Men, triathlon and their wive's permission: Excuse.

Shell to Run

Why is it that so many men who compete in triathlon use the excuse of needing their wives permission to train, take part in events?
Almost every man on this forum has at some stage used 'the wife' as a cop out when the reality is us wives do not give a damn!!! If you need an excuse for a crap performance or just simply being lazy then how about thinking of something more original:D:D

If CW gets in to Norseman then I'll be his support if he square it away with my good wife :pac

Trig1 wrote: »

i'd be up for it as long as its not too far away and i dont do the run or the swim and the other half allows me :D:rolleyes:

mossym

Shell to Run wrote: »

when the reality is us wives do not give a damn!!!

ah you're saying that as someone training yourself.

my other half very much gives a damn if i'm around or not. sure who is she going to give out to if i'm gone all the time?

sconhome

I think you'll find in my our house that its a case of each supporting the other in training and racing but also that deference is needed to ensure that a particular race / training / commmitment suits the rest of the household.

May also be a throw back to the old days of 'herself indoors' being the ruler of the roost.

I know if I went home and said: "I'm going to train hard for the next year to do *insert race* and then I'm heading off with the lads on a training camp" I know she'd be a great help packing my bags, permanently!!

tunney

Shell to Run wrote: »

Why is it that so many men who compete in triathlon use the excuse of needing their wives permission to train, take part in events?
Almost every man on this forum has at some stage used 'the wife' as a cop out when the reality is us wives do not give a damn!!! If you need an excuse for a crap performance or just simply being lazy then how about thinking of something more original:D:D

To be honest its more a commentary on the state of the complainers marriage.

Some wives do complain, some wives do kick up a fuss, some wives do use triathlon and training as an excuse to get up on their high horse.

Growing up I always put that type of girl in a specifc bucket labelled "cvnt" and avoided having anything to do with them long term wise.

Some men married "cvnts"

tunney

Shell to Run wrote: »

Why is it that so many men who compete in triathlon use the excuse of needing their wives permission to train, take part in events?
Almost every man on this forum has at some stage used 'the wife' as a cop out when the reality is us wives do not give a damn!!! If you need an excuse for a crap performance or just simply being lazy then how about thinking of something more original:D:D

Devils advocate post:

Some trains <10 hours a week and wife complains = bull**** or cvnt

After that things like number of kids, jobs, working arrangements etc etc can make it valid to complain.

catweazle

Ha good job I didn't answer that comment on Dorys log or I would be blacklisted in Shell to Runs eyes as well

Heres hoping she doesn't go through any of my older posts......gotta go I hear the wife coming up the stairs :eek:

Solobally8

Well I married a saint. Never complains about how our lives are organised around my 14 hr + training weeks, all the time I spend talking, reading, talking, day dreaming, talking about races and training.

Maybe it's because he gets the chance to watch as much sport on TV as he likes while I'm out of his hair

mossym

seriously, kids have a lot to do with it. before we had kids, my wife would have been happy for me to do 20 hours a week, she'd have been off doing something herself. my biggest mistake was i wasn't into all this training back then

after kids though, it's a different matter. it's not the hours you are away, it's the hours they then have to entertain the kids alone. if i could take the kids on some of the training with me i'd say my wife would be happy for me to bump up the hours

Like AKW, i've mentioned at times a (very) long term goal of some day giving IM a shot, at which my wife has made it very clear i'd better get used to looking after myself cause she won't be there for it. I'm at my upper limit for training (which luckily exceeds tunney's cut off point for my wife being a *&^*), and as she is so good about the time i am gone then i don;t push it any more than that. Happy balance

Oryx

Lets face it, any of our partners are pure saints to put up with the excessive training and copious amounts of money some of us throw at our habit.

I think the issue is when you refer to needing permission from your other half as if they were your mammy doling out pocket money!

tunney

I do have friends who get sh1t from their wives and partners about the amount that they train.

"You know they go out with the girls and go shopping more than you train?"

Oryx

I get sh*t about it, I just choose not to mention it here. I think it would be abnormal if it didnt p*ss him off.

tunney

Oryx wrote: »

I get sh*t about it, I just choose not to mention it here. I think it would be abnormal if it didnt p*ss him off.

"Do you want a fat wife/girlfriend/OH or not?"

Oryx

tunney wrote: »

"Do you want a fat wife/girlfriend/OH or not?"

