Anyone here have a bigger 'hobby/interest' than triathlon? (Page 5)

I don't have kids, but my hunting and training are the same way.  I LOVE bow hunting, but I hunt public land so I have to spend a lot more of the year scouting and finding the right spot!  I now have my workouts organized for the week days and at least one full day on the weekend is dedicated to putting one down if I'm lucky..

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I really enjoy rock crawling the jeep whenever I can, which can be tough in the northeast. 

Tri is probably my biggest hobby right now, but before Tri I was big time into Building and Flying RC Airplanes.

I would put shooting/gun collecting as my second hobby right now.

like i said im jaded but i will list all my hobbies past and present...

- model trains

- amature rocketry ( 2 stage g & h motor combo)

- street racing (had a 94 stealth tt 420 awhp)

- skiing

- car audio (2 memphis 15"s 154db spl) / home audio

- dj-ing electronic music

- food and wine, cooking

- hockey, soccer

- fishing

- gardening

want to get into xc skking, surfing

photography,  and just running without worrying about logging anything or training plans

My "recurring" interest have been:

flying-off and on pursuing my instrument rating-mostly off now-med expired, not current

Model Railroading-recently let it go and sold out-can't see well enough for N-Scale anymore, will move up

Woodworking-furniture building. This works out nicely for me lately and I get to build things for family members as well as work around the house

Have dabbled in archery hope to try bow hunting, in years past some small game hunting-dove, quail, pheasant

gardening, rabbits (none currently), chickens (eggs)-I once set out to see how much of our food needs I could meet out of my own backyard and still keep a job-moderate success, I think I could feed us in a pinch but it might get a little old.

Right now my focus has been on trying to get a small start-up business off the ground and keep some kind of consistent workout schedule.

So nice to see such a variety of hobbies and interests here.

I've been a classical pianist since I was a wee lass, and I still play and perform today, so that's one big hobby.

My other big hobby is motorcycling. Nice to see other motorcycle enthusiasts here, and...am I the only female rider? I ride a 2007 Ducati Monster and I used to ride a 2001 Kawasaki Ninja EX250, and before that, a wee Yamaha dirt bike.

Competitive Volleyball

Men's 2-man, 3-man, Coed Quads

I'm a female rider, and I saw at least one other in this thread.  I ride a 2006 Triumph Bonneville.  I grew up on the back of my Dad's Norton...I like the look of the old British bikes.  Before my Bonnie I rode a Honda Rebel 250.  Tiny little thing but was fantastic around town.  I even rode it 900 miles across the midwest (and my butt was numb for days...).

DROOOL!!!!  All this talk of Monsters, Bonnevilles and Nortons all my wife will agree to is a Vespa    Love the Old school Norton Commando's!

My wife rides, now if I could only get her into doing tri's!  She runs some, and bikes, but hates swimming because she gets cold too easily, even in what I think most would consider too warm of a pool.  Off topic I know but, any tips to help with that would be greatly appreciated.

My cousin lives in Key Largo! They have a fun half marathon in November down there that I will definitely go do again. I love visiting the Keys.

Cool hobbies all around.

I saw someone on this thread (Chuckyhead?) is sponsored in racquetball.  That was my sport prior to triathlon.  I started at 14 and eventually was picked up by Ektelon then Kennex.  Still have all my Kennex stuff in the closet, but don't play much.  The last two places I've lived the racquetball "scene" has been dead with courts being converted to dreadful spin class rooms (which I now appreciate).  Played a ton in South Carolina and was competitive at the open level as well.  Also picked up squash along the way and enjoy both equally, but rarely play either.

Also am an avid drummer.  This stems from an early love for Rush.  I played in a band in my South Carolina days many moons ago, but now the kit is relegated to the garage next to my pain cave.  Wound up building my own set of electronic drums (akin to Roland set) when I started having kids so that I could play through headphones.  This has worked great and saved me a ton of money.  Its a great stress reliever to bang out some tunes after a tough day at the office.

Projects.

I take on a new "hobby" ever few years and learn all about it , and then move on.  However I always circle back to woodworking when I get the itch to build.  Right now I a building a 4 foot long hallway runner table.    I am a little rusty, though.  my tenons are a little sloppy.

Training was low this week because of the table, so that must be my competing hobby, right?

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Hang gliding.  I also fly Paragliders.  But these days, I'm putting a lot more time into tri training.  Not sure if that's actually doing a sport, or really just staying fit and healthy.  Somewhere in between.