It’s crazy. Okay let me re-phrase that. Some of you are crazy.
Seem’s to me that a lot of you have been talking about the tri’s you’ve done so far. Where I live the water is still frigid! Goodness, the weather hasn’t cooparated for me to get much over 700 miles on my bike so far.
My first tri is mid-june in Quincy. I’m hoping to start out slower and easier and gradually peak in September.
When’s your first race? What are your plans for the year. Please, help me not feel lazy.
-Some people look at a glass as half-full, others look at it as half empty. Personally, I don’t think it’s even a third full.
i haven’t raced a tri yet. if i do race, it won’t be for a few months. my season might be shot because of a knee injury that i incurred running a marathon. very depressing.
I just did mine Saturday. Triathlons start in my area in March, but I just got around to doing my first one. I did a duathlon in early March, but my first tri, a half IM, was this past weekend. I hope to be able to race until November to make up for the late start.
I haven’t raced one yet. I have a marathon in mid June (Estes Park Marathon billed as highest paved marathon in the world!) and first try in July. Plan on some shorter distance Tris including Xterra Keystone and a half IM distance in Sept plus a few running events like Bolder Boulder and Vail Hill climb maybe
I’m in MA, and my first race, an Int’l, is June 13th, with IMLP six weeks later. Then I plan to do an Oly in August and a 1/2 in September. It’s a pretty light schedule, but it’s all I could fit in this year.
You have to remember, many of the folks on this board live in beautiful California, where the weather is ever beautiful, and the race season starts in January and runs until December. Or so it seems. And there are all kinds of different race distances to do. Up here, I could do a sprint every weekend, but there are a total of 4 1/2’s within driving distance, and only 1 IM(Lake Placid.)
You are not lazy! I’m in the Chicago area and between the weather and tax season, I don’t have more than 500 miles on my bike yet (but that is rapidly changing!).
My first triathlon is mid-June in Elkhart Lake, then a sprint distance in July, followed by my first Olympic Distance (my “A” race for the season) in August up at Pleasant Prairie.
Biking is my main passion so most of the other weekends are filled with Time Trials & road races but I will also get at least one swim meet in plus will do the 5K Big Shoulders open water swim in September.
My theory is all these early birds will be burned out by August and then we will have a better chance at placing!
My first tri was supposed to be saturday, but it was cancelled because of inclement weather, what a bummer. So my next tri will be Elkhart Lake Wi on June 12th. I am doing a 1/2 marathon this weekend in Chitown. Will do another tri in july two in aug and then cap off with IMWI in september, after that its back to hibernation til january.
Well heck,I live in Chicago and did the Ralph’s Half IM and did it while training on my bike indoors and indoor swim. Only did my runs outside 'cause can keep warm running no matter how cold it gets…so what the hell…just completed my second Half IM couple of days ago…guess its possible no matter where ya live.
I was going to debut this year at the Wisconsin Triterium in Verona, WI, (on the IM Moo course) which is where I grew up (I don’t live in the area anymore). However, my running has been going so well that I haven’t even gotten on the bike yet…and the race is in 3 weeks. Guess I won’t be racing after all. I’ll probably just concentrate on the running this year…as I did last year.
Nope…not me. I’m also in the Chicago/northern IL area and don’t have a tri until June 20 - the Aurora High Cliffs 1/2 IM up near Appleton, WI. Was going to do Iron Horse, but it was unfortunately cancelled. Got a few road races under my belt…a half marathon back in March and the St. Louis marathon in April, and some decent club rides. Got a century+ ride coming up Saturday and a 10 mile race on Monday which I’ll bike to for a nice Memorial Day brick - followed by copious ‘rehydration’. Got another 1/2 IM in July and I’ll probably do the Mideast Regioinal oly in August as a final tune-up for IM WI in September. No sense in feeling lazy…it’s early yet.
Mine is this Saturday. However, the water is like 50-55 and it is about a 2/3 of a mile swim. I swam last Friday in the lake with my new QR superfull and it was not bad. We had rain all weekend and today was the first sun in like 5 days. I know Tuesday was quite chilly. I hope they cut it back to 1/4 to 3/8 mile. The weather has been so shitty in Minnesota the last 3 weeks.
Did St Croix 1/2 Iron 3 weeks ago. Sun, fun, and a Hawaii slot. Anybody who has not done that race, put it on your short list. It will kick your ass and you will love every minute of it.
Yep, that’s the one. Been there twice - once to root for the wife, and the second time was '01 - came to race, but it rained so hard they had to cancel the swim and bike, and it turned into a 10K. So…I can’t offer any personal experience with it, but my wife thought it was a great race and a nice venue. I can say that they handled the rain situation very well - kept everybody informed, and definitely made the right decision. The website is: usatmideast.com
My first race in a year is still coming up, June 5th. Ironically, its the last race I did last year due to my subsequent accident. I’m beyond ready to finally get back in the racing saddle.
It’s all in the preparation - I don’t plan on my first tri before mid July - got a few bike races coming up though and a few half marathons - late June in prep for IMC got a 160 bike race on Saturday and a 21 k half marathon on Sunday…