Also in the 7-8 range. I try to be in bed at 9 or 930 and I get up at 530 on week days and 630 on weekends. On the weekends I try to take naps during the day... anywhere from 30mins to 3 hours.

I'd love to get 8 hours or more of sleep per night but throw in work, commutes, family commitments and then trying to train and I end up with 6 hours on average. It results in lots of coffee breaks but I don't see any other way to keep the above noted priorities. By Thurs and Friday that commute home is tough however. Weekends = naps.

I'm usually in the 6-6.5 range, which is a huge improvement from the 5 I got in college so I usually feel well rested...although your timing of this question is horrible. I was up late helping my fiance finish her finals paper/presentation and got about 5 hours (including oversleeping my alarms) and was unable to make coffee before leaving for work...thanks for reminding me what I missed out on. I didn't realize once I got used to getting more sleep...it'd be near impossible to scale it down again at all

I am not married, do not have children, and I basically work 9-5 and even I don't manage to get 8 hours of sleep every night, so I can't imagine most of the other trifuelers do either! It's pretty unbelieveable that you guys who work more than I do and have families manage to train as hard as you do. It's impressive.

I am in good shape if I get 7 hours. 6 is doable. Anything less than 6 and something's gotta give...I'm either worthless at the office after lunch or end up sleeping through my morning workout the next day.

On weekends I usually nap for a couple of hours after a long workout (e.g. 60+ mile ride, 12+ mile run).

Correct!

(congrats, by the way)

HAHA. That's awesome. I can just see you: "Water or Gatorade? Water or Gatorade?". Thanks all for the congratulations.

I typically get 8 and 7 on only a few days a week. Sleep is really important to me so I make it a priority. I am not the kind of person who can run on only 5-6 hours.
Every minute of my day is planned so it's efficient and productive so that I can get to bed by 9pm if I'm waking at 5am the next day to workout before work.

During my lunch at work I'll actually take a nap in my car and set my travel alarm to give me a bonus 30-45min. Sometimes I'm a little confused when I wake up, but it's nice to fall asleep.

in bed at 10p usually, my days to sleep in are Monday and Saturday...other days, i'm up at 5am

so, 7-8hrs for me

7-8 hrs for me too, it's hard to get to bed by 9, but I try to get the kids to sleep by 8, then have "quality time" with my husband, and off to bed I go, then wake up around 4:30. I get a good nap on Saturday and then I can stay up "late" Sat. night (that's 10- 10:30).
Congrats, ChunkyB- start building the aerotryke!

I'm thinking TdF 2015.

I don't know what's a funnier thought, the image of chunky rolling down on the aerotryke mark II, or his actually being really good at it and FLYING past the competition... Vrrrrrmmmm!!!!

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Now explain to me what this 'nap' thing is. It sounds good.
I am lucky if I can squeeze in a short nap maybe a couple of times a year.

I function on 7-8, but I prefer 10. I nap on the weekends too. It all depends on work and travel - and the amount of daylight. I'm sure fellow northerners can agree, it's hard to close up shop when the sun is still out. I find myself out running at 9.30, or playing with the horses and forget what time it is.

Chunky B, they won't know what hit them? I think the pink cape will give you away! Who's starting the fan club? Count me in.

I work mon, tues, thurs, fri, sat, from 5am-2pm, so i usually get 6-7 hours those nights+45 min every day at lunch on the weekends i usually get 8 with a 1-2 hour nap at some point during the day

I must be the abnormal one of the group. Married, one kid, work, commute etc etc, but I go to bed when my kid goes to bed @ 8-8:30 and rise at 6:00am. Swim three times a week after 6, go to work, use my extended lunch hour (or two) to get my workouts in and use Friday afternoons to do my long rides.

Must confess my commute is 15 minutes, 2 minutes to the pool and my boss is more dedicated to tri's than I am. LOL.

Does anyone get restless leg syndrome from training? I'm usually ok unless I do hill repeats or track/time trials in the evening. Then my legs wake me up twitching. Melatonin(sp?) and Magnesium/Calcium will sometimes prevent it but not always.

I get about 7.5 hours of sleep a night (9:30-5). I can't sleep any longer than that unless it's right after a race or a really brutal workout.

Ah, for the days I could not sleep for a week, take a nap, and be fine. Even not so long ago I could manage on 2 hours after drinking all night and be fresh as a daisy. Darn healthy lifestyle has pretty much killed my chances of an unhealthy lifestyle :-)