Preparing to start anew

As much as I love competing in Triathlons, the last one I did was Ironman AZ, 2009. For a number of reasons I had to scale back. My employer suffered a great deal in the current economic climate, and their troubles trickled down to me as well. But after cutting back fr a year thinks are looking up again and I am contemplating competing in 2 triathlons this year. One small, and one large one - of which I may like to travel to.

The small triathlon will be a good way to get my brain back into the mindset required to compete again. Also, it will be a good gage as to what my fitness looks like. I have been doing a lot more run training, but my swim and bike have taken a back seat of late. So I am looking at doing one of the two following races:


The 6th Annual Bartlett Lake Triathlon. I raced this once before and won my age group. It was a relatively small field, but the scenery was an unbelievably awesome mix of golden desert mountains and water. There is a massive hill on the first half of both the bike and the run, but since they are short distances the pain of the 20% grade (I am likely exaggerating) is relatively short.



The marQuee Triathlon. This is the inaugural race, but it is put on by my favorite race direction company. The guys at Red Rock Co. always put on a well organized event, and share ownership with Ironman legend Tim DeBoom. Not only this, but they have actually put their support behind Triabetes financially and with offers of help in promotion. Not to mention the race is at the Ironman AZ venue, which is right in my back yard.

I would also like to take on a larger race, in the half iron scale so some of my options are:

SOMA. Again put on by Red Rock Co. in my back yard.

Ironman 70.3 Austin. I love this town, and I have a friend who I can stay with while there.

Or maybe another large event later on in the year instead of these options. There are of course many other options out there. Maybe you know of a great after summer race I should consider. If so, let me know and maybe I will travel to that one!

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