Now that my 2012 race season has come to a close it's time to start thinking about the gameplan for 2013. Though I had company during some of my workouts this past season (and had the Miami Tri Locos alongside me in spirit), on the whole I trained on my own. 2013 will be a different story.
A couple of nights ago my buddy and I huddled up to plan out our race season. It was a long process, full of lots of distractions and sidebars, but in the end we have a decently laid out schedule for the year ahead. I was initially unimpressed with the race selection, but once we expanded our searching off of Long Island and into a larger area we had more than enough options. Our race planning session was an exercise in balance; among the factors were race scheduling, distances, locations, courses, and last but not least race fees. With our Timberman 70.3 registrations on the books (and designated as the year's "A"' race) our goal was to fill in the season with variety of other races both triathlons and other types events.
Next up is a 10-mile race in January and then our next event will likely be the Prospect Park duathlon (in Brooklyn) in March. Now it's time to start saving up for the race fees!
Hi Andrew,
ReplyDeleteCongrats on your journey into an Ironman in 2012. I'm sure 2013 holds good things for you. I work for a web site called www.triathleteschoice.com, and we're looking for knowledgeable, motivated triathletes to take part in our beta release. Our concept in that we build a social network around each athlete's "gear locker" (a list of products that they use). We'd love for you to join the site and give us some feedback! www.triathleteschoice.com Thanks and goodluck!