So, when does five go into two?
Mathematically it doesn't work.
If you overlay the digits you might get some funky looking 8 - so that doesn't work either.
Basically, five shouldn't go into two, but as I look forward in my calendar, this is the problem I see.
In the next two months I have scheduled in five races.
Talk about the fat end of the season!
Add to that, one of those months is the shortest we have in the year. I said it before, from the time I started this sport I was hooked, so, when the call out came for Gatorade entries I jumped onboard for for the ride again. After working the Ironman Melbourne for the full 13 hour shift and supporting everyone that passed through (from Crowie to Barnie) I knew I had to experience it from the other side of the drinks table. When entries were available, I jumped at the chance.
All through the past year I was adamant that I wasn't going to do the Nissan BRW Corporate race again this season. Organizing the teams, chasing down corporate funding, helping out newcomers, etc all sounded too much. Wasn't going to happen again, some one else could do it. No one else did and suddenly I've got 6 teams racing in the next edition, more than any other year and many more first timers than ever before as well. (besides, I do get a kick out of helping them out and achieving their goals)
The Geelong Long course event is coming up, here I put my foot down. I will not add this event to my calendar. I will attend merely to support the team and cheer from the sidelines.
After making this decision I learned that a lot of the guys building to IM Melbourne are using Geelong as their lead up race. Choosing to stand by my early decision I had some supporter t-shirts made and booked in the family road trip - and also booked an entry into an alternate long course race in Warrnambool, a race joyously named "SUFFERFEST"
The above series of events has resulted in the following set of weekends
Olympic Distance
Geelong for support
Nissan Corporate (fun distance)
No race
Sufferfest Long Course
No race
Portarlington Sprint distance
Ironman Melbourne
Admittedly, since my "A race" for the season is the Ironman at the end of this group of events I plan to treat the others as brick training sessions, and it's good to get in some practice with a mass start swim. The hectic nature of a large group of competitive blokes all hitting the water at one time is a difficult thing to replicate in training! Also, it should give me a few opportunities to trial some of the new gear I have recently acquired before the big show. They say you shouldn't do anything new on race day but I'm sure that only relates to races where you're shooting for the result. The result I'm after is a solid race, injury free, get my nutrition and gear selections right and to enjoy the day.
So there you have it. That's how you end up with two being divided by five..
Maybe next season I'll be smarter about my calendar and dial it back a bit. Given that I've just signed up again for the Shepparton 70.3 race and already have designs on the Canberra 70.3 and next years IM Melbourne, it's unlikely...
Mathematically it doesn't work.
If you overlay the digits you might get some funky looking 8 - so that doesn't work either.
Basically, five shouldn't go into two, but as I look forward in my calendar, this is the problem I see.
In the next two months I have scheduled in five races.
Talk about the fat end of the season!
Add to that, one of those months is the shortest we have in the year. I said it before, from the time I started this sport I was hooked, so, when the call out came for Gatorade entries I jumped onboard for for the ride again. After working the Ironman Melbourne for the full 13 hour shift and supporting everyone that passed through (from Crowie to Barnie) I knew I had to experience it from the other side of the drinks table. When entries were available, I jumped at the chance.
All through the past year I was adamant that I wasn't going to do the Nissan BRW Corporate race again this season. Organizing the teams, chasing down corporate funding, helping out newcomers, etc all sounded too much. Wasn't going to happen again, some one else could do it. No one else did and suddenly I've got 6 teams racing in the next edition, more than any other year and many more first timers than ever before as well. (besides, I do get a kick out of helping them out and achieving their goals)
The Geelong Long course event is coming up, here I put my foot down. I will not add this event to my calendar. I will attend merely to support the team and cheer from the sidelines.
After making this decision I learned that a lot of the guys building to IM Melbourne are using Geelong as their lead up race. Choosing to stand by my early decision I had some supporter t-shirts made and booked in the family road trip - and also booked an entry into an alternate long course race in Warrnambool, a race joyously named "SUFFERFEST"
The above series of events has resulted in the following set of weekends
Olympic Distance
Geelong for support
Nissan Corporate (fun distance)
No race
Sufferfest Long Course
No race
Portarlington Sprint distance
Ironman Melbourne
Admittedly, since my "A race" for the season is the Ironman at the end of this group of events I plan to treat the others as brick training sessions, and it's good to get in some practice with a mass start swim. The hectic nature of a large group of competitive blokes all hitting the water at one time is a difficult thing to replicate in training! Also, it should give me a few opportunities to trial some of the new gear I have recently acquired before the big show. They say you shouldn't do anything new on race day but I'm sure that only relates to races where you're shooting for the result. The result I'm after is a solid race, injury free, get my nutrition and gear selections right and to enjoy the day.
So there you have it. That's how you end up with two being divided by five..
Maybe next season I'll be smarter about my calendar and dial it back a bit. Given that I've just signed up again for the Shepparton 70.3 race and already have designs on the Canberra 70.3 and next years IM Melbourne, it's unlikely...
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