2011 Race Season

[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.

[Bike Chick]

IF I get the tendonitis in my foot healed I am planning a half marathon in Memphis (12/10) and Champaign (5/11).

I want to push my distance and do at least one Olympic and conquer the open water swim!

[JennK13]

You all have me feeling like a total slacker!!!
This being my first year competing, the tri I do in October will be the 4th of the season.
For 2011, I'm looking at bettering my times all the way around, and a race a month from May to October sounds good. The longest I've done was a Sprint, and an Olympic distance sounds doable (not even looking up HIM online much less thinking about them!!)
I'm not much of a runner other than to finish a tri, so a couple of 5ks at the beginning of the year will probably happen.

[HillSlugger]

You all have me feeling like a total slacker!!!
This being my first year competing, the tri I do in October will be the 4th of the season.

Although I had contemplated what I might like to do next year, I really had no intention of actually planning anything until after Jan1, but one local race group likes to open their registration WAY ahead of the race dates and they tend to fill up very quickly. So, it was register now or don't race for the Columbia Oly.

[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.

[kacie tri-ing]

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

YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! So exciting!!!!!!!!!!!

[colby]

YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! So exciting!!!!!!!!!!!

I have mixed feelings. It will be my first attempt at a two-Ironman season, but Florida is a nice flat race so it won't be as challenging as Coeur d'Alene anyway. The weather also wasn't bad, and I guess I'd rather travel to Florida than Arizona (though Florida has more humidity risk, Arizona can get windy). I'll likely switch my Thanksgiving 2011 marathon to an "in recovery" half marathon (3 weeks post IMFL another marathon would be entirely too ambitious).

I'm amazed at how long it took to sell out - I read that it just sold out a couple of hours ago.

[sfa]

I've decided no more triathlons for me--I hate the swimming that much.

So instead a friend and I are going to do the Great Greenbrier River Race Triathlon next year: 3 miles running, 4 miles flat kayaking, 10 miles cycling (run and bike are both on a rail-trail). Should be a fun day!

Now I just need to learn how to kayak. Well, I can move myself forward in a kayak, but I've never actually gotten started in one by myself before--there's always the rental guy helping set me up and push me off!

Sarah