"Triathlon is a time to focus in and cut myself off (from the world) and rely only on myself," Waters said.
"It's hard to do that and open yourself up to someone at the same time. It conflicts, and it's hard to do both."

To be good at a particular thing...sports, sciences, carreer, art...sometimes require some degree of sacrifice.
The key I think is to have the blessing of being able to do what we love,being happy without harming no one.

As a regular age grouper this doesn´t apply to me.
And besides I train and race with my wife.

"I don't have time for dates. I try, but I haven't found anyone that's more important to me than that little piece of paper with my workout schedule on it," he said.

Can you say, L-O-S-E-R! What comes to mind is that classic SNL skit with William Shatner speaking to all those nerds at a Star Trek convention. "Look at you people. Have you ever even kissed a girl?"

I'm happy to be in a relationship. And I'm lucky that it is with a very good triathlete. Some workouts overlap, some don't. It works very well... although I will admit it is a good thing we live together since otherwise we'd rarely see each other with working an hour apart!

It can be hard to do both, but definitely worth it if you meet a good one! ;)

I think there's an important difference between dating and a relationship. I agree with him in some ways and agree with the rest of you in others. I wouldn't mind being in a relationship but to go through the dating scene is a whole other story. When I'm thinking about going on a date I have to weigh whether this guy will be worth staying up late and possibly missing a morning workout. Training for IM you have to make sacrifices all the time and I'd rather sacrifice spending time with someone new rather than with my friends who I sometimes have to neglect. Now if there's someone who crosses my path, great. But until that time, I go to bed at 10 and get up at 5:30. I guess there's always lunch ;)

my girl friends name is TTX she is the only good ride i can find but its always over with too fast.

I've been out more times in the past 3 weeks of being injured and unable to do anything than I have in the last 3 months! Save dating to when you're injured...

Look... there is always a balance. We have to sacrifice a portion of our lives at least somewhat in training for the type of racing we do. However our sacrifice can't be everything. The sport is cool and all but come on now it's not everything... Who the hell wants to be an triathlete and just a triathlete, not a lover, or a student, or some one else's friend? If you want to be anything other then just a Triathete then Triathlons can't be your whole world.