2015 Race Calendars - What are you guys doing this year?

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glevinso
glevinso Posts: 1,895 Member
Triathlons, or single-sport races. What are you guys planning for the year?

For me:

Local bike race (road race) a couple weeks ago.
5k next weekend looking to set a new PR
Challenge Knoxville Half on May 17
Challenge Atlantic City Full-distance on June 28
Steelman Olympic (Quakertown PA) August 9
Challenge Pocono Olympic August 16
Challenge Maine Olympic August 30
Beach to Battleship Half (Wilmington NC) on October 25 (tentative)

Well all laid out like that it sounds like I have a really full season. Also, somehow the fact that my full-iron race is only 9 weeks away just hit me and now I am terrified...
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  • ephiemarie
    ephiemarie Posts: 264 Member
    edited April 2015
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    Will likely add a couple 5k or 10k just for sh*ts and giggles, but so far this:

    * Down & Dirty Mother's Day 8k trail race (plus 2 mile mother/daughter race after)
    * Stillwater Half marathon on May 23
    * Stillwater Lift Bridge 10 miler on July 25
    * Gopher to Badger Half marathon on August 8 (maybe)
    * St. Croix Valley sprint tri on September 5
    * Centre sprint tri in mid-September (date uncertain)
    * Stillwater Log Run 10 miler on September 26
    * Willow River Trail Challenge 10k on October 3
    * Tyranena Half marathon on November 7

    Only two little sprints planned because I need to conquer my open water fear over the summer. Also have lots of work to do on the bike....so why not sign up for a bunch of running events, right?
  • Capt_Apollo
    Capt_Apollo Posts: 9,026 Member
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    so far, this is my race calendar...

    2015 Races
    02/21/15- NYRR Al Gordon 4M ✓ 37:52
    03/15/15- NYC Half Marathon ✓ 2:14:45
    05/16/15- Brooklyn Half Marathon
    06/06/15- Challenge Quassy Olympic Triathlon
    06/13/15- Flat as a Pancake Sprint Triathlon
    06/21/15- Queens 10k
    07/19/15- NYC Triathlon
    08/15/15- Tough Mudder Long Island
    09/13/15- Toughman 70.3 Triathlon
    09/26/15- Tough Mudder The Great Northeast
    10/11/15- Staten Island Half Marathon
  • glevinso
    glevinso Posts: 1,895 Member
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    Quassy! Would have been on my list this year but its too close to Challenge AC.

    I probably will throw in more short running races as they fit in (mostly after the full distance)
  • lemurcat12
    lemurcat12 Posts: 30,886 Member
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    Mine isn't filled in yet, and I'm moving my tentatively planned half this weekend to next (officially signed up for the new one), because I'm sick and will hopefully be well. Filling in the rest of the summer is something I should do soon, but I have some work stuff up in the air.

    2015 Races
    3/14 - Get Lucky Half-Chicago (2:20 -- treated as a training run)
    5/2 - Kenosha Half (will try to beat my PR)
    5/16 - Galena Triathlon (seriously considering this as my first of the season, just a bit longer than a sprint)
    5/23 - Soldier Field 10-miler (for fun)
    need to add in an Olympic length triathlon
    7/19 - Racine Half Ironman (major race of the season)
    8/30 - Batavia Half (did this last year, so it would be fun to repeat)
  • jacksonpt
    jacksonpt Posts: 10,413 Member
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    Scheduling sucks this season... too many conflicts.