Without getting too personal, yes.

catweazle

tunney wrote: »

"Do you want a fat wife/girlfriend/OH or not?"

Good job Glenda is ok with the training, you cant really use that line

Dory Dory

But I also think some of the "complaining" on boards is literary license for amusement. Or maybe it's just me being amused by it....either way, I factor in the dynamics of the writer and then take the need for permission to be granted with a grain of salt. (how am I doing, cw? )

catweazle

Dory Dory wrote: »

But I also think some of the "complaining" on boards is literary license for amusement. Or maybe it's just me being amused by it....either way, I factor in the dynamics of the writer and then take the need for permission to be granted with a grain of salt. (how am I doing, cw? )

No Dory - I am afraid Mrs C is a bi1ch

Shes just too practical for my liking

"You are going to pay for the flights for you me and the kids, one mother and a bike to one of the most expensive countries in the world, hire a RV for a week and enter a race because you want to win a black t-shirt that you have feck all chance of earning?

The hey baby heres some money go and buy yourself something nice didn't work this time

Ironman UK or Wales for me at this rate :rolleyes:

Dory Dory

catweazle wrote: »

No Dory - I am afraid Mrs C is a bi1ch

Shes just too practical for my liking

"You are going to pay for the flights for you me and the kids, one mother and a bike to one of the most expensive countries in the world, hire a RV for a week and enter a race because you want to win a black t-shirt that you have feck all chance of earning?

The hey baby heres some money go and buy yourself something nice didn't work this time

Ironman UK or Wales for me at this rate :rolleyes:

Wow, cw, I'm so sorry to hear.....that's near spousal abuse if you ask me. I'll light a candle for you.

Oryx

Dory Dory wrote: »

Wow, cw, I'm so sorry to hear.....that's near spousal abuse if you ask me. I'll light a candle for you.

Shiit Dory, you get me every time. Spat at the screen. :P

The big N is overrated anyway cw. Wales is where its at, I hear, and I gorra be honest, getting a car ferry to a race is so damn easy, its got a lot going for it.

tunney

catweazle wrote: »

No Dory - I am afraid Mrs C is a bi1ch

Shes just too practical for my liking

"You are going to pay for the flights for you me and the kids, one mother and a bike to one of the most expensive countries in the world, hire a RV for a week and enter a race because you want to win a black t-shirt that you have feck all chance of earning?

The hey baby heres some money go and buy yourself something nice didn't work this time

Ironman UK or Wales for me at this rate :rolleyes:

"Jimmy John Joe is having a foreign stag. Norway. Only a few days"

catweazle

Oryx wrote: »

Shiit Dory, you get me every time. Spat at the screen. :P

The big N is overrated anyway cw. Wales is where its at, I hear, and I gorra be honest, getting a car ferry to a race is so damn easy, its got a lot going for it.

I hate the Taffies, although Tenby in fairness looks like a great spot

tunney wrote: »

"Jimmy John Joe is having a foreign stag. Norway. Only a few days"

Who goes to Norway on a stag Sir David Attenborough and his mates? Thats just not realistic! Perhaps I will feign interest in Astromony and suggest I have always wanted to see the Northern lights

tunney

catweazle wrote: »

Who goes to Norway on a stag Sir David Attenborough and his mates? Thats just not realistic! Perhaps I will feign interest in Astromony and suggest I have always wanted to see the Northern lights

Play the long game. Make up a Norwegian mate. Talk about him non stop for a few months. Then announce he got engaged, then the stag. Then they split up.

bryangiggsy

You have married a saint if you have full time jobs kids under the age of 7 and can still train 10 times a week imo. Jobs have a lot to do with it as well. If u work long hours in a inflexible job that is going to play a role as well. My wife turned 40 today and im in lanzarote training. She is a saint.

sconhome

bryangiggsy wrote: »

You have married a saint if you have full time jobs kids under the age of 7 and can still train 10 times a week imo. Jobs have a lot to do with it as well. If u work long hours in a inflexible job that is going to play a role as well. My wife turned 40 today and im in lanzarote training. She is a saint.

If I did that on my wife's 40th I'd be single!!

MaryB30

I don't know if its reverse psychology or what. But I get suggested races to go to, and surrounding accommodation for other half and 3 kids!!!! All presented in folder form, like I accidently went into a travel agent accidently on my way home.

Also told it was cheaper when I was on the drink and ciggies.

