2009 races?

[ginny]

alpine: don't tempt me! That sounds fun

[crazycanuck]

If you'd like a sporting vacation, you can always come down to Australia & do some events.

There's a 1/2 IM in May 09 on a very flat & beautiful course in Busselton here in Western Australia. December is normally when the IM is held

[eclectic]

Now THAT would be a vacation Alpine and crazy canuck!

I want to do the Fargo 1/2 marathon in May and the Bismarck Tri in June (we shall see how running and training go. I may shoot for the Oly distance this year. We have the state prairie rose games in July but I don't know if I will swim or do a tri this year

[HillSlugger]

I've been looking and planning next year's schedule for many weeks now. The only thing that's locked in so far is that I'll be doing the swim as part of an Iron Girl relay team. 7Rider will do the bike and I recruited a runner from Beginner Triathlete. In addition to this I'm planning on 2 or 3 sprints and my first olympic.

[Urlea]

Okay this is what 2009 looks like for us...

Chain of Lakes Triathlon May 2 Alexandria
Fargo Marathon (full) May 9 Fargo (duh)
Liberty Triathlon (HIM distance) June 13 Independence (iffy)
Graniteman Triathlon July 12 St. Cloud
Chisago (HIM) July 26 Chisago Lakes
Northwoods Triathlon August 8 Nevis
*Young Life Triathlon (Olympic) August 15 Detroit Lakes
Lakes Country Triathlon August 23 Baxter
****-Beardsley 1/2 September Detroit Lakes
Burrito Union (10hr. Tri) September 12 Superior,Wi

There are a few races we may have to drop in there for recovery time from other tris and my work schedule. (Unfortunately tris are on wknds. just like weddings & I'm a wedding photographer)

I'm leaning toward the Chisago 70.3 instead of the Liberty because it's later in the season and I will have more time to get some solid training in before it. We'll probably only do one of those and shoot for as many Olympic distances amonst the other tris as possible.

Really hoping to make the Burrito Union. It's as many sprint distances you can fit into 5 or 10hrs. You just do the loop over and over. And the run portion is a trail-run. Woohoo!

Okay, I'm going to ignore that list for the rest of the day. It looks a little crazy at this point. lol.

[HillSlugger]

I've been looking and planning next year's schedule for many weeks now. The only thing that's locked in so far is that I'll be doing the swim as part of an Iron Girl relay team. 7Rider will do the bike and I recruited a runner from Beginner Triathlete. In addition to this I'm planning on 2 or 3 sprints and my first olympic.

This is what I want to do but I need to negotiate with my partner:

Kinetic Sprint Triathlon, May 10
Tour de Cure, 50 miler or metric, June 7
Philly Women's Sprint Triathlon, July 12
North East Olympic Triathlon, August 16
Iron Girl Sprint Triathlon, Relay swimmer, August 23

I'd also consider an April duathlon, another sprint in September or October, or a duathlon in October. I could also sprinkle in a 5k here or there.

[kelownagirl]

If you'd like a sporting vacation, you can always come down to Australia & do some events.

There's a 1/2 IM in May 09 on a very flat & beautiful course in Busselton here in Western Australia. December is normally when the IM is held

Not to mention World's on the Gold Coast....

[kacie tri-ing]

I have the disney marathon in January and the New Orleans Half Ironman in April! DH and I are planning a cross country cycling trip on our own over our summer break (both of us are teachers). That seems like so much, I haven't even thought farther than that!