1st 70.3 planning, need advice

An Oly the weekend before an HIM sounds crazy to me.  You should be well into taper and getting your body ready for the 70.3.  That distance is a serious event. 

The best I could see with the oly would be a supported training day, but why would you do one so close to your actual "A" race?  Pick one or the other.  And good luck on the HIM, it's a great accomplishment.

Can it be done yes. Some pros do back to back full IM. If you are asking Im guessing you are not at the training level that an oly distance is an easy training day. Doing your first 70.3 is probably your A race. You want to be 100%. It would be a great tune up distance a month out but not a week out. Last thing you want is to put in the work to do a half and be sore or worse injured from racing the week before. Good Luck

Maybe see about getting money back for Chatt, and put that towards Racine? With you race history (only 1 Oly) I would say that an Oly race would take more than its fare share out of you towards your FIRST 70.3. Although, If you were to go and log crazy hours from now til then and go into the Chattanooga race with the intention of it being just a training day, then that might work... but only if your training hours and plan line up with that.

There are some race reports on here that don't sound like its a very well organized race. I've never done it, but if you are looking for a race that weekend... Try Rev3 Cedar Point. I've done it, and enjoyed it.

It's a long time from now til then, plenty of enough time to train for the hills. Also, Chicago didn't sound like it was very much fun this year .

You might want to wait and see how this Oly goes before making your final decision on the back to backs.

I personally wouldn't want to do back to back weekend's like that. There are quite a few 70.3 (HIM) races around that you should be able to pull one up without making it the week after your Oly. Also, you have to think about what you will have in your tank mentally for the HIM if you go out and do the Oly. Racing takes a toll on your mental state, as well as your physical being.

Use he Olympic as a warm up for the other. Restrain your effort and complete it at about 80% of a true race pace.   It'll be a nice confidence booster going into the HIM.

I do these kinds of pairings in the summer a lot.  As long as you don't 'compete' on the first, you'll be fine on the second event.

Of course, if you race both, you'll have a %$#@ of a time in the HIM...unless you are one of the gifted.