Triathlon Races 2011 Reasoning

Oceanside 70.3 April 2 2011
Why?
I have been wanting to do this race for the past 5 yrs, not even joking and couldnt bc of the combination of being in school, running track, and not having the money together...
It is CA a place that I yearn to be and live and I LOVE racing out there. This will be my 1st main race of the 2011 season, aside from a couple local biathlon races...

It will also be my first Half Ironman with my 1st Tri bike..


St. Croix 70.3
Why?
I had orginally signed up to do this race in 2010 this yr but I got lucky and w a sinsere letter, got a roll down to 2011. The start of 2009was tough, esp when you leave a job close to the last day of 2009... with out another job set out.. I was inbtw jobs for 4 months, yes, 4 friggin months... sux.. I wish I coulda done the race this yr as I could of won a Kona slot.. then again, I prob didnt start peakin this yr until April/May... forget it, I was totally out of shape in march...
This will be my chance that I am holding to myself to win thr 25-29 age group and secure that Kona Slot for 2011. If I can do this, I am lit, gonna chill and do locals all through June/July up until August till timberman. I am also planning to road trip finally to lake placid to sign up for the full in 2012...

Timberman 70.3
Why?
Beautiful lake course, love lakes and havent been to new h since I was 12? Hoping to sign up for this race by dec, a race I wanted to do last summer, but I was closed out before I could reg. A def must..

Poconos 70.3
I want to sign up for this race ASAP, however since my goal is to get to Kona more... I may wait to see what the ruling is come May for St. Croix if it isnt sold out by then...

Kona World Champ
1 might say that I havent done a full Ironman yet which is true, but I have done 4 half and have been racing a total of 6 yrs... and running for ten... Things come in progressions, just like personal training... Things take time and dedication and Kona is something that must be worked up to, just as I did for Clearwater, but now, in the half distance I have to go even faster. I have to go faster than the times that would qualify me for the half....
This goal of mine I see right in front of me, its in reach, and I just have to grab it when I can.

After Kona, its time to move out.

Triathlon Conclusion 2010 Yr 6

This has been quite a summer, I am going to mention my fav memories. I just wanted to say that this summer has been the most mixed and growing experience as a person and a triathlete. I have become a prize money winner, top 3 overall in almost all of the locals I have done and I really have come to terms to myself and who I am in. I recently developed a greater love for the outdoors, hiking, and camping. I love waterfalls and exploring the unknown. I loved the trips I took down the shore with not only racing, but training. I got to teach bootcamp for the first time at 5 in the mothafuckin morn, but hey, it got me up early to work out myself. I drove around Ca by myself for 10 hrs in 2 days in a Convertable. I went to Mexico by myself, but met great people along the way. Most of all, I have Qualified for a World Championship Triathlon Race and have completed my goal of the yr, to Qualify for Clearwater. Looking back, I can compare this journey to my performance in the Empire State Building run-up. I cant forget the many ways in which I had trained for that particular race; parking deck steps, statdium steps, hill repeats, tredmill incline, and on snow blizzard days, the stairs in my very own house. But hey all the grindin pays off when I ran up 86 flights of steps which stretched 2 miles high in just 16 mins...

With all the people that have inspired me, taught me that if you really want to accomplish something, no matter what that might be, no matter what hardships you may face, it will come true if you dont let go of that goal. I did just that, I never let go of that goal, ever. I learned to always have a backup plan, if RI didnt work out for me, which it didnt, I had Cancun planned. I knew going into RI that I would of had a tougher competition.

I never thought I would of been capable of going below a 540 in a Half Iroman. In cancun before the run I was pacing a 520-530 pace if I would of ran a 140-145 half... This shouldnt be an issue in Clearwater or the races to come bc there wont be this immense fire pit like heat...

So in 2011, at age 25 I am here to say that I will make my return to HAWAII, I will go to MAUI and that will happen nxt Oct 9 2011. I will qualify through st. criox..

If that doesnt work out, then I will just work on getting faster, race Timberman as planned in August, PR there, and race Poconos in Oct....

Maybe I will go to the new Half Ironman World Champ site in Vegas.... But no matter what, I will race my first full Ironman nxt yr, and I am shooting for that to be Cozmel. I didnt want to go back to Mexico ever again bc its such a pain, but its the most realisitc race that I can actually get into so we shall see what the future holds.

Kona 2011.