Racing team - events

just thinking out loud here....  I think it would be a good idea if we choose a couple of events a year that we designate as official team events.  this means we will really try to maintain a presence at them and everybody should be willing to travel a bit for at least one of them a year.  a variety would be good as well (i.e., mix it up between tri's of all distances, running races, long bike rides, fun events etc.).

a couple of good candidates would be a 70.3 IM, a full IM, a marathon - 1/2 marathon event, long bike tour or long one day ride...

for example... duane mentioned the RAIN ride (Ride Across Indiana), which is a 160 mile one day ride in July, that would be a good one.

thoughts??

I think that's a good idea, but we would need to spread them across the country.
N,E,W,S and central to the country.
Something like that.

So are there any favorites????
I would say that Avia Wildflower would be a good one in California, because they have 3 different length events at one event.

Event	The AVIA Wildflower Triathlons Festival Lake San Antonio, Monterey County, CA
Long Course	Saturday, May 2, 2009- 8:00am (1.2 mi-swim, 56 mi-bike, 13.1 mi-run)
Mountain Bike	Saturday, May 2, 2009- 9:45am (0.25 mi-swim, 9.7 mi-bike, 2 mi-run)
Olympic	Sunday, May 3, 2009 - 9:00am (1.5 k-swim, 40 k-bike, 10 k-run)

Maybe someone from each area could recommend a race and then we could work towards organizing something.

Scott