    May 3 - Half marathon
    June 21 - IM 70.3
    August 16 - xterra
  • tri_bob
    tri_bob Posts: 121 Member
    edited April 2015
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    Busy group. Here goes:
    • 5/3 - Du the Speedway Duathlon - This is such a fun race, on a road-course motor speedway that's about 1.75 miles. 1 lap running, 6 on the bike, then another lap running. I'll likely never ride a surface as smooth as this.
    • 5/31 - Local 5K. It's always fun to watch the high-school kids jackrabbit off the start and reel them in the first mile
    • 6/13 - Escape the Cape Sprint Triathlon
    • 7/3 - Finish at the 50 10K at Gillette Stadium - They also do a 5K, but it's entirely inside the stadium. More like a death march, so never mind!
    • 7/26 - Hockomock YMCA Sprint Triathlon - It's a local sprint tri, but it's one of our tri club's "team" races. It's always more fun to race with a bunch of familiar faces.
    • 8/2 - Triple Threat Challenge - This should be interesting: a 1-mile race, followed immediately by a 5K, followed immediately by a half marathon. It will be a challenge to pace this.
    After these, I'm still debating whether to do a late-season tri or do a half marathon to end the season.
  • scott091501
    scott091501 Posts: 1,260 Member
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    Ironman Texas
    Shadow Creek Ranch Sprint
    Cypress Sprint
    Redman 70.3 which is also the US Long Course Nationals
    Ironman Florida
  • tri_bob
    tri_bob Posts: 121 Member
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    Yeesh. Lots of half and full iron distance races on the docket. Like some others here, I think, I can't even contemplate anything longer than a sprint until I get over my irrational behavior in the open water. Here's hoping, and happy racing!
  • davert123
    davert123 Posts: 1,568 Member
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    I've never done a tri before - never really done much before. I've opted for 2 races which will kick my *kitten*. Both set in the mountains of North Wales (UK)

    Slateman 17/May (thats less than a month away and I am crapping myself)
    http://snowdoniaslateman.com/

    and the snowman 27/Sept
    http://snowmantri.com/

    Both have a hard reputation

    - slateman has a 1K swim, 32 mile bike ride (2000 ft assent) and the run is 11K 1200 ft assent.
    - Snowman has 1K swim, 42 mile bike ride (4000 ft assent) and the run is a poxy 9K but its from the bottom to the top of a 2400ft of mountain and back:-)

    Not sure which one makes me most nervous. Slateman is sold out but slateman has places - why not come along
  • tri_bob
    tri_bob Posts: 121 Member
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    davert123 wrote: »
    ... why not come along
    Let's see: swimming in presumably frigid open water ... hideous climb on the bike leg ... hideous climb on the run followed by a quad-destroying descent. Oh, and it's on another continent. What's not to like?

    ;)
  • ka97
    ka97 Posts: 1,984 Member
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    Still trying to figure out a couple of details, but so far...

    5/3 Earth Rock Run HM
    6/14 Greater Nashua Sprint Tri
    7/19 Mill City Triathlon (this is still just a "probably" at the moment)
    9/13 Title 9 Sprint Tri
    10/12 Tufts 10k for women

    October half marathon(s) - New England Half Marathon in Concord NH and/or Greenstride half marathon in Newburyport MA
    Might throw in some local 5k's as well if the timing works out.
  • ka97
    ka97 Posts: 1,984 Member
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    tri_bob wrote: »
    Busy group. Here goes:
    • 5/3 - Du the Speedway Duathlon - This is such a fun race, on a road-course motor speedway that's about 1.75 miles. 1 lap running, 6 on the bike, then another lap running. I'll likely never ride a surface as smooth as this.
    • 5/31 - Local 5K. It's always fun to watch the high-school kids jackrabbit off the start and reel them in the first mile
    • 6/13 - Escape the Cape Sprint Triathlon
    • 7/3 - Finish at the 50 10K at Gillette Stadium - They also do a 5K, but it's entirely inside the stadium. More like a death march, so never mind!
    • 7/26 - Hockomock YMCA Sprint Triathlon - It's a local sprint tri, but it's one of our tri club's "team" races. It's always more fun to race with a bunch of familiar faces.
    • 8/2 - Triple Threat Challenge - This should be interesting: a 1-mile race, followed immediately by a 5K, followed immediately by a half marathon. It will be a challenge to pace this.
    After these, I'm still debating whether to do a late-season tri or do a half marathon to end the season.

    Obviously a fellow new englander :smiley:
    I've done escape the cape - pretty nice course. It just sucked that it was cold and rainy the year that I did it!
    Finish at the 50 - done the 5k, done the 10k, got some pictures of the family running together - no need to ever do that again!

