it's the plan, man

after weeks and WEEKS of having to reschedule the meeting with coach (illness, poor timing with naps, etc), i finally got to meet up with Jason and talk about the coming months. it was a short conversation--my own fault for being late, kudos to coach for putting up with me--but i am so so SO SO SO EXCITED to get to moving.

there's a skosh of uncertainty around where exactly i'll be doing all of my racing and training come April, but i've scoped out races in multiple locales just in case. no big hairy news to announce, we just bounce back and forth from Austin a lot so i've added ATX training races to the New England mix. i'll just have to decide/register as we go. you know, to keep things interesting.

run:
Coach said fun-run races were good for Jan-April. after that point, they'll start to take away from the longer weekend training sessions, since the fun runs are almost always weekenders. he did add, though, that a half marathon in May would be on the training calendar. after the May 13.1 i'll likely do long runs on my own. here's the plan:

• a 5k in Jan (Quincy YMCA Frozen 5k?),
• a 10k in Feb (suggestions? might just be a Charles River fun run if i can't find a supported one)
• a 10k-10miler in March (Salem Black Cat 10miler)
• a 15K in April (Boston suggestions? or the Cap 10k + Town lake trail run)
• a 13.1 in May (Boston's Run to Remember OR XTERRA trail half marathon in Waco)

bike:

pretty much any supported rally/bike ride is game. looks like i'll be doing ~ 4 100 milers, a couple 90s, a couple 80s, a couple 70s, you get the idea. May is around the time i'll hit longer miles on the bike, so that's when i'll start joining the rallies. i'm thinking: 

• part of the Shiner GASP (50-80mi. hell, maybe even the full 100 if i feel up to it?) in May
• Best Buddies 50/100 miler from Boston in June
• Mount Washington 100miler (supposedly the hardest century in NE...super hilly/mountainous. eep) in July

swim:

swim is pretty open. i've only found two good open water swim events, both in May, so they're the only things on the list. otherwise i'll get OWS practice in the triathlons i do throught the season. 

• 1.8 or 3mi OWS in Maryland
• 2k OWS in Austin

triathlon:

the only thing Coach has set for sure is at least one 70.3. timing is flexible, from early June to early July. a few of them i'm considering: 

• Patriot Half (Freetown, MA) mid June
• Rev3 Quassy (Connecticut) in June
• Buffalo Springs (Lubbock) end of June
• Muscomaman (New Hampshire) end of July

i also got the go ahead to do sprints and olympics as i see fit/if they seem fun/ if they fit with my schedule. so i'm considering doing 2-3 of these, likely 1 sprint and two olympics:

• Republic of TX (sprint) mid April
• Cap Tex (olympic) end of May
• Escape the Cape (sprint) mid June
• Black Fly (olympic) New Hapshire, early July

whew. feels GOOOOD to have that out there!  

from now until the beginning of February i'll be doing 2x workouts in each discipline each week. within those 6 workouts, 1 of each discipline will involve some intensity/intervals. throw in two short-ish strength training sessions, and a weekly massage, and i've got me a plan! 

then, come February,  shit really gets real i start my official IM training schedule. eeeeeeeeeeeeeep.