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I would like to podium in Clydes at Buffalo Springs 70.3 this year...

I did a 5k Resolution Run January 1st. May 2nd, I will do a 10K race. October is a 5K Run for the Cure; fundraiser for breast cancer where I will run for my cousin Denise who lost her battle last April. October is Legs for Literacy, where I will do my 1st half marathon. There will likely be other races in between, but those are the major ones.

Jet

I was checking email and I got a notification that the Vineman 70.3 was full and so was the wait list.  They also had record numbers of entries in the 140.6.  So I got to thinking about my 70.3 triathlon this year and thought I would look at the entrants in my age group.

I have several goals for this race, and thought I'd flush those goals out some more.
1.  Start the race
2.  Don't drown during the swim.  Depending on rain this year, it might be doable.  Last year the water level was so low that people could actually stand up in certain areas of the river.
3.  Finish the swim before the cutoff
4.  Finish the race without having to get off the bike and walk any of the mountains.
5.  Finish the bike before the cutoff, because if they let me out on the run, nobody is going to get me off the course until I finish.  Even if I don't get credit, nobody is going to get me off that course until I finish.
6.  Finish the race without having to walk any of the run portion.

Now on to the fantasy fun part of my race exploration.  I can't help it, I love numbers and figuring things out.
There are 310 men in the 40-44 age group
Of those 310 men only 58 of them are my age
Of those 58, 34 y/o men, 51 of them are from the U.S.
Of those 51, 40 of them are from my state, CA.
Of those 40, 2 of them including me are from my home town.

So assuming I don't get DQ'd I'm guaranteed to get at least second place in the 43 y/o men from Santa Rosa, California category
And I haven't been able to confirm it yet, but I might just get 1st in the 43 y/o men from Santa Rosa, California, who have had bariatric surgery category.  Woo hoo I wonder if that will give me a Clearwater qualifier slot?

Scott

Men 40-44
Armando	Maldonado	M	40	Chihuahua		MEX
Julio C.	Ramirez Esquer	M	40	Coatzacoalcos		MEX
Pedro	Miguel Musi	M	40	Mexico City		MEX
Horacio	Sanchez Torres L	M	40	Mexico, D.F.		MEX
Sergio	Compean Reyes	M	40	Naucalpan		MEX
Alfredo	Marron	M	40	Naucalpan		MEX
Loic	LeCottier	M	40	Arue		PYF
Geoff	Tick	M	40	Tuscaloosa	AL	USA
Jeffrey	Huntley	M	40	Phoenix	AZ	USA
Daryl	Monica	M	40	Phoenix	AZ	USA
Thomas	Bratcher	M	40	Scottsdale	AZ	USA
David	Roberts	M	40	Scottsdale	AZ	USA
Corey	McKenna	M	40	Bakersfield	CA	USA
John	Migliazza	M	40	Belmont Shore	CA	USA
james	Patterson	M	40	Carlsbad	CA	USA
Randy	Slezak	M	40	Carlsbad	CA	USA
Matthew	McGough	M	40	Carmichael	CA	USA
Steve	Nou	M	40	Corona	CA	USA
Jean	Vincent	M	40	Cupertino	CA	USA
Nick	Barbato	M	40	El Dorado Hills	CA	USA
Brian	Baadte	M	40	Folsom	CA	USA
Thomas	Bell	M	40	Hanford	CA	USA
Roger	Forest	M	40	Huntington Beach	CA	USA
Shane	Cerrato	M	40	Irvine	CA	USA
Richard	Hoffpauer	M	40	Irvine	CA	USA
Jason	Dunham	M	40	Ladera Ranch	CA	USA
Kevin	Brewer	M	40	Long Beach	CA	USA
Bruce	Hardy	M	40	Long Beach	CA	USA
Robert	Pagan	M	40	Los Angeles	CA	USA
Frederic	Servais	M	40	Los Gatos	CA	USA
Rodd	Parker	M	40	Merced	CA	USA
Hank	Lutz	M	40	Mountain View	CA	USA
John	McCann	M	40	Mountain View	CA	USA
Charles	Celano	M	40	Orange	CA	USA
Mark	Johnson	M	40	Pacific Grove	CA	USA
Alexandre	Barros	M	40	Pacifica	CA	USA
Dustin	Van Fleet	M	40	Pleasanton	CA	USA
Brian	Morris	M	40	Quincy	CA	USA
James	Thivierge	M	40	Rancho Santa Margarita	CA	USA
James	Pratt	M	40	Roseville	CA	USA
Michael	Morgan	M	40	Sacramento	CA	USA
James	Walter	M	40	San Francisco	CA	USA
Glenn	Schiavo	M	40	San Jose	CA	USA
Nikola	Stojanovic	M	40	San Jose	CA	USA
Sumanth	Venugopal	M	40	San Jose	CA	USA
Kyle	Ford	M	40	San Mateo	CA	USA
Yaron	Palfy	M	40	San Rafael	CA	USA
Jonathan	Fritz	M	40	San Ramon	CA	USA
Iain	Butler	M	40	Santa Cruz	CA	USA
Rob	Horning	M	40	Santa Rosa	CA	USA
Zac	Overbay	M	40	Santa Rosa	CA	USA
Dermot	Cantwell	M	40	Sunnyvale	CA	USA
Michael	Hegarty	M	40	Sunnyvale	CA	USA
Mike	Tienda	M	40	Tracy	CA	USA
John	Arellano	M	40	Turlock	CA	USA
Jeremy	Johnson	M	40	Valencia	CA	USA
Gabriel	Minaya	M	40	Walnut	CA	USA
Jason	Holly	M	40	Walnut Creek	CA	USA
Luis	Maza	M	40	Walnut Creek	CA	USA
Marc	Cinder	M	40	West Sacramento	CA	USA
Doug	Bradshaw	M	40	Key West	FL	USA
Greg	Washington	M	40	Coeur d'Alene	ID	USA
Drew	Hartman	M	40	Meridian	ID	USA
Michael	MacKinnon	M	40	Nampa	ID	USA
Dave	Griesbauer	M	40	Boston	MA	USA
Tim	Smit	M	40	Burnsville	MