2011 Race Season

[sjane]

I did my first sprint this August and am planning either two sprints next year or a sprint and an Oly, along with several races between 5K and HM.

[Tri Girl]

Sounds good, ladies!

Next year I'm doing another IM. It's been 4 years and I feel like I need to prove to myself that I'm not a "one hit wonder."
Other than that, just a few small tris leading up, and then another 24 hour running race in the fall.

[sgf726]

I haven't really planned out my season yet but my goals for next year are:

Run my first marathon - hopefully Boston in April.

Complete my 1st HIM - Have not picked a race yet - looking at Providence 70.3 in July or a race in upstate NY the same weekend.

I like to try and do a race per month in the summer so probably a spring in May and June the HIM in July then an OLY either August or Sept (or both)

[HillSlugger]

I've already registered for a triathlon in May 2011! It's the Columbia Triathlon and will be my first Oly (I failed to do my first Oly last year when I got Achilles tendinitis). I was planning to do an Oly next year but I wasn't planning to do one so early in the season, nor one so challenging!

The Oly I was planning on is in August and will be my A race for the year.

I'll start off the season with a sprint in May, 2 weeks before Columbia, and I'll end with a sprint at the beach when we're at our timeshare on September. I have no idea yet what I might do in June or July beyond my Tour de Cure ride in early June.

[katluvr]

Well I still want to try my second tri. Not sure of schedule. Have a few running races planned: Gasparilla 15k & Peachtree road race."A" race is Pikes Peak Ascent in Aug.
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[colby]

Fall 2010 - marathon (90% likely to be the Seattle Marathon)

Spring 2011 - varying half marathons and shorter distances, and self-made semi-triathlons
June 2011 - IM CdA
July 2011 - Considering doing the Seattle to Portland (200mi ride)
Remainder of summer 2011 - varying olympic and sprint distance races

Not really anything different than I've done. I may look for a HIM for fall, if I can find something that fits the bill. I don't think I'm interested in back to back Ironman races, though Florida sounds nice (but I think it's pretty difficult to get into).

[rocknrollgirl]

I had such a great season this year that I am going to repeat. I did a race a month from April through September, with some bike races thrown in on off weekends.

I did
2 road Oly
1 road du
2 Xterra Short course
1 Xterra long course....which was just about equal to a HIM with a finish time of 5:13. And I made the podium with that time. People were on the course for 7 hours.

Fall-three trail runnng races

I have an improved time goal for each race for next year. We have plans to travel more next summer, and I know that can travel and handle this training schedule.

[colby]

Fall 2010 - marathon (90% likely to be the Seattle Marathon)

Spring 2011 - varying half marathons and shorter distances, and self-made semi-triathlons
June 2011 - IM CdA
July 2011 - Considering doing the Seattle to Portland (200mi ride)
Remainder of summer 2011 - varying olympic and sprint distance races

Not really anything different than I've done. I may look for a HIM for fall, if I can find something that fits the bill. I don't think I'm interested in back to back Ironman races, though Florida sounds nice (but I think it's pretty difficult to get into).

Here I am to eat my words.... I just signed up for Ironman Florida 2011.

[JuneHawk]

I haven't really planned out my season yet but my goals for next year are:

Run my first marathon - hopefully Boston in April.

Complete my 1st HIM - Have not picked a race yet - looking at Providence 70.3 in July or a race in upstate NY the same weekend.

I like to try and do a race per month in the summer so probably a spring in May and June the HIM in July then an OLY either August or Sept (or both)

I am pretty sure that Boston cannot be a 1st marathon since you have qualify to even run it. Sorry to be the bearer of bad news!

[sgf726]

Actually there are a number of charity spots available for Boston which don't require time qualification. I am hoping to run either for Dana Farber or Team-in-Training.