2019 Key Race Planning [Vote by Friday 8/16!]
Update, the voting is done, results for 2020 are here: 2020 Key Races Officially Announced!
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Team...it's the middle of 2019, which mean that 8 out of 10 TeamEN athletes already have their 2020 season completely planned out!!! 🤣
Phase Two = VOTE (Now Thru Friday August 16, 2019)
The voting page is now ready for you. We compiled all of your race suggestions and put them into A new voting form. This page contains all of your suggestions, by sport, except for where items were already selected (Ironman® distance) or none were suggested (MTB).
➡ Vote Today (One Vote Per Person)
Phase Three = ANNOUCEMENT (Mid August)
Once the votes have been compiled, we will tally them up and post the 2020 calendar to the Team! WOOT!
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✅ Phase One = Suggest (Below) = COMPLETED! ✅
We are mapping out the 2020 season, and want your input. Read on to learn about each focus, but you can add your input on ALL types of events in the same single form (multiple submissions are okay 👍).
HOW IT WORKS
The plan is to (1) capture all the info first, (2) organize it, (3) put it back out to you to vote on, (4) make a final selection.
** PLEASE NOTE: DEADLINE IS June 30th for Race Suggestions!!!**
TRIATHLON
We will have two Ironman® Key Races in 2020. This means Endurance Nation in full AWESOME MODE. You can still do other races, but these races are obviously special.
- Ironman® St George May 2, 2020
- Ironman® Hawaii October 2020
We will do two 70.3® Key Races in 2020. The TriClub championships is a likely pick, but that is TBD for the year...so what other 70.3™ events do you suggest?
RUNNING
There are three event types to focus on here for the season: Marathon, an Ultra Race, and a Ragnar Event. It's new for us to have these vents for the 2020 season, but the goal here is to help folk pick events they can connect around together. Even if you aren't doing the event itself, you can still make a recommendation.
CYCLING
Also new for 2020, we'd like a few special events for the Team to consider. Most of the events are done "in addition to" other focus races, but it's great to see many of your teammates challenging that mindset and picking one or two bigger races to do in these areas. Events under this area include but aren't limited to: MTB Races, Gravel Races / Events, Gran Fondo(s).
PLEASE NOTE: DEADLINE IS June 30th for Race Suggestions!!!
Thanks Team!
~ Coach P
Comments
I am so pumped to see St. George as a key race!! Going to be so much fun. Also excited to see what the team suggests for other key events. Bring on 2020.
I'm signed up for St George!!! yahooooooo!
I can't wait for the poll results!
IM Career: Adirondack to Zion ;-)
Campeche!!!!
Mexico!
How About Roth in 2021?
I’ll go @Robert Sabo!!!
Just curious how Hawaii is a key race. Not everyone can sign up. Also, isn't it naturally a "Key Race" since @Coach Patrick and @Mariah Bridges are always there?
@Jenn Edwards has identified a type of epic endurance event that isn't even on the list. Ultra swims! She is doing the Skaha ultra endurance swim (11.8km) tomorrow!
@Gary Lewis Hawaii is a key race because Endurance Nation is already there...and the folks who do go get the support. We have plenty oF support at other venues where folks CAN sign up!
@Scott Imlay I am ignoring that comment; afraid someone will persuade me to try!
@Coach Patrick I'm not sure that answered my question/statement. There are only going to be 2 IM Key races and one of them is Kona. Can we possibly get a second that the whole team can attend? I also realize that IMLP is essentially a Key Race. I'm thinking something out of the usual.