Anyway everything is AOK as long a we bring the Entourage. €€€€€€€€€€

mossym

MaryB30 wrote: »

Anyway everything is AOK as long a we bring the Entourage. €€€€€€€€€€

that was pretty much my OH's exact response when i told her i wanted to do a race in lanzarote last november.

told her i was doing kilkee this year and not so much. go figure

hf4z6sqo7vjngi

Having played poker semi pro for a few years and being away every weekend around Europe i don't think the missus minds me doing a bit of training instead:)

I picked a good un.

tunney

A wise man once said "if you OH isn't complaining then you aren't doing enough"

Shell to Run

OK so there I am usual Tuesday night track session, two 'husbands' having a chat about what races they hope to do this year and guess what - one of them hopes to do Limerick marathon, thats if he gets the go ahead from the cvnt!!!!:eek:

shotgunmcos

When does the 'want to escape train 20 hours' kick in? I'm a recent addition to the husband tribe and have never been fatter...

Shell to Run

catweazle wrote: »

Heres hoping she doesn't go through any of my older posts......gotta go I hear the wife coming up the stairs :eek:

Very interseting serach in your log.............

catweazle wrote:

So the long and short of it - I have permission to race more as even the missus thought 3 races in a year was pretty pathetic.

catweazle wrote:

Some of us have to work!! However, I will be at TriBugh* *currently outline planning permission is granted, but possible it could be rescinded.

catweazle wrote:

An Ironman is still "hoped" for but I have to be careful with it, I still have the permission as I don't think Mrs C has really grasped how much this will cost.

Need I say more:pac:

Dory Dory

Shell to Run wrote: »

Very interseting serach in your log.............




Need I say more:pac:

<lights second candle.....>

sconhome

Dory Dory wrote: »

<lights second candle.....>

Its a novena he needs not fecking candles

pgibbo

AKW wrote: »

Its a novena he needs not fecking candles

He just missed it 2 weeks ago :pac: We'll send him in 2015. He was a regular there back in the day - great craic after school and always loadsa talent there too

ronanmac

Shell to Run wrote: »

Very interseting serach in your log.............


Originally Posted by catweazle
Some of us have to work!! However, I will be at TriBugh* *currently outline planning permission is granted, but possible it could be rescinded.


Need I say more:pac:

"Currently outline planning permission is granted..." possibly my favourite line from years of entertaining catweazle logs!

bryangiggsy

bryangiggsy wrote: »

You have married a saint if you have full time jobs kids under the age of 7 and can still train 10 times a week imo. Jobs have a lot to do with it as well. If u work long hours in a inflexible job that is going to play a role as well. My wife turned 40 today and im in lanzarote training. She is a saint.

Just thinking about the training a bit more for me i dont think i would get an easy ride if i wasn't doing 4/5 sessions a week at 6am and 2/3 during lunch.

RacoonQueen

bryangiggsy wrote: »

Just thinking about the training a bit more for me i dont think i would get an easy ride if i wasn't doing 4/5 sessions a week at 6am and 2/3 during lunch.

I doubt any guy would, particuarly one with kids and especially at weekends.

mloc123

When I trained properly my wife never complained, she would go to races with me etc...

However, I felt bad. Every Saturday I was heading out and leaving her alone for 5hrs while I cycled... and then the next day when I was out for 2hrs running. We had to plan trips away around races and training, training and racing dictated both our lives.... it shouldn't.

It is not an issue anymore as I don't train.

tunney

mloc123 wrote: »

When I trained properly my wife never complained, she would go to races with me etc...

However, I felt bad. Every Saturday I was heading out and leaving her alone for 5hrs while I cycled... and then the next day when I was out for 2hrs running. We had to plan trips away around races and training, training and racing dictated both our lives.... it shouldn't.

It is not an issue anymore as I don't train.

Frankfurt will hurt then

mloc123

tunney wrote: »

Frankfurt will hurt then

Aye. It will hurt regardless... it will just hurt for longer I guess.

sconhome

mloc123 wrote: »

When I trained properly my wife never complained, she would go to races with me etc...

Qualifying question here...

*gives the pot another stir*

Aren't you recently married? So back when you were dating she put up with it, now, however......

mloc123

AKW wrote: »

Qualifying question here...

*gives the pot another stir*

Aren't you recently married? So back when you were dating she put up with it, now, however......

I stopped training long before I was married