2006 Race Schedule

Still can't swim huh?  

CHICKEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

O shit.  Here comes gary, out of the basement, dishing it out.  This can't bode well...

/me sits back, pops a brew, waits for the steel cage match to start...heh.

in for St A, craig greenfield and considering others...what do you guys think-which mi tri and du's are your favorites?

I just started this year and I have only done two races so I obviously can't say which are my favorite races.     I liked both that I did - Island Lake and Stoney Creek.

I was wondering what everyone thinks about the new race in Detroit.  How do you feel about swimming in that water?  Is the race on Belle Isle?

Stony creek was good.  I didn't run either, but Big Fish and Craig Greenfield were spectacular...not crowded, well run, very nice venues.  Seahorse was o-----k - nothing to write home about.  And lots of people said that the willow du was very good.

I dunno about the motor city tri.  I'm waiting to see the course before I decide if it's a possibility.  The swim - er - concerns me with the water quality, and last time I was on Belle Isle, the pavement was all chewed up....wasn't a very comfortable ride.  So I'll have to preview it before makinga call.

Maybe it is.    Yeah, the run thru hell is tougher than the crim.  The crim has one good hill, and a bunch of rollers in mi 5-10.

Waterloo IS a good tri, too.  I always forget to look at the Ohio events when putting the calendar together.  If it falls on an an off week, I'll pencil it in...

Water quality bad in the Detroit River....you must live in Oakland county...wuss.

i think victoryforMSU posted my race schedule under her name by mistake.  maybe not but it's close. 

superbowl 5k

gasparilla 1/2 mary

shamrock mary

martian 1/2 mary

5/3rd riverbank run (25k)

willow du

seahorse du

clark lake du

crim 10  mile

lansing river trail 10 mile

chicago mary?

and somewhere in here will be my first official tri, yep, you heard it here, a tri. 

Yeah, we've HEARD it before several times. Let's SEE it!   

Trixie's first tri will be August 14th here in good ole Windsor.

Also, if anyone is looking for a nice early season 10-miler trail run, there's a great one here in Windsor on April 9th (there's also a 5k, which I'll be doing). Last year's course for the 10-miler included going up a 10% incline hill 3 TIMES!

My race schedule as of right now, looks like this:

Feb 26 - Gasparilla Half-Marathon (Tampa Bay)
Apr 9 - Miracle Run 5K (Windsor)
Apr 30 - St. Anthony's Oly Tri (A)
May 14 - Nankin Mills Du
June 11 - Ann Arbor Tri
July 9 - Waterloo Tri
July 16 - Clark Lake Tri (A)
July 23 - Carls Family YMCA Tri (Kensington)
Aug 6 - Craig Greenfield Tri
Sep 9 - Loaring Tri (Essex, ON)
Sept 17 - Autumn Colors Tri
Oct 8 - Great Pumpkin Du

I'd like to have a later season Oly to compare to St. A's, but it's just not fitting into the schedule!

OK, here's the updated race sched for the year...this is close, a few races will likely fall off due to schedule, rest, whatever, but I'd say this is 90% ready to roll...

2/26   - Gasparilla 1/2 Mary *1:55:20*
4/1     - Martian 1/2 Mary *DONE*
4/30   - St. Anthony's Oly *2:44:05*
5/14   - Nankin Mills Du (if i have a bike)
5/27   - Rochester Heritage 5K
6/11   - Ann Arbor Oly 
6/17   - Big Fish Oly
7/16   - Clark Lake Sprint 
8/5     - Steelhead HIM
8/12   - Run Thru Hell 10mi
8/26   - Crim 10mi
9/10   - Stony Creek Oly
9/17   - Autumn Colors Tri
10/14 - Great Pumpkin Du
10/29 - Marine Corps Marathon