Looking Forward to 2009 Season

Well, it's New Year's. I had a good racing season in '08, but am looking forward to a better season in '09. Training has started to get a bit serious, which is good. I need to drop the 5 pounds I put on over the holidays.

My race schedule for 2009 will be a lot of the same, with some changes. I plan to do quite a few of the South Carolina Tri Series races again. My faves are the SC Half, Festival of Flowers Int'l, and Tri the Midlands Sprint. My big A race of 2009 will be age group nationals in Tuscaloosa, AL. This will be the first year my A race is an Olympic distance race, as prior years have me preparing for IM distances. I am happy to say I have no plans on racing an IM distance race in 2009. Beach2Battleship kicked my butt, and I'm still not over it. Anyway...

I look forward to some hard training over the next few months. Emphasis will be more on speed than distance. That's also new for me as my main objective over the past few years has been distance. The shorter harder workouts hurt more, but take less time. Kind of a good thing/bad thing, I guess. We'll see how it goes. My first tri will be the MAP sprint Triathlon in Charlotte at the end of March. It will be a good test to gauge my speed and fitness. I also plan to do several running races through the winter and leading in to the spring. This is something I have not done, and I am looking forward to it. I'd like to see how fast I can get my 5K and 10K times.

Train hard, but smart. Don't get injured!