IM Los Cabos Announced (Page 2)

I'm in - registration opened this morning.

Intrigued but they should have put up course info before announcing and opening registration or at the very least we expect the bike to be hilly/flat and the run hilly/flat..... etc...   Oh well, maybe for me as well.

However, these shark jokes.....is there a problem with Great Whites in Cabo??

FYI, "Selachophobia"

1. fear or dislike of sharks

I just spent a long weekend sleeping on the beach in central Mexico and driving across the country in an open jeep to get there just this past weekend.

No problems.

Last time I was in Mexico, about two months ago; no problems.

The time before that; no problems.

I swam at a secluded beach in the Sea of Cortez. Here is a photo I shot the day before yesterday (Saturday):

Yeah, Cabo is safe.

But what would stop me:

1.  The ocean is pretty darn cold in March over there!  I was surprised after the majority of my vacations being in the Caribbean.   Not even the locals were dipping in a toe in late January when I visited.  How much will it warm up in 2 months?

2.  Cabo San Lucas, and presumably Los Cabos, is pretty expensive.   My food budget was about 200% higher than I planned.  Great, quality restaurants.  But pricey.

3.   Flying to Mexico is no longer a cheap/easy venture.  This would have appealed more 5 years ago.

It's hard to get around #3, but I'd go to Cozumel instead and skip the issues with 1 and 2.   Imho.

They added a course description on the site.  No elevation maps yet.  I am doing my first HIM in September (Augusta) and was planning on making Florida my first full in Nov 2013.  I am thinking about making this my first.

I have the Half Sep 30,  the Rock n Roll Vegas Marathon on December 2 (which I plan on running slow), and the date for Los Cabos is March 17th.   Think its doable.....or wait until November (which is really...really....far off)....or make Florida my second?