tri808 - 2010-03-05 6:54 PM
disturbed275 - 2010-03-05 2:11 PM
tri808 - 2010-03-05 5:26 PM
brick94513 - 2010-03-05 12:09 PM Anybody else racing this weekend?
I think Owl Girl mentioned a TT. Anyone else?
I have my very first tri on the 21st...a sprint...the first of 16 races planned so far. 4 tris, 4 OWS, 7 road runs, 1 century.
That's a busy season. You have a lot of running races. Is that your background?
My season is busy...but most of my races aren't A races...a lot of C races. And it's fairly cheap because two of them are series.
The OWS are 4 races, 1, 1.2, 1.6, and 2.3 mile swims for $99...all with t-shirts. And 5 of my runs are a series, 15k, 20k, 25k, 30k, and a HM for $99...all with shirts. So yeah...$198 for 9 races and 9 shirts...DEAL
So it's really just a way to make sure I stick to my training. I find that it's a good excuse to go home early when friends are giving you peer pressure to stay out late.
Running isn't really my background...I was always athletic, but until last year, I was "none of the above" when it came to tri sports.
I'm really stuffing a lot into this season just to build strength, endurance, speed, and experience...not necessarily to race fast...next year I'm targeting a HIM in June, and possibly an IM in the fall...so I'll be cutting my race schedule down and focusing more on the quality of my races.
That is a great deal on the races. Very sound strategy not treating them all as A races.
I come from the same "none of the above" background. Team sports in high school. Got fat in college. Then took up running and started tris.