Race Announcement: Jackson County Triathlon

Jackson County Triathlon, August 21, 2011

I have registered to participate in the Long Course of the Jackson County Triathlon.  This takes me back to where the place of my very first triathlon, Longview Lake with the Kansas City Triathlon back in May.

1000 Meter Swim (2 Loops of Short Course)
25.53 Mile Bike (out and back-ish)
5 Mile Run (out and back)

While it's the same location as KC Tri, the routes are completely different.

This puts triathlon #5 on the schedule with a total of 6.  There is a debate of putting another triathlon on the books in September but I need to make sure I'm doing the appropriate amount of race/training schedule for Beach2Battleship.

I LOVE racing.  Love it, love it, love it; however, I've taken advantage of this being my first year to do as much as I could just to fully immerse myself in triathlon. I've tried to "slow my roll" a bit in the second half of the season but more races keep popping up that I want to participate in.  Next year I have to be more methodological in my approach with leaving plenty of room for one-off races.

Race Announcement: Rock'n'Roll Las Vegas Marathon

With 2011 being my year of Triathlon, I had decided that I would not have the time to train for a marathon, both mentally and physically.  Well, that was until my sister-in-law, Rebecca, talked about doing the Las Vegas Half-Marathon on December 4, 2011.  Hmmm.... participate in the world's largest night time marathon?  Yeah, we'll make it happen.  Since all our money has been sunk into triathlon gear, I don't have to worry about losing it on the poker table.

In less than two weeks we had gone from having a free December to having the entire trip (registration, plane, hotel) paid for.  I like how Rebecca rolls!

So the training?  Well, Rock'n'Roll Las Vegas (RnRLV) is five weeks after my half-ironman.  I know I can handle a marathon with my cardio system but physically pounding out the 26.2 miles on the legs might be a little more challenging.  I decided to take Hal Higdon's marathon plan and compare the long runs to my Half-Ironman plan.  They actually matched up pretty well except for about four of the weekends in which I'll need to add another 30 - 60 minutes.  I'm not concerned about the midweek runs on the marathon plan until after October 29.