Current plans...

I've been working on a fantastic 2011 race plan/calendar using Excel, naturally, because why not use Excel!! Love Excel! Currently 38 races are on entered in the spreadsheet...no way I could do all 38 primarily because there are often more than one on any given day. Hey, it's Minnesota, the race season is pretty short.

Breakdown looks like this
14 road races (5K, 7K, 10K, half marathon, 20 miler, full marathon)
2 duathlons
22 triathlons

What to do? What to do?
Lots to plan...and think about.

What I WANT to do at a bare minimum this: one sprint triathlon, one olympic-distance triathlon, one duathlon, one 20 miler or full marathon and a 70.3. I would LOVE to get a full Ironman on the calendar, but for several reasons I just don't think it's going to happen in 2011. Anyone growing a money tree?

For the rest of 2010, surprisinly I might be doing more races in the remainder 1.5 months of the year than I did all of 2010. Sad, but way to go, me!
November 20 - Jingle Bell 5K
November 25 (official turkey eating day) - Gobble Gait 2 mile walk (with my sister) and possibly the Tough Turkey 1 mile before the walk if possible. This is in Duluth!
December 11 - Snowflake Shuffle 5K

I am currently working on increasing my total training volume. The intensity creeps up there on some of my runs, but overall, I am keeping it moderate and bumping the volume up primarily with my runs. I am loving doing bricks right now...all inside of course. Example: 45 minute spin class followed immediately by 45-60 minutes of easy to moderate pace on the treadmill. Get a phenomenal sweat on and throw back a Gu if necessary. Burn, baby, burn. This is of course followed by a deep freeze AKA ice bath.

Stay tuned... :)