AWESOME-O 2000! Another triathlon cancelled due to the Hurricanes!

First, I am so very sorry for the people that lost their lives, property and homes from the recent storms in Louisiana and Texas.  I am so VERY fortunate that I was only inconvenienced with minor damage to my vehicle and loss of power for close to 2 weeks.   

Hurricanes suck golden, deep fried, gargantuan, oderous, vampirelike, poisonous, monkey ballz!   Life is JUST starting to get back to normal here in south Louisiana.   

- No more waiting in long lines for gas.
- No more empty shelves at the grocery stores. 
- No more generators. 
- ELECTRICITY!  YAY!

My training was also just starting to get back on track.  I've even parted from my diet of Ho Ho's, Twinkies, Ravioli and MREs.  (The MREs actually hooked me up with an expensive trip to the emergency room because I thought I had twisted my bowels again!   FUNTASTIC!)

So I get a message yesterday from the race director of the Holy Toledo Triathlon.   He tried as best he could but could not get the support needed for the race on the 28th of this month.  This was my 'big' race of the year.   1 mile swim, 40 mile bike and 10 mile run.   Many of my experienced buddies in my tri club that have done multiple half and full distance Ironman races ranked this race up at the top as far as challenge and difficulty.   I was SO looking forward to it.   While the other race cancellations bothered me I shrugged them off because, "Hey, I still have Holy Toledo right?"   Well, Holy Toledo is no more.  :(

Holy Toledo makes race number FIVE (5) that has been cancelled due to Hurricane's Fay, Gustav and Ike.   H.T. was actually number 4 but I'm guessing that the Hi-Fi tri in Galveston is at the end of October is also going to be cancelled too since Galveston Island didn't fair so well after Ike.  I'm scrambling to find a replacement for H.T. now.  I found a full Half Ironman distance race in Knoxville that I'm looking at.    Knoxville, or more specifically Oak Ridge, is in the mountainous region of Tennesee so I'm sure it will be challenging.   I also found another Oly distance race north of Dallas that sounds like fun as well. 

They didn't cancel the Meatpie Tri so at least I'm racing this weekend.   The 1/2 mile swim / 20 mile bike and a 5K run will definitely be fun but it's hardly going to challenge me like Holy Toledo would have.   

Chad
www.team464.com

 

It's good to hear that you made it through the Hurricanes O.K.
Sorry to hear that your races have been cancelled, I know you had your whole year planned out and were on a blistering pace.

The announcer let everyone at the race this weekend know that there was one competitior there who had completed over 400 triathlons of different distance.  That day he was running 2 of them.  There was a super short one 200 yard swim, 5 mile bike and 1 mile run, he finished that and got back in line for a 400 yard swim 8 mile ride, 2 mile run.  I can't immagine how hard he must have to work to just fit that many runs into his schedule.  Not that these were long runs, but jeez over 400 of them so far.  He must run multiples every weekend.

Scott

Well Chad, sounds like you're doing as well as can be expected.  It's tough having your plans get smashed, but you're doing about the best thing possible - adapting.

I hope you find a good race or 2 that truly challenge you in the near future!

All my best to you,

Linn

Come to North Carolina in November and do the OBX Marathon (obxmarathon.com).  It's not a tri like you wanted but it's a fairly new event and getting some really good press. Let me know if you decide to come - I live here and can arrange anything you need.

- Iris