… I’m just throwing this out there to see if anyone else wants to join me/us!
Like a lot of you, I tend to have a big race or two each year that I try and focus on. This was an odd year because I didn’t have one key race, just a bunch of smaller ones, which was a nice break and it was nice to have the flexibility to be a bit more spontaneous. Although I’m doing the Marine Corps Marathon with my son, Dylan, in a month… which will be his first… so that will be a pretty cool one!
Next year, however, I’m lining up a couple of things:
1) A few of us are doing “The Canadian Death Race”… check that one out… you might want to join us… and the good news is you have until January to decide because that’s when registration opens up for the race which is in early August. http://www.canadiandeathrace.com/
2) The other one that we’ve decided we are going to do is The Eagleman 70.3… check that one out too! Dylan and a few buddies from university are signing up for that one… so Joanne and I have decided to join them! This is a cool race too… it is one of the original Half Ironman tri’s out there and has a lot of history in its 18 years! It is driveable (in Cambridge, Maryland… near Washington DC)… early… June 8… which has pros and cons… but the nice thing is that it would be a great early season tune up for all those that have signed up for IM Lake Placid, IM Wisconsin, etc… and for those who want to try to get a Kona spot… it is one of the few Half’s out there where you can qualify for the big show in Kona! (Jackie Smalec made it this way a few years ago!… Brett, Helene, Margaret!?!). The catch with this one is… you have to decide by Tuesday! It opens up on Oct 1! http://www.tricolumbia.org/events/?eid=2
PS… we’re in! (me, Dylan, Joanne, Pat, Todd, Margaret… still room for more… as of Oct 2 at least!)
Hope you can make it!
Cheers,
Rob