Endurance events for 2009

With Spring arriving I am looking forward to a new season of triathlons and related endurance events to keep me busy through October. As a result, I have compiled a preliminary listing of all the events I am either planning to do for certain, or may compete/participate in depending on how I feel on the given week or day assuming I remain injury free. A fair warning though for those newbies out there--the number and frequency of these events would be considered extreme by most endurance athletes--my fellow competitors tend to compete in official races far less often than I do. Most triathletes usually compete once or twice a month at most though there are exceptions. Also, many of these events are not races--specifically the trailnet rides and the long distance brevet series rides in Edwardsville and if I wake up not feeling up to a ride on Sunday after a hard race on Saturday, I will skip certain events. For me the rides are an opportunity to ride in a pack and typically I won't be pushing too hard unless that is my only event scheduled that particular week. Without further ado, my tentative schedule for the remainder of 2009:

Triathlon and endurance/racing events for 2009

April

April 4th Saturday 200k or 300k long distance bike ride Edwardsville IL
April 5th Sunday Flat as a Floodplain ride Trailnet
April 11th Saturday Shakespeare’s Duathlon Columbia MO
April 12th Sunday Rez Run crestwood MO 5k plus road race
April 19th Saturday Go St. Louis Marathon
April 25th Saturday 200, 300, or 400k long distance bike ride Edwardsville IL
April 26th Sunday Steamboat triathlon Cape Girardeau MO

May

May 3rd Sunday Trizou triathlon Columbia MO
May 9th Saturday Trailnet ride or O’Fallon Criterium race or open water swim in New Town St. Charles
May 16th Saturday 200, 300, or 400k long distance bike ride Edwardsville IL
May 17th Sunday Trailnet Ride or Rolla Road Race
May 23rd Saturday Wheels over wildwood
or brevet ride Edwardsville IL 300 or 400k or open water swim
May 24th Sunday Wheels over wildwood day 2
May 25th Monday Highland biathlon or Trailnet ride
May 30th Saturday O’Fallon road race or open water swim New Town

June

June 6th Saturday QuaterMax Triathlon Innsbrook or Mud Run 5k Mascoutah
June 7th Sunday Trailnet Ride
June 13th Saturday Trailnet Ride or 600k long distance bike ride Edwardsville
June 14th Sunday Mo State Road Race Championships Ste. Genevieve
June 21st Sunday St. Peters Rec Plex triathlon or O’Fallon MO cycling race
June 27th Saturday 600k long distance bike ride Edwardsville
June 28th Sunday Trailnet Ride

July

July 4th Saturday Macklind Mile
July 11th Saturday Soulard Criterium
July 12th Sunday Joker’s Wild Half Marathon or Trailnet ride or Babler Circuit Race
July 19 Sunday Racine Half Ironman race, Racine Wisconsin
July 26th Sunday Tour de Kirkwood Triathlon or Trailnet ride



August

August 1st Saturday Missouri cycling Time Trial Championship (Jeff City?)
August 2nd Sunday Road Criterium Jefferson City or Trailnet Ride
August 8th Saturday Wood River triathlon
August 9th Sunday Trailnet ride
August 16th Sunday Trailnet ride
August 23rd Sunday Trailnet ride

September

September 4th Friday Gateway Cup Lafayette Square MO (?)
September 5th Saturday Gateway Cup (?) or Great Illini challenge triathlon (?)
September 6th Sunday Gateway Cup (?) or trailnet Giro ride on the Hill (?) neighborhood
September 12th Saturday MS150 (?)
September 13th Sunday MS150 (?) or Trailnet ride (?)
September 19th Saturday Redman Triathlon Oklahoma City, OK (?)
September 20th Sunday Millstadt Biathlon or Trailnet ride
September 26th Saturday Charleston duathlon in Charleston IL
September 27th Sunday Trailnet ride

October

October 11th Sunday Chicago Marathon (?) or Lakeland Duathlon or Ride the Rivers
Century Ride
October 24th Saturday Great Floridian Full Ironman race, Clermont Florida

*The bold connotes events that I have either already committed to in the form of paying race fees or anticipate competing in unless something extremely unusual would compel me to be elsewhere etc. Also, a number of additional races will likely be added as the season progresses and additional races send out race entries.