How Many races this year? How many miles? How much $?

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Just for kicks I compiled some stats. I would be interested to see what others did. My biggest take away is that I had no idea I spent so much on race entry fees.

30 races

$1027.80 in entry fees (ouch), plus another $122.00 in license costs (USAT, USCF, USATF and USCAA)

Most expensive: Timberman $145.00, Good deal.

Cheapest: 3 were free, (one comped entry to a tri, $55.00 value, two my company paid for)

12 run only

1 snow shoe

2 duathlons

8 triathlons

7 bike only

320 run miles raced

418 bike miles raced

7500 swim meters raced

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34 races with 4 or 5 races to go.

Mostly Du’s, with a smatering of cycling & running races

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4 races so far. 2 Ironmans and 2 olympic distance tris. May do some running races at the end of the year 1/2 marathon and maybe some 5ks for fun.

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2- 5K’s
1-10K
2- 1/2 Mary’s
2 1/2 IM’s
1-5K swim
1-15K

All but 2 were in-town with no hotel stay.
The rest were out of town races with an average of 2-3 night stay for 3.

I’m not a camper.
I like my cable TV and room service.

Entry Fees,Food,Gas ,Expo expenses…shit adds up.

Worth every penny : )

I can only imagine how much IMNZ in 07 will set me back.

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5K= Turkey Trot coming soon

10k=2 and one upcoming (one in The Hague, that was cool)

1/2 marathon= 1 and 1 upcoming

relay (three legs)=1

century ride=1

duathlon=2

tri=4

IMCDA

I have no idea how much money I spent, IM kind of breaks the bank. Close to $1500 perhaps?

Better than sitting on the couch eating Cheetos.

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18 races/events so far, two to go

4 Duathlons 5k 30k 5k $170

1 Bike Criterium $35

2 Bike TT $55

5 5k run races $80

2 10K run races $38

$ 60 for license

~ $500 for motels and driving expenses

2 Arm wrestling tournaments $35

2 5K running races to go $45
.

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well I don’t have that much detail but…

3 sprints $190

2 OD local races $200

Honu Half Ironman $175 + $250 travel

Wildflower short course $75 + $350 traveling $$$ (camped)

Local Xterra race $75

Xterra Local race in FL $75 (on family trip thank god)

Xterra Temecula $95 + $350 traveling $$$ (camped)

Xterra Richmond $95 + $700 traveling $$$ (crap…)

Xterra Tahoe $95 + $700 traveling $$$ (crap again…)

Xterra Worlds $125 + $400 travel $$$

Age Group Worlds $300

Total $$$=4250 SHIT!!! Seriously I had no idea how much money I’d spent. I run, well attempt to run, my own graphics design company along with school and a part time job and wondered why I’m still living month to month… This answers that question;)

Definetely not traveling that much next year! Thank god I turned down that Kona slot, that would have pushed me over $5K…

crap, this thread sucks big time, I’m in a bad mood now. My new tagline is going to be

"ignorance is bliss"

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“ignorance is bliss”

Oh yes it is! All but the January half involved travel out of town.

Jan: Half Marathon in SF

Mar: IM NZ (plus cost of trip to NZ); Ralph’s HIM to spectate (tied in with work trip, so limited costs)

Apr: Ice Breaker sprint tri; IM AZ to spectate (free airplane ticket though)

May: Wildflower HIM; Auburn Tri/no, Du

Jun: 10K run; San Jose Intl. Tri

Jul: 10k run; Tri for Fun sprint tri; Half Vineman HIM

Aug: Barb’s Race HIM; Tour of Napa Century

Sep: Auburn Century

Oct: IM Kona (plus cost of trip to HI)

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hi tai

i’m signed up for honu '06 and noticed you only paid $250 for travel? how is this possible? i pulled up honuhalfironman.com and the hotel at mauna lani is $200 for one night only without airfare! did you score some secret package deal man?

cyclisto

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9 triathlons: 2 free $700 (including the $85 for the canceled AG championships)

1 aquabike: 145

4 bike races: 1 free $60 for other 3

1 running race: 20

$925 entry fees. I don’t even want to add up my travel expenses. Paid $320 alone on flying my bike. Damn American Airlines should give me frequent flier miles for my bike!

Most expensive: AG World Championships $200 (tee shirt sucked)

Cheapest: Saint Anthony’s and Westchester (free via TNT)

Swim (too much like work to figure out)

Bike: 408.1

Run: 45.3

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Hmmm, damn I think I underpriced that one:P

I think we paid around $180 and stayed two nights sharing a room. Borrowed a car and $150 for airfare (I live in the state) so about $330 for the trip. Big hint for next year, don’t stay at the mauna lani, stay at the other one on the same grounds, trying to remember the name. It’s a LOT nicer for the same price.

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For this years season (April to late Nov) I will have done 14 triathlons.

2 x IM (Australia and Kona)

1 x HALF IM

3 x OD

5 x SPRINT

2 x SPRINT off-road tri’s

1 x XTRERRA MAUI

**Entry fees alone US$2,205. **

Please do NOT tell my wife. Hate to think what the travel costs to Australia were for 10 days with 3 of my daughters, then 7 days in Kona at Honu Half with my wife and our 4 daughters .

And…I purchased a new bike a few weeks ago…and am working on a MTB purchase soon…maybe now is not a good time to be talking MTB purchase.

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Yeah the worlds T-shirt really sucked! Sorry if anyone liked it but the RD is even a friend of mine and I still think the shirt was boring and sucked. For that price and that big of an event it should have been a much nicer and more commemorative shirt. It was a funny event, it didn’t really have much of a Hawaii theme to it and the cool stuff they had planned all got cancelled last minute by the ITU…

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Hey Mark, depending on when you buy you are looking for a new bike and what your price range is I might be selling my bike. I’m looking for something super light and almost hardtail like now that my mtn biking skills are almost passable as a mountain biker:) Now if I can only find that Turner Nitrous on Ebay in a size medium, everyone rides larges out there:( I’d love to keep this bike to train on as it’ll handle a lot more types of terrain and is a lot more forgiving but there is no way I’m going to own 2 mountain bikes!