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I thought I'd make a sticky thread so everyone could post their 2015 races. Any races: big race, little races, all races - not just Disney, so we can cheer each other on!
So far my 2015 race calendar is:
May 17 - Colfax Half Marathon
June 13- 70.3 Boulder Half Ironman
August 2- Boulder Ironman 140.6
November 15- Avengers Half Marathon because this will be the perfect way to celebrate my 50th Cake Day!!
I may add a 10k and another 13.1 before the Boulder 70.3.
I will be running my first RunDisney event this year! In fact, I will be running two!
Princess 10K with my running partner
Expedition Everest Challenge with my daughter (14)
My running partner and I will also sign up for tons of local races. We will run at least six local races that are part of a run series and then will pick an choose a few fun runs and other charity runs.
Besides the Dopey challenge, there's actually nothing on my calendar for the entire year.
I'll figure it out as I go along.....
Great idea for this list Robin!!!
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Parkrun starts near me on January 10th, so Andy and I are going to take part...unless it's horrendous weather - we are still very much fairweather runners! I'd like to think we'll do at least one a month - he works every other Saturday and I don't really want to go on my own.
Other than that, we haven't registered for anything but I'm planning on doing:
* Race for Life 5k (only me, it's for girls) - June 14th
* RunFest Wales 5k (or maybe 10k if we've trained enough) - June 28th - this is the one we did in 2014, we want to beat our times
* Vale of Clwyd 5k - August 9th
And dare I even consider...
* Conwy half marathon - November 22nd?
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Parkrun starts near me on January 10th, so Andy and I are going to take part...unless it's horrendous weather - we are still very much fairweather runners! I'd like to think we'll do at least one a month - he works every other Saturday and I don't really want to go on my own.
Other than that, we haven't registered for anything but I'm planning on doing:
* Race for Life 5k (only me, it's for girls) - June 14th
* RunFest Wales 5k (or maybe 10k if we've trained enough) - June 28th - this is the one we did in 2014, we want to beat our times
* Vale of Clwyd 5k - August 9th
Parkrun starts near me on January 10th, so Andy and I are going to take part...unless it's horrendous weather - we are still very much fairweather runners! I'd like to think we'll do at least one a month - he works every other Saturday and I don't really want to go on my own.
Other than that, we haven't registered for anything but I'm planning on doing:
* Race for Life 5k (only me, it's for girls) - June 14th
* RunFest Wales 5k (or maybe 10k if we've trained enough) - June 28th - this is the one we did in 2014, we want to beat our times
* Vale of Clwyd 5k - August 9th
I've been thinking about this for a while! Great Idea, Robin!
Indy Mini marathon in May 2
Maybe the Air Force Half Marathon in September
Indianapolis Monumental half in November. Actually doing this race for the next two years and finishing off the series of medals with the marathon...stupid four year medal design...
Jingle bell 10K and many 5Ks
Then the Princess in 2016 ��
January - Dopey Challenge
February - Castaway Cay 5k and Princess Half
April - Water for Uganda (a local 5k here)
July - Boilermaker 15k
August/September - CA - Dumbo Double Dare races
November - Turkey Classic 5 miler
I've been thinking about this for a while! Great Idea, Robin!
Indy Mini marathon in May 2
Maybe the Air Force Half Marathon in September
Indianapolis Monumental half in November. Actually doing this race for the next two years and finishing off the series of medals with the marathon...stupid four year medal design...
Jingle bell 10K and many 5Ks
Then the Princess in 2016 ��
So, I've changed my plans
NO Mini this year, but I'm signing up for next year on race weekend.
Still undecided on the Air Force half marathon
And the big news...
I'm doing the Monumental Full again, thanks to a college friend coming out to run it.
And the rest stays the same
Neat topic...sorry I missed it! Figures a blind guy misses the sticky topic at the top of the page, right? hehe.....
Have only three races on my calendar for this year so far....no, wait, now that I think of it, four races
For Sures:
Achilles St Patty's Day 5k on March 18th
Around the Bay Road Race, March 29th
Boston Marathon, April 20th
New York Marathon, Nov 1st
Maybes/Probablys
Goodlife Fitness Toronto Marathon, May 3 (might be too soon after Boston, but we will see....)
Toronto Waterfront Half Marathon, Oct 18
Only reason I've got the one 5k on my plate as a for-sure is because that's the race that is put on/in support of the running club that I'm a member of...so want to help wave the flag Everything else are 30km or longer for this year. The local outdoors store puts on a race series all year, ($15 a race) so I might do some 10k and half marathons with them as well.
2016 will hopefully have me doing the Princess Half at Disney, along with Boston once again. I'd like to do the Marine Corps Marathon in 2016, but my wife also has a crazy idea to do Europe in 2015 or 2016 as well...so that plan might have to go on the back burner And she has already told me no to tying it in with a marathon in Europe... so that's out Though she has said yes to at least two soccer matches, so I'll take that as a win
Tim
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Feb Princess triple crown
May Tinkerbell pixie dust challenge
Sept Hogsback Half
October if I get picked Nike women's in San Fran
November NYC marathon if I get picked and Wine And Dine
Might do another local half in Sept have to see....possibly one in March....but then April looks lonely too.....
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In talking to the Boss, she has just gotten the itch to take the kids to Europe before oldest starts high school. Next year is grade 8.....so it has to be next year. One of my biggest desires is to see my favourite soccer club play live, which means we have to go before the beginning of May...so it looks like we might have to try to shoe horn a trip in this fall, which means NYC Marathon MIGHT be out. I'm pretty good at sweet talking my wife, so that might still happen (especially since it is so price-advantageous for me) but we will see....
If I can't run NYC, then I'll either run the Toronto Waterfront Marathon (a surprisingly amazing course!) or possibly even run the Road 2 Hope here in Hamilton...we will see.....
Tim
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