Or maybe not, since I am the most indecisive person in the nation!
Three years ago this summer, I did my first and only Olympic distance triathlon. I was terrified in the swim, way too conservative on the bike, and overheated in the run... but I finished, about 16 minutes slower than I wanted to finish. I was terribly embarrassed by my performance and finish time and vowed to come back to the same race the next year to kick its ass.
So I signed up the next year... and about two months before race day I chickened out and dropped from the Olympic to the sprint distance. And won my age group. :)
Last year due to vacation plans I wasn't able to do either distance at that race.
Which brings us to this year. There are two Olympics I am interested in. Race A is in July and is completely flat. Race B is my revenge race in August and is VERY hilly. I know the course. I know how hard it is. I also know I won't be satisfied if I take the easy route and try to PR at the flat course. Only 3 weeks separate the races.
Coach thinks I can do both: use Race A as a training day and practice race, then go back to Race B -- my nemesis -- and finally kick its ass. I'm concerned that doing two Olympic distance triathlons just three weeks apart will doom me to failure in the second race, which, let's admit it, is really the goal race. Coach is convinced I can do this.
Would you do both?
2 comments:
umm...That is a hard one. Usually the reason why I don't do lots of events back to back is because of cost. If that isn't an issue...then I would say GO FOR IT.
Ha! Yeah, basically the first race will be a $120 training day...
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