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William JenksWilliam Jenks
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Rich-

As we've discussed before, my two A-races for 2014 will be Boston marathon (April 21)  and IM WI (Sept 7).

I saw the "key races" post and Wisconsin Dells (June 22) is a doable distance from where I live.  Just tossing around whether to put it on the calendar as a social/fun/B-race because of the whole Team Mojo thing, or whether that's a bad idea because I really ought to focus hard in the late spring on things targeted for IM WI (like building up my bike strength/endurance, since I will have a marathon-jacked OS).  Of course the concern is the approximate 2-week hole that a raced HIM puts on the calendar (several days before and a week after)...  Dells would be fun, in that I've really come to love the HIM distance race, but I'm not sure how ready I'd be for it with ~6 weeks prep, and maybe I'd be better off just going to Madison for the weekend and making Matt Aaronson drill me into the ground for a couple days. :-)

To be clear, Boston and IMWI are the only important targets for the 2014 season.

Anyway...just curious as to your thoughts.

Thanks,

William

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  • Coach RichCoach Rich

    Posted By William Jenks on 05 Dec 2013 02:48 PM

    Rich-

    As we've discussed before, my two A-races for 2014 will be Boston marathon (April 21)  and IM WI (Sept 7).

    I saw the "key races" post and Wisconsin Dells (June 22) is a doable distance from where I live.  Just tossing around whether to put it on the calendar as a social/fun/B-race because of the whole Team Mojo thing, or whether that's a bad idea because I really ought to focus hard in the late spring on things targeted for IM WI (like building up my bike strength/endurance, since I will have a marathon-jacked OS).  Of course the concern is the approximate 2-week hole that a raced HIM puts on the calendar (several days before and a week after)...  Dells would be fun, in that I've really come to love the HIM distance race, but I'm not sure how ready I'd be for it with ~6 weeks prep, and maybe I'd be better off just going to Madison for the weekend and making Matt Aaronson drill me into the ground for a couple days. :-)

    To be clear, Boston and IMWI are the only important targets for the 2014 season.

    Anyway...just curious as to your thoughts.

    Thanks,

    William

    Does Dells sell out? Could you race Boston, see where your head is, and make the call on Dells or no 3-4wks out from the race? You'll obviously have the run fitness. 

    Short answer is that if the race doesn't sell out you have plenty of time to make that decision. 

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