Happy new year

Here's my plan (so far):

April 14 -- Mount Royal University Sprint Triathlon 

June 15 -- Chinook 51.5 Triathon -- First Olympic distance!    

July 14 -- Subaru Vancouver Triathlon (Olympic distance)

September 7 -- Subaru Banff Triathlon (sprint distance) -- did this one last year (my first and only tri to date)

Also considering the Granfondo Banff in August but nervous about committing to such a long bike distance...

Probably will add a couple of runs (5K/10K) at some point too.

Tentative schedule:

Drayton valley Sprint may 12

Westlock sprint June 8

Heart of the Rockies Oly July 14

Leduc sprint July 20

Dip, Ride, Run Chocolate Triathlon Edmonton August 25

Subject to change as my wife and kids are all doing triathlons this year so we will need to adjust as it is bad form to leave a 5 yr old and 10 yr old alone...

Wasa in June

Heart of the Rockies in July

Calgary 70.3 July

Banff Sept

and will probably mix in some 5k/10k run races 

Good luck to you all.

Happy 2013 All

Hypothermic Half (Calgary) Feb, Tri This Tri (May), Joe's Team Sprint (June), Chestermere Olympic (July), Chaparral Sprint and Strathmore Sprint (August) and Banff Oly in Sept . 

Came in dead last in Banff last year, my first attempt at olympic distance so looking to improve on that.

experience and training will insure that you will do waaaay better this year! 

Have you done Wasa before? if so how would you compare it Heart of the rockies.

Hi Fellow Albertans!

My events this year (so far) are:

February 24 - Disney Princess Half Marathon (Florida!)

May 5 - Tri-Diva Tri (Olds)

May 26 - Calgary Half Marathon

June 15 - Chinook Olympic (Calgary)

August 8 - Gran Fondo Rockies - 100km Medio Fondo (Nanton)

May add on the Vancouver Tri Hoos mentioned if we can convince Grandma and Grandpa to watch our kids.  May do the Banff Spring again too but the jury is still out on that one.

Here's my tentative schedule...

Try this tri, Calgary May 19

Calgary Marathon 10km May 26

Wasa Olympic June 9

Lake Chestermere Sprint July 14

Not sure about August yet - Spartan Race Calgary or Lake Chaparral Olympic or Apple Triathlon Kelowna

Happy New Year to all and good luck with your training and races in 2013.

Don

It was chilly, but nothing a hearty Canadian can't handle.     Believe it was about 59F on race day.   Definitely need a wetsuit, and your first wade in the water will be cold, no doubt.  But it was fine.  And the scenery was breathtaking -- definitely recommend.

I should note that 2010 was evidently a rough year -- very cold weather + rain (so I heard).  But 2011 and 2012 both picture perfect.

I completely underestimated what double the distance from a sprint really meant.  i finished standing so proud of that. 

Look forward to this year. Experience in this sport means a lot.