Just curious as to your opinions. From what you have seen and who you know?
uh oh
did you spend too much time training and get kicked out?!
At least you’ll get to race Pumpkinman now…
Ironmans, like any other type of hobby that requires A LOT of your personal time, necessitates a heart-to-heart discussion BEFORE signing up for such an event. I don’t necessarily believe divorce rates would be any higher, although I could see how this could be the straw that broke the proverbial camel’s back.
If you say “rate” that implies a denominator. I guess it depends on how you count “divorce rate” and operationalize it. On the whole, triathletes are richer, whiter, more apt to live in places like CA and FL and a bit older than the rest of the American population (not sure if you want to restrict to America) and I suspect “Ironmen” are yet still more wealthy.
You’d need to control for these factors first and see if these “ironmen” have a higher divorce rate (which in itself needs to be explained) than similar people.
Tough one to measure. It’s even tough to place people in or out of the group “ironmen” if you think about it.
small sample size but I would say that that it seems lower in the groups I know/train with…most seem to find a balance (that tips in different directions different times of year) between family, work and sport and my guess is that we are all too busy in what free time we have training to have affairs which is what seems to mess up more of the marriages I have seen go south…
swimming, cycling, running, eating, working, sleeping … “time is running out” like the song…it’s complicated 
Think it depends on the marriage and what works. In some cases I imagine that triathlon training helps the marriage. In some cases because it is an activity for the husband and wife to do together. In other cases it might help because it keep one out of the hair of the other. I have seen so many different types of marriages. Many I don’t understand how they ever work. But if the couple are happy and stay together then they are blessed no matter how unorthadox the relationship seems.
For me it helped my marriage. I am extremely fortunate to have 8 kids and (yes with the same woman) and I have coached most of their sports. I am a very competitive person by nature and began living too much of my life through the success of my children in their sports. It was a gradual thing that got worst over time. I was fortunate that my wife pointed this out to me and triathlons have helped channel my focus on being driven in triathlons instead of too much on my children success in sports. Luckily I also have my work as my other outlet.
I am extremely fortunate to have 8 kids and (yes with the same women)
No offense but having 8 kids has nothing to do with being fortunate. I have 1 kid. Does it make me less fortunate? I do not think so.
As for the divorce rate;
If you are having problems in your marriage obviously the added time commitment of training for an Ironman will not help.
But as I always say, you have to keep things in perspective. If you are not a pro and making a living out of this, training should not take over your life.
I am extremely fortunate to have 8 kids and (yes with the same women)
No offense but having 8 kids has nothing to do with being fortunate. I have 1 kid. Does it make me less fortunate? I do not think so.
Huh?
I am extremely fortunate to have 8 kids and (yes with the same women)
No offense but having 8 kids has nothing to do with being fortunate. I have 1 kid. Does it make me less fortunate? I do not think so.
I was thinking they must be good Catholics
I am extremely fortunate to have 8 kids and (yes with the same women)
No offense but having 8 kids has nothing to do with being fortunate. I have 1 kid. Does it make me less fortunate? I do not think so.
**I was thinking they must be good Catholics **
I was thinking they must have a lot of money.
nah, Cheaper By the Dozen
(In all seriousness, my mom is from a family of 9, and I think it’s WAY cool. EIght kids would be, in many ways, a blessing.)
Depends on how much time you spend on SlowTwitch.
-Jot
Just curious as to your opinions. From what you have seen and who you know?
It’s a myth. Triathlete’s like to think they’re special… including having a higher divorce rate.
Triathlete’s like to think they’re special… including having a higher divorce rate.
I have said this same thing on many different threads and subject matter - this is TRIATHLON, *it has to be different! *
**I **feel fortunate having eight kids. Others would not and I fully appreciate that. It was not a I am better than you. It was I am happy having eight kids. I fully understand the average person probably would not. I am not catholic or for that matter mormon. Me and my wife wanted to have a big family so we did.
This forum consistently has a “judging” other people feeling to it.
Your previous post summed it up perfectly No heed to apologize. Every marriage/family is a bit different in terms of how they work with a deal with things. No judging here.
I think its a wash; triathletes are more narcissistic but they are also well organized and typically very educated, which I would think cancel each other out.
I am extremely fortunate to have 8 kids and (yes with the same women)
No offense but having 8 kids has nothing to do with being fortunate. I have 1 kid. Does it make me less fortunate? I do not think so.
No offense but I think that someone has an inferior complex. He said that he feels fortunate to have 8 kids. He didn’t say that he was more fortunate than those who have less. How can anyone take exceptions to someone saying that they feel that they are fortunate to have 8 kids is beyond me.