Updates to the race schedule

I've made a few changes to this year's race plan. The first thing to note is that I've removed a few races, namely the duathlon and two triathlons. This season is not supposed to be focused just on racing, this is a year for things in real life. So it didn't make sense that I was dragging my wife all around the province most of the summer. Instead, I'm cutting it down to 5 triathlons, one per month (every 3 or 4 weeks) through September. That saves entry fees, travel costs, and lets me enjoy some solid training rather than doing pseudo-tapers every second week.

Next, I pulled the 4x4 Challenge. It still looks like it would be right in my wheelhouse, but that's not a productive use of my time. I'll do something special on or around my birthday, but doing laps of a track while trying to hold down mass quantities of ice cream isn't going to be it. Maybe I'm maturing?

Third, I added a 10k to Labour Day weekend. Last year I doubled up that weekend with a sprint tri and a half-marathon. That worked out well, and not well at all. I'm going to do the same thing, but with only a 10k this time. Why a 10k? It's the best test of running fitness. Why do I need to know my running fitness? Because the season isn't quite over yet.

In late October, thanks to an excellent tax return, my wife and I will be heading to Florida for a nice trip to Walt Disney World. And lo and behold, there's a race on that weekend. So who's going to turn down the opportunity to run through Hollywood Studios at 11pm in an oddly distanced race? Not me, so I'm entered in the WDW Tower of Terror 13k. It looks like a fun event, so after a bit of rest, I'll put in one last (run-dominated) training block, and see what I can do in the late night run.

Obviously, some changes have been made in the training plan, so we'll see how the summer/fall pans out. But it should be a lot of fun, at least.