It seems like everywhere I look, people are talking about their 2010 race schedules.
There are marathons, half marathons, triathlons & half-irons being registered for. I’ll admit, I fall victim to this myself, asking every runner I’ve run with in the past couple of weeks, “what’s your next race?”
The next race that I currently have on my schedule (in case you were curious), is the Shamrock run (I’m doing the 15K distance) on March 14.
That is not, however, the next big thing.
This is:
I am officially registered for this race. This is going to be a very different experience from marathon #1, in no small part because half of the runners I know in Portland are running it, too! And there are even some people doing the half!
So, since we’ll all be training about the same time, and doing approximately similar mileages, I’m guessing there will be some post-run brunches in our future.
To that end, I picked up a copy of this to share with my hungry PBRs:
I am pretty excited to dig in (both to the book AND into breakfast). I am also terrified excited about having just signed up for my SECOND marathon (in 4 months, 1 week & 3 days; EEK!).
Other races that I am thinking about doing probably going to do in 2010:
The 2010 (potential) Race Schedule
- 3/14/10 – Shamrock 15K
- 4/11/10 – Race for the Roses Half Marathon
- 4/18/10 – Bridge to Brews 10K
- 5/2/10 – Eugene Marathon
- 6/13/10 – Blue Lake Sprint Triathlon
- 8/1/10 – Midsummer Olympic Triathlon (at Blue Lake)
- 8/14/10 – XTerra Portland Triathlon (at Hagg Lake)
- 9/5/10 – Eugene Women’s Half
- 10/24/10 – Run Like Hell 5K
- 11/14/10 – Outer Banks Half Marathon
As you can see, I’m planning three half marathons, only (ha!) one full marathon, and three triathlons. With the three shorter distance races, I’m at 10 races for 2010, which seems like a great number! I haven’t locked in everything yet, although I feel pretty confident that the first four will happen, and I know I want to do at least two triathlons this year.
So, internets…what races are YOU doing in 2010?
