Two HIMs in 2009?

depending upon what they set the date for Cranberry as I may not do it....if there is 2 weeks between Timberman and Cranberry I would think about it, but one week likely not. But if I chicken out of Timberman then Cranberry would be a definite....

Totally Doable, I only looked at your logs briefly but with the right guidance you'll be good to go.

 That's sweet you did SheRox, I was hanging out on the "hill" of the bike course with a whistle and 2 other dudes cheeing people on!

Shanks

The bike course was fun- only got passed by a pro ;-)

not sure I will do an all women's race again - missed the pace booty!

thanks for the feedback

Its totally doable,  with some good planning/training.

I'm planning a big year for 2009

• Ironman Dec 08
• Huskisson Long course Feb 22
• Possibly Murrayman long course March
• Busselton Half Ironman May
• Hopefully World Long course champs Oct (if I qualify with those other races )

so yep its totally doable.

Cat,

Normally Timberman and Cranberry are back to back weekends that causes some to pause if they should register for both. Some do Cranberry as it is the big NE BT event as it if fun.

You could do both HIMs. I find that when you do HIMs if you work full time it is hard to do lots of races as weekends tend to be for longer workouts.

You are ready for HIM and to do it well...look what you did at Mooseman last minute?

if not for a wedding the night before the Duke 1/2 this year, I was doing three 1/2's in 2008.  Now just the bookends (may and november)  Completely doable, including the olympic at the end provided you have 2 weeks between races.

Your schedule looks great.  The Patriot is confirmed for the week before Cohasset.  Eric Averill, the Race Director and a friend of mine, has done a great job with the Patriot.  He wants to move it away from the July 4th weekend (where it has been the last 2 years).  Eric's Cranberry race is the weekend after Timberman.

Thank you for your interest in Cohasset!  I am venturing off into directing two other races - one of which I can share with you now.  It is the Cape Ann Tri in Gloucester.  It will be a sprint tri - 2 weeks before Timberman which will be a great tuneup to the Timberman.  I am partnering with Janda Ricci-Munn, an elite athlete and tri coach, with this project.  The other sprint I am working on is under wraps for now but it will be big.

Hope this helps with your 2009 schedule.

Bill Burnett, Race Director, Cohasset Triathlon

Keith and Bill thank you so much for the new info!!!

How cool is it that RDs come post and tell us what's coming!

NOT so happy about Patriot being moved up.  I understand why Eric is doing it, but that now makes it 2 weeks after Mooseman.....which might be a good thing as it would be the end of a build before tapering I suppose....

The two new sprints sound like their timing is perfect and I will be adding them in!

Thanks everyone for the input......time to go get ready for Duxbury - my last tri of this season....

Bripod - 2008-09-22 4:30 PM Sorry if someone already mentioned this, but as run4yrlif once said: Many people do 2 HIMs in one day

yeah, and I have that feeling of anything that ends in 'and then you run a marathon' heeby jeebies.....

kt65 - 2008-09-22 7:07 PM

TriToy - 2008-09-22 2:00 PM

Bripod - 2008-09-22 4:30 PM Sorry if someone already mentioned this, but as run4yrlif once said: Many people do 2 HIMs in one day

 

yeah, and I have that feeling of anything that ends in 'and then you run a marathon' heeby jeebies.....

hmm but is this the same drchaya who once said she was strictly a short course athlete? or perhaps my memory is wrong i think it's awesome that you are going to go for 2 him's next season. i am thinking of Vineman 70.3 for next summer... I mainly think that since I'm still not that great a swimmer, might as well do a little longer swim and take advantage of the longer bike and run! Maybe crazy but I love the training. good luck!

touchee.......

I totally agree re HIM - only 400 yards more swimming for twice the bike!!!!  too cool.

Seems totally reasonable to me and no, your not "whacked" for thinking of this.

See how easy it is to run a race on someone else's legs

Seriously, I know enough about your training base and your mojo and you will do great with that schedule. (I bet you crank out a big PR on the second HIM)

ok, so with the input from the RDs (thank you) here is the new and improved tentative schedule:

the bolded ones are the ones I am pretty certain about, the others not so much - not sure I can handle even a sprint a week after a HIM....

so, with 9 weeks between HIMs I feel pretty good - is an Olympic 2 weeks before a HIM ok? Does that make it part of my build?

thank you to all  for your input....