Life of an Age-Grouper

When establishing a race schedule there is a phrase that comes up very often among triathletes, "A Race". One's A Race is understood as the main focal point of the season. More times than not this race is what the entire season is built around. At one's A race the athlete expects to have their best result as an anticipated and expected response from being in peak fitness. Most pro's build their season around Vegas or Kona. Age groupers will usually establish their A race around a new distance or at an opportunity to establish a new PR. As an age group triathlete living in the Northeast the triathlon season is extremely short. The window to race is just a few months long starting in late May/early June and usually ending around September. This only permits four months of potential racing. How many races can one effectively cram into four months? Personally, I would love to race every weekend but that is just not feasible. Four months of racing means that...

The following are confirmed races for the 2012 race season.  I will certainly be backfilling my schedule with some races as the season draws closer. May 19th - Harriman 70.3 June 3rd - Great Southbay with Dad July 12 - Vineman 70.3 August 7th - Smithpoint with dad August 21 - Timberman 70.3 This is a very short list of races however I have extremely lofty goals for all of them.  The two races that have all my attention are Vineman 70.3 and Timberman 70.3. You could call these "A" races or simply races that I plan to hold nothing back on.   The two races with my Dad are going to be great.  Last year he missed out on GSB do to a serious head cold.  Smithpoint will be new to both of us.  Both courses are flat and should be a lot of fun. The following are races that I would like to add to my schedule; 1. Century ride with my Dad (both of us are very eager to accomplish this) 2. Xterra - I had originally planned to do the Dirty Devil in NJ ...