What male swimmers would you want to be the wife of and why?

I have to say I agree with (S)he-Puff. I don't see how you can have two fanatic athletes in one family. If you add kids in there, it's even harder. Absolutely much harder to do. I was a "casually competitive" masters' swimmer until this fall, when I then tried to pick up the intensity. For last last ~8 years, my wife has been the intense athlete in our family, focusing primarily on half marathons. Scheduling our workouts (we have three kids) became a daily/weekly negotiation. I think we've reached a good balance now -- trying to time our "big events" differently so that the person focusing on a major event can take "priority" somewhat as that event approaches -- but it's still something we have to consciously think/discuss every weekend for the week ahead. I have to offer the other point of view. My wife and I compete in nearly everything together (except running events, where I can't). That means we train together, share goals and ideas, and have common motivations. ... There is never an issue that I have to go bowling or she has to go shopping and we don't have different ideas about vacations (they ALWAYS must revolve around our training goals) - we always do things together. As a result, we've developed the same deep love of food, beer and wine. We've been married since 1966. Way cool and Cheers! :chug: My wife and I don't compete in the same events, but we have started to build "event travel" into our family vacations. This year, for example, our major vacation was a safari in Kenya that ended with a half marathon in a game reserve. We then did a weekend trip to the La Jolla Rough Water swim where I and my two oldest daughters all swam. As for training, we never trained together until she convinced me to do some core classes this fall at our gym. Now, at least once a week, we have a "core date." Not sure I'd like to be married to a fellow swimmer though. Think perhaps different sports are better. Yeah, different sports are better ... plus, we swimmers are a weird kind of bunch. I need someone whose brain is not pickled by chlorine to balance me out.

I have to say I agree with (S)he-Puff. I don't see how you can have two fanatic athletes in one family. If you add kids in there, it's even harder. Absolutely much harder to do. I was a "casually competitive" masters' swimmer until this fall, when I then tried to pick up the intensity. For last last ~8 years, my wife has been the intense athlete in our family, focusing primarily on half marathons. Scheduling our workouts (we have three kids) became a daily/weekly negotiation. I think we've reached a good balance now -- trying to time our "big events" differently so that the person focusing on a major event can take "priority" somewhat as that event approaches -- but it's still something we have to consciously think/discuss every weekend for the week ahead. I have to offer the other point of view. My wife and I compete in nearly everything together (except running events, where I can't). That means we train together, share goals and ideas, and have common motivations. ... There is never an issue that I have to go bowling or she has to go shopping and we don't have different ideas about vacations (they ALWAYS must revolve around our training goals) - we always do things together. As a result, we've developed the same deep love of food, beer and wine. We've been married since 1966. Way cool and Cheers! :chug: My wife and I don't compete in the same events, but we have started to build "event travel" into our family vacations. This year, for example, our major vacation was a safari in Kenya that ended with a half marathon in a game reserve. We then did a weekend trip to the La Jolla Rough Water swim where I and my two oldest daughters all swam. As for training, we never trained together until she convinced me to do some core classes this fall at our gym. Now, at least once a week, we have a "core date." Not sure I'd like to be married to a fellow swimmer though. Think perhaps different sports are better. Yeah, different sports are better ... plus, we swimmers are a weird kind of bunch. I need someone whose brain is not pickled by chlorine to balance me out.