The 2012 ended abruptly at IM Florida, after being stung by jellyfish (neck area) I had to drop out of the race during the first 10 miles of the bike. The next couple of weeks after the Jellyfish attack were not ideal, my body wasn’t able to recover from it and that was enough to call off IM Arizona. I took some time off and gave my body a chance to rest; something I didn’t do at all year (broke my tibia twice and took almost no time off).
I’m still working on 2013; the schedule is not set in stone at this moment but right now I’m thinking on making it similar to what the 2012 plan was. Race the short course and hopefully some ITU and then slowly shift to the long course races.
2013 Race Schedule
- ITU Sarasota Pan American Cup * - 3/16
- Leadman 125 – 4/14
- New Orleans 70.3 – 4/21
- Memphis in May – 5/19
- Kansas 70.3 – 6/9
- Geneva ITU continental cup (Switzerland) *
- Cadiz ITU continental cup (Spain) *
- Lake Stevens 70.3 – 7/21 *
- Steelhead 70.3 – 8/4
- Augusta 70.3 – 9/29
- IM Florida *
- IM Arizona *
The ITU races are pending, they depend on the National Federation (Venezuela) giving the ok and also depends if ITU wants to give me a start spot or not. Lake Stevens 70.3 overlaps with the Europe races, so if I get to start in Europe, Lake Stevens 70.3 is not going to happen. As far as the IM (Ironman) races, I might do both Florida and Arizona or I might do only one of them (Time will tell)
I’m still working on the local races schedule, this is going to be dictated if I can lock in my local sponsors. I’m dealing with a lot of things that aren’t triathlon related which I could argue they are going to affect my season plans (including my home base). However I’m currently training, building a nice base and staying very healthy.
2013 will be different, I will keep this site updated and I will do my best to keep doing the good things I did during 2012, helping with the MSU Mankato tri club, also the Kids triathlon team (Green hornets), setting up triathlon clinics, swim clinics and masters classes.
Happy training,
J
I’m still working on 2013; the schedule is not set in stone at this moment but right now I’m thinking on making it similar to what the 2012 plan was. Race the short course and hopefully some ITU and then slowly shift to the long course races.
2013 Race Schedule
- ITU Sarasota Pan American Cup * - 3/16
- Leadman 125 – 4/14
- New Orleans 70.3 – 4/21
- Memphis in May – 5/19
- Kansas 70.3 – 6/9
- Geneva ITU continental cup (Switzerland) *
- Cadiz ITU continental cup (Spain) *
- Lake Stevens 70.3 – 7/21 *
- Steelhead 70.3 – 8/4
- Augusta 70.3 – 9/29
- IM Florida *
- IM Arizona *
The ITU races are pending, they depend on the National Federation (Venezuela) giving the ok and also depends if ITU wants to give me a start spot or not. Lake Stevens 70.3 overlaps with the Europe races, so if I get to start in Europe, Lake Stevens 70.3 is not going to happen. As far as the IM (Ironman) races, I might do both Florida and Arizona or I might do only one of them (Time will tell)
I’m still working on the local races schedule, this is going to be dictated if I can lock in my local sponsors. I’m dealing with a lot of things that aren’t triathlon related which I could argue they are going to affect my season plans (including my home base). However I’m currently training, building a nice base and staying very healthy.
2013 will be different, I will keep this site updated and I will do my best to keep doing the good things I did during 2012, helping with the MSU Mankato tri club, also the Kids triathlon team (Green hornets), setting up triathlon clinics, swim clinics and masters classes.
Happy training,
J