Quote Originally Posted by Tri Girl View Post
VERY cool dream!!!

IMFL would be nice, but you could also try IMLP. It's late July, so you could do most of your training starting in January. OR.... you could just do an iron distance race that's not an M Dot race sometime else in the late summer/early fall (ahem... Redman in OKC... ).
There is also the Great Floridian (had a friend that did that one and he liked it), IMWI (in Madison in early Sept), Chesapeake Man in Maryland (Sept.29), or even the Tri One O One race in the Woodlands on Nov. 11 (101.06 mile race- a new series this year).
I totally understand if you have your heart set on an M Dot, but there are LOTS of other options for iron distance if you can't get into an M Dot.

Awesome, dream!!!!
Well, I am back to considering the Redman as my first IM. I figure do 1 IM, work out the kinks... then do my second one as an M Dot race and be ready for it.

It's just so hard to figure it all out... when you have to register for an M Dot race 1 year in advance. I do know that I can't train Nov/Dec/Jan/Feb. I'm just too much of a weather whimp.

I saw the Tri 101 race in Houston... but if I'm going the distance, I am going the FULL distance.

IMLP- that's in NY right? No way. Too far away and it sounds cold.

I think IMFL would be my best bet. Although I would probably need to go watch/volunteer so I could register at the site. I heard for some of the IM's, when people register at the site, they line up a day ahead of time and camp out. UGH.