With the fall 2010 racing season set to begin, my 2011 race schedule is in full swing as well. Other than being held hostage by the NYC 1/2 marathon lottery (I didn't realize the lottery remained open until mid November) the first 6 months of 2011 are pretty much booked. Of course, I haven't registered for some of these races as registration hasn't opened yet for the smaller events and others have beat the clock price increases that haven't yet occurred.
Here's the remainder of my 2010 and a tentative 2011 schedule to date:
September 5th - Disneyland 1/2 Marathon. This trip to Anaheim will complete my 2010 Coast to Coast Challenge. Having completed the Goofy Challenge in Orlando in January, I will get my Disney bling fix en masse: 5 medals for 3 races.
October 9th - Ten for Texas. Yes, I can stay home for Columbus Day weekend for a change. And yes, 10 miles will be fewer miles than the 26.2 I've racked up over the prior 2 CD weekends (Chicago Marathon in 2008 and Hartford/Boston 1/2's in 2009).
October 30th - Jazz Half. I've got a Friday night flight into New Orleans and a Saturday afternoon flight out so it will be a quick visit with family and friends. It'll be interesting to see how many Halloween costumes show up for the 2nd annual half event.
November 14th - San Antonio Rock n Roll 1/2. I ran San Antonio the year before competitor took over the event. This will be my first RNR event in quite some time.
February 20th - Austin 1/2. I've run the Austin 1/2 once before. I had a less than memorable race experience as I was suffereing with achilles tendonitis coming into the race. The Austin hills did nothing to help the situation.
April 30th - Drake Relays 1/2. This will be the front end of my 2011 back to back 1/2 weekend.
May 1st - Lincoln 1/2. This will be the back end of my b2b 1/2 weekend. Omaha will most likely be my flight destination as it is located between Des Moines and Lincoln and also appears to have the cheapest flights of the 3 cities.
June 4th - 13.1 Chicago. This was a spur of the moment race registration earlier this week. A $30 fee and a course similiar to the Chicago Half Marathon made me jump.
That's the plan as of now. Races that may happen, depending on lottery luck and whether or not the event occurs again are:
March 20th - NYC 1/2. If this race doesn't happen, I may consider City-Pier-City 1/2 in the Hague, the Netherlands. This would be my first race not on US soil.
June 18th - Mayor's 1/2. An Alaskan repeat with a first time visit to Anchorage and a week long post race tour include Kenai Fjord and Denali National Parks may or may not happen this year. I will most likely decide if this is a go by year end.
October - Disney Wine & Dine 1/2. If Disney brings this race back, I may sign up for it. Always up for a visit to Orlando; would take a couple of extra days to visit the Wizarding World of Harry Potter over at Universal.
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