I sometimes think this when I watch the Isle of Man TT races (which, incidentally, happen later this month). At least one of the top riders is a family man, he

I sometimes think this when I watch the Isle of Man TT races (which, incidentally, happen later this month). At least one of the top riders is a family man, he brings his wife and kids to the island every year. There is an excellent documentary about the races [0] which I highly recommend. The wives of these people seem very accepting of what they do. The bereaved wife of a TT racer is featured quite prominently in that film. She is very philosophical about the whole thing, basically saying that his obsession was so great that it wouldn't have been reasonable to ask him to stop. [0] http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1698010/ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1698010/