  • TriNoob
    TriNoob Posts: 96 Member
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    Country Music Half - 4/25
    Challenge Knoxville (Oly) - 5/17 - Supporting LLS by doing Team-in-Training
    Music City Triathlon (Oly) - 7/25
    Riverbluff Tri (Sprint) - 8/7
    Augusta 70.3 - 9/27
    Nashville Marathon - 11/14
  • 3dogsrunning
    3dogsrunning Posts: 27,167 Member
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    April 12th - Escape Fort DeSoto sprint - done
    May 23rd - Cabot trail relay race - 20k leg
    July 5th - local sprint tri. Or maybe oly depending on training schedule
    August 30th - depending on training, Challenge Maine. HIM distance.

    A bunch of local 5 and 10ks. Maybe another sprint or oly.
  • glevinso
    glevinso Posts: 1,895 Member
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    TriNoob wrote: »
    Country Music Half - 4/25
    Challenge Knoxville (Oly) - 5/17 - Supporting LLS by doing Team-in-Training
    Music City Triathlon (Oly) - 7/25
    Riverbluff Tri (Sprint) - 8/7
    Augusta 70.3 - 9/27
    Nashville Marathon - 11/14

    I'll be at Knox for the half!
    April 12th - Escape Fort DeSoto sprint - done
    May 23rd - Cabot trail relay race - 20k leg
    July 5th - local sprint tri. Or maybe oly depending on training schedule
    August 30th - depending on training, Challenge Maine. HIM distance.

    A bunch of local 5 and 10ks. Maybe another sprint or oly.

    Oly for me at Maine :)
  • Djproulx
    Djproulx Posts: 3,084 Member
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    So far, my race calendar looks like:

    5/3 Ct Fastrack 15k (Fast, flat busway route. Should be fun)
    6/20 Pat Griskus Olympic
    8/2 Niantic Bay Sprint
    8/16 Timberman 70.3

    I only did 3 Sprint distance races last summer, so I'm curious to see how I hold up under the increased training load of the HIM training program. At 57 years old, staying injury free during training will be the key.
  • lemurcat12
    lemurcat12 Posts: 30,886 Member
    edited April 2015
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    Those Welsh races look amazing. Quite a contrast to my first tri, which was in the nearly flat suburbs of Chicago.
  • TriNoob
    TriNoob Posts: 96 Member
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    glevinso wrote: »
    TriNoob wrote: »
    Country Music Half - 4/25
    Challenge Knoxville (Oly) - 5/17 - Supporting LLS by doing Team-in-Training
    Music City Triathlon (Oly) - 7/25
    Riverbluff Tri (Sprint) - 8/7
    Augusta 70.3 - 9/27
    Nashville Marathon - 11/14

    I'll be at Knox for the half!

    Good luck. I'll be one of the guys wearing a purple tri suit.
  • EnduranceGirl2
    EnduranceGirl2 Posts: 144 Member
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    I see a couple of other folks will be in Knoxville on the 17th too. Maybe we can meet up sometime.
    REV3 Challenge Knoxville HIM 5/17/15
    Roll into Spring Century 6/20/15
    Hospitality HWY Century 7/12/15
    Toughman AL HIM 8/15/15
    Wilson 100 9/12/15
    IM Chattanooga 9/27/15
    Halloween Half Marathon 11/1/15

    I'd like to get an Olympic tri in somewhere, but it's still up for grabs.
  • CaeliGirl11
    CaeliGirl11 Posts: 108 Member
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    Possibly starting school this year so I had to seriously scale it back....plus I added in my first 70.3. so....
    Caine Halter Sprint Tri 5/30/15
    Iron Girl Tri (Sprint but nearly a sprinternational) 8/16/15
    Dam Swim for Drew 2mi swim/4.4mi run 9/12/15
    Beach to Battleship 70.3 10/17/15
    Lexington Half Marathon 11/14/15

    I might throw in an International Distance Tri in August that's local but we'll see how my schedule goes with school...

    Glevinso...Beach to Battleship is on October 17th this year just in case you wanted to make sure its on your schedule correctly;) Also, not sure where you live but a lot of the hotels in the area are already booked...the ones downtown definitely are (I had to book back in December!)

    Very jealous of people's schedules;) Can't wait until I get out of school (again) and can make a full season of it!