GETTING OTHERS MOTIVATED

How many of you hear this..."thats looks so cool I would love to do a triathlon sometime", then you ask then to start training with you, knowing the person has the time and on come the excuses. When I hear the excuses I ask them what T.V. shows they watched and for how long. I am sick of trying to motivate couch potatoes. I live in Topeka, if anybody wants somebody to train with let me know. I work at night so I train from around noon to 3 p.m. I know thats hard for many people but if someone is out there let me know.