Friday, March 30, 2018

2018 Plans




Another plunge is in the books! This was my fifth year doing the plunge and over that time our teams have raised over $6500. It's not an outrageous number, but it's also not nothing.

Now, it's back to swimming, biking and running (I guess). It has been super hard to get back into a mindset where I give a damn about triathlons. I had been obsessed about ironman for so long; I put in so much time, money and effort; and it turned out as such a disappointment. I went into the race thinking it would be one of the memorable days of my life, and now I just try to forget all the particulars and be happy with an (embarrassing) finish. I keep thinking this means I'll just have to do it again and knock it out of the park, but I'm not up for that commitment just yet.

Anyhoo, if I don't race, I'll stop training and be fat in no time. So here are my 2018 plans thus far.

Liberty Triathlon
Rockford, MN
Saturday, June 9
1.2 mile/ 56 mile/ 13.1 mile

Toughman Minnesota
Chisago, MN
Saturday, July 8
1.2 mile/ 56 mile/ 13.1 mile

Gopher to Badger
Half Marathon
Stillwater, MN
Sunday, August 11

Superior Man
Duluth, MN
Sunday, July 29
1.2 mile/ 56 mile/ 13.1 mile


Three half ironman length races might be a bit of an overkill, but those are the races and training I really enjoy. I'd like to improve my pr this year and break 6:20 or 6:10. My holy shit time would be under six hours, but I think that's pretty unlikely. Right now, my running is going well; I just have to get in some bike work (motivation, motivation, motivation).

I may also shoot for the Surf the Murph 50 mile in October, but there is plenty of time to waffle on that one.