2011 Season

The 2011 season has arrived and the race schedule has been set.  I've set some pretty ambitious goals for this year.  This year I'm planning for 3 duathlons, a time trial event, a half marathon, and my first triathlon.  I'm also going to do a 4 mile race with Holly in June.  Since this will be my first full year I will be able to get my official USAT Ranking at the end of the year.  I'm also moving up to the 30-34 AG.  I've been checking out the rankings and results from the 2010 season and I think that I will do pretty well.  There's some pretty stiff competition though.  I'll really have to work on my run.  The average pace from my age group seems to be around 6:45-7:00 min.  

2011-the year of the run.  I hope to average 7:30/mile over the course of my 3 duathlons and finish the year at Bronda's with an average run pace of 7:00 across all 4 miles.  In August of last year I started adding on the miles pretty quickly and was running 7-9 on a regular basis.  This year I will be increasing that so that by August, the Hottest Half Marathon, I will have built up to 20 miles.  My goal for the Hottest Half is to complete the 13.1 mile course within 2 hours.  That's only a 9:09 pace.  Seems doable.  

One week after the Hottest Half will be my first triathlon.  It is a 350m pool swim, 13 mile bike ride, followed by a 5k run.  Our apartment has a pretty decent pool for laps and I'm not too far away from the Frisco Aquatic Center.  I plan on going up there on my off days and getting in a good pool workout.  

I'm pretty excited about this season.  So far I have the 6 USAT events planned plus the race in June with Holly.  I'm going to keep my eyes open for a race in May and maybe September or October.  

2011 Race Schedule

February 20 - Texas Motor Speedway Duathlon (State Championship Race)

April 3 - Fast & Furious Duathlon, Joe Pool Lake

June 3 - Dam Bike Time Trial, Joe Pool Lake

August 14 - Hottest Half Marathon, White Rock Lake

August 21 - Take on the Heat Triathlon, Lewisville Lake

November 13 - Bonda's Duathlon, Texas Motor Speedway