Timing is everything. So as I started to think about how to take triathlon a bit more seriously, I also started to think about which races I should plan for this year. Also, my daughter was born just last December and I knew this would put some hard constraints on the time I could afford to be away from home on my bike, in some chlorine infested pool or plogging endless miles with my running shoes.
If I'll manage to long anything close to 250 hours of training this year, I'll have done a FANTASTIC job. Given the general un-triathlon-esque condition I'm in, I felt safe going for an Olympic Distance in August (Frankfurt). Working back from that date my first competition will be a local sprint TRI event early May, and I'll do at least one more sprint in June and one in July.
While I've been viewing Frankfurt as my season highlight, I recently started eyeballing the Barcelona triathlon on October 7th. Let's see if I can get my two girls motivated to come ;-)
Race Calendar:
13. Mai - Kinzigman - Sprint
9. June - Short Track Griesheim - Sprint
July - still looking
5. August - Frankfurt - Olympic
26.August - Cross Tri Oberursel - Sprint
7. October - Barcelona - Olympic
