{"id":6702,"date":"2019-02-19T13:51:51","date_gmt":"2019-02-19T18:51:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/elbowglitter.com\/blog\/?p=6702"},"modified":"2019-02-19T13:51:57","modified_gmt":"2019-02-19T18:51:57","slug":"setting-my-2019-race-schedule","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/elbowglitter.com\/blog\/2019\/02\/19\/setting-my-2019-race-schedule\/","title":{"rendered":"Setting my 2019 Race Schedule"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>My word of the year is <u>challenge<\/u>, and that&#8217;s something I&#8217;ve been focusing on as I set my race schedule for the year.  I&#8217;ve had the races for the first half of the year pretty well locked down &#8211; a few olympics as tune-up and rehearsal for my big goal, IM 70.3 Ohio.  But that only takes me through July.  July is when my race season <em>started<\/em> last year, thanks to injury and surgery.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I started looking at what will come after July, with the idea of a challenge in the back of my mind.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I decided I wanted to finally tackle the series challenge with a local race group, which means doing at least five of their races.  I&#8217;ve already got three on my schedule, so adding two more doesn&#8217;t sound too bad.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One thing I&#8217;ve never done is a back to back triathlon, racing both Saturday and Sunday.  I&#8217;ve done it with half marathons, but not in a few years.  So an added challenge for the year is going to be a Saturday olympic and Sunday sprint.  The hardest part is going to be getting out of bed both days, I suspect!  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So as of right now, here&#8217;s what I&#8217;m looking at:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>4\/20 \u2013 Rumpus in Bumpass Olympic<\/li><li>5\/11 \u2013 Kinetic Olympic<\/li><li>5\/25 \u2013 Swimfest 4500<\/li><li>6\/15 \u2013 General Smallwood Olympic<\/li><li>7\/28 \u2013 70.3 Ohio<\/li><li>8\/24 &#8211; Farm to Fork Fondo <em>(tentative)<\/em><\/li><li>9\/7-8 \u2013 Patriot\u2019s Olympic and Sprint\u00a0<em>(tentative)<\/em><\/li><li>10\/13 \u2013 Army Ten Miler<em>\u00a0(tentative)<\/em><\/li><li>12\/1 \u2013 Space Coast Half Marathon<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The &#8220;tentative&#8221; just means that I haven&#8217;t plunked down the cash yet for the race. I&#8217;m also thinking I&#8217;ll add some more running races in the fall, maybe the Baltimore half, which I haven&#8217;t run in years.  I should also pick up some 10ks here and there as time permits.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Given how little I raced last year, this feels like a lot, but I&#8217;m excited to tackle the challenge. I love the camaraderie of racing, and I&#8217;m looking forward to getting back out there.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My word of the year is challenge, and that&#8217;s something I&#8217;ve been focusing on as I set my race schedule for the year. I&#8217;ve had the races for the first half of the year pretty well locked down &#8211; a few olympics as tune-up and rehearsal for my big goal, IM 70.3 Ohio. 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