September 2025. The idea of just heading out to some exotic triathlon destination in the Fall 2025 may be difficult. It will at the very least be very different. I would do it alone and/or for a much shorter duration. It will certainly feel a great deal different So I feel very fortunate to have one more year of family trips without the consideration of a school calendar. As I thought through what my actual goals were for 2024, this is where I landed. BLOW IT OUT WITH TRIPS!
My saintly wife knows at this point that whenever we take a trip I may just look for a local triathlon to check out. Now that I have invested in a Buxom case, traveling with bike is almost easy (not really but close). I've already hinted at some races for 2024 and a lot of this is still TBD. But first things first:
Goal 1: Travel as much as possible with family and bike in tow ;)
But where should we go? How about this:
1. Sarasota for the first triathlon of the year in January! Ok this one only kind of counts because I couldn't convince anyone else to join me in Sarasota. So this will be strictly a pop in/pop out race. I love that its the weekend after New Years (I may regret saying that if the weather sucks) to get a race every month!
2. Havana in February! An honest to goodness legal reason to take the family to one of the craziest places on earth. My wife is looking forward to getting back to where she studied. Even my daughter turned to me out of the blue and said "I can't wait to go to Coooba". This will be another perfect Spanish immersion opportunity for my bilingual (except me) family. And it's an international race that as I have learned will show in my World Triathlon profile but will not show up in any USAT rankings. Oh well. But can't wait!!
3. Austin on Memorial Day! My wife turned to me and said "When is the triathlon in San Antonio?" as if every city has one or many triathlons. We have family there and she knows her husband. I did some research and apparently there is a TRULY MASSIVE triathlon in Austin on Memorial Day Monday. So I calmly said, "Ok, that would be Memorial Day". And it looks like it may just work out! May even be able to count this as Spanish immersion depending on where go too ;)
4. Omaha in June! But what about the World Chamionships in 2025? Well, like I mentioned, I'm kind of thinking this may not be a good fit do to school. But maybe I try to do it because it is a huge massive challenge that would require my absolute best? I'm kind of jonesing to try the mixed relay but want to really go for it. Not that I'm so great but I DID get 4th in the US at Nationals this year and 5th overall for the US in the Worlds. So I don't want to just show up, I want to get some not 5 talent around me. I put my name on a list but we'll see. I love the super sprint by World Triathlon doesn't so might skip that and just do the Sprint. Although frankly doing the Super Sprint didn't hurt me this year at Nationals. What's the point to this again? I'm not sure. This one is up in the air.
5. Malaga in October! Definitely the crown jewel of the year. We are going to do a big 2 week blow out in Southern Spain. I planned on doing Southern Spain after Pontevedra but then they announced Malaga would be the location of the 2025 WTCF and I switched it to Mallorca. I can't wait to plan this one. Probably not possible to top how well things went this year in Galicia but this race has a strong "prolonging the magic" kind of feel. And it's fully Spanish immersion!
6. Florida or Arizona in November? I didn't do the Sun Devil Classic this year and opted to do a family trip to Orlando which was great. I'm intrigued by the draft legal aspect (and a spot on the national team for age group winners). We'll see how this one plays out.
7. Key West in December: Need to defend my crown in 2024. And also it's just so darn awesome being there. Hope I enough family goodwill to pull it off.
* I may have some "targets of opportunity" in Tennessee and Georgia depending on how things work out. May could fit in triathlons in 9 states and 3 countries all in all. YOLO!
What about other goals!? I feel it would be hard not to thinking about the following so may as well make them goals:
Goal 2: Win NCTS Series
Goal 3: Win SCTS Series
Goal 4: Get All American Status
Goal 5: Even though I may not attend do to Sofia's school schedule, I'd still like to qualify for the 2025 World Championships wherever they decide to have them.
Super Stretch: Seems unlikely given our top state performer, but - Top ranked triathlete in NC for Age Group.
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