Help me decide, or give me your thoughts/comments/opinions…
In my race schedule for this season, I had picked to do the Oxnard Splash-n-Dash on Sept. 13th. But I didn’t realize when I picked that (which I have not yet registered for) that it is a 1 hr 45 min drive from my house. Yikes. Such a long drive for a relatively short race. I was going to do the long course (1000 meter swim followed by the 4 mile run).
I looked for alternate events that have an ocean swim on a weekend between now and November when I’m not working or already doing another race. Kinda tough. Iron Man & Half Iron Man distances are too much for me right now!
But look at this: Mermaid Tri in Santa Cruz on Sept. 27th. Instead of Oxnard Splash-N-Dash Sept. 13th. Is it crazy to drive 5-6 hours on Saturday for a Sunday race? And then pretty much drive right back home? And if I drive that far, I’d want to do their Olympic Distance course, not the Sprint distance. Am I up for an Olympic Distance for my 3rd triathlon? What if we stay overnight on Sunday and drive back at the crack of dawn on Monday. My 7th grade daughter would miss school. That is wrong and bad. I shouldn’t take her out of a day of school for my race. Sigh. But I want to. Don’t want to drive right back on Sunday.
Also, my older daughter goes to UC Santa Cruz, so we would get to see her (if briefly) that weekend if we drive up. Hmmmmm.
So…
- Which event? Oxnard Splash-n-Dash Sept 13th (“local” but pretty far) or Santa Cruz all women Mermaid Tri Sept 27th?
- Am I nuts to do Olympic? I can already swim 1.5km and running a 10K is nothing. Just have to up my bike mileage which is pretty low right now (max dist of 15 miles).
- Take my daughter out of school Monday or drive our butts right back on Sunday?
I should be able to make these kind of decisions myself… I guess I really just want to do Santa Cruz but driving 5.5 hours up and back Sat/Sun just seems like such a drag. Boo!
#1 by Penny aka Southbaygirl on August 10, 2009 - 4:46 pm
I vote for Santa Cruz! An all womens event and you get to see your daughter! Sounds good to me! And I don’t think it’s too far to do the sprint-would give you more time with your girl!
#2 by Nina on August 10, 2009 - 4:51 pm
1. If it has to be one or the other, I’d go with Splash-n-dash given the circumstances.
2. Keep up your training and you absolutely can do an Olympic!!
3. Not sure on this…if you can make it an educational trip, like stop by the Monterrey Aquarium or something, then I’d say it fine. heck, what’s one day, especially to cheer on mom?
here are a couple other races to consider, though…
Sept. 12th-Nautica Malibu Olympic
Sept. 20th-Playa Del Run (Swim & Bike) in Malibu
Sept. 27th-Orange County Tri (Olympic)
Oct. 4th-Bonelli Park, San Dimas (Olympic)
Oct 4th-LA Triathlon (Sprint & Olympic)
Oct. 11th-Day at the Beach Hermosa Beach (Sprint)
Oct 18th-Playa Del Rey Tri (Sprint)
Check out LATriclub.com’s calander for all the details on these events & hopefully you can find one you want to do but also suits your schedule!
Nina
#3 by Nina on August 10, 2009 - 4:59 pm
DUH, I totally missed/forgot that your daughter is there, so you know the drive well and of course that is added incentive. Realizing that, go for it. Its a great place to race (Dana did Big Kahuna) & you have a couple of great excuses to get your other daughter out of school.
Nina
#4 by sheila on August 10, 2009 - 5:03 pm
Hey Nina, Thanks for the suggestions but Malibu is already sold out (or I would SO pick that one). Oct 11th I’m doing Long Beach Half Marathon. OC Tri is not an ocean swim. Am I crazy for insisting on ocean swim? I want to do one before Catalina. The rest are on days I work. Did check out LATriclub.com calendar. It is an excellent resource.
#5 by sheila on August 17, 2009 - 11:44 pm
I did it. I registered tonight for the Santa Cruz Olympic Distance (Might Mermaid) triathlon on Sept. 27th.