That's ok with me.  I am doing this for fitness and to learn some new skills.  I am just happy that I have consistently been able to workout 5-6 days a week.

Diane

Portrait and fine art photographer. 

My bread and butter is corporate communications and public relations photography. 

Finishing my residency in Internal Medicine in three GLORIOUS months. 

Yes, I'm a doctor.  Yes, that's very scary for all of you.

RN geriatric specialist/charge nurse in a 320 bed LTC facility & bargaining unit president of our union, recently posted to straight day shift 0630-1430 to accomodate union work; works out great since i'm not a morning person, I can get home early in the day (2 minute walk to my house) and can get in alot of training before daylight wanes. 

Wife is also an RN and we are in the middle of renovating a Victoian manor into a B&B (which I believe is turning into another full time job), so our lives are pretty hectic (at least that's my excuse when skipping workouts)