I alluded to a big race goal in my new year’s post. I’ve been thinking about it for a while, and I finally bit the bullet and registered for 70.3 Racine!
Why I want to do a Half Ironman:
- I like the half marathon distance. I think it’s my favorite running distance
- I’ve loved the triathlons I did over the past two years
- I like the swimming & running components of triathlon — and have been working at my biking this past year
- I’m a glutton for heavy training!
- All my friends are doing it… Not a good reason, but many of my triathlon buddies are diving into the half iron training. Now that I know more people it’ll be much easier to find training buddies for those long bike rides! A number of them are targeting Racine as for their 70.3 race.
Hopefully it doesn’t rain on race day…
So wish me luck on July 21! Or that I won’t need luck…
Next up, figuring out my training group & training program. Just over 6 months to go!
Lauren Runs 
Awesome! I know you will excel at this. I hope you have amazing training and no rain on race day! LOL!
I’ve heard great reviews of Racine and cheered friends racing a few times. Exciting news!
Awesome!!! Good luck!
Wow! Half Ironman?! Good Luck with all your training! I’ve never done a tri, but it sounds awesome and its def something I want to do in the future. I’m just nervous about open swimming… I taught myself how to swim about 4 years ago so my swimming is still iffy lol
Do they allow any type of road bikes for sprint tri’s?
Thanks! You could definitely do a sprint triathlon! South Shore Tri is a great beginners triathlon as it’s pretty shallow water, and a smaller group of participants than some of the other tris (like Chicago Triathlon). Almost all triathlons allow people to use any type of road bike or even mountain bike.
Nice. I look forward to reading about your training. I would like to try a triathlon but don’t want to pay for an expensive bike!
You can do a triathlon with any bike you have — it’s just nice to have a faster bike if you do get into longer distances or more than just one! I loved the South Shore Tri as my first triathlon, and there’s all types of bikes at that race! I rode a mountain bike my first year!