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Saturday, 08 February 2014 00:10

By Brady DeHoust (endurancecorner.com)

Does your life function inside the bubble of the triathlon world or does triathlon fit inside the bubble of your life?

Stripping away everything-triathlon from my world, I’m a husband, father, full-time IT professional, coach, friend, son and brother. If I tried to squeeze and balance those components of my life inside a world dictated by triathlon, I’d lose and my bubble would pop. Triathlon only fits when there’s balance amongst those things that weigh heavier in importance....

Being busy is a choice. When someone asks how things are going, my answer is predominantly, “we’re so busy” -- it’s the truth and it’s a choice. When things get quiet, we tend to look around at each other wondering what to do or what is wrong; it just doesn’t seem right. Going from one place to the next and managing a dynamic schedule can create stress, but we have mechanisms in place to cope with the stress and move forward.

If we simply operated every day on only the things that we needed to do for ourselves, we’d crash and burn. Being helpful when the “normal flow” is broken -- without angst -- is important. We also invest in teaching our kids ways to be helpful; things that they can do with a small bit of training to contribute to our standard routine. READ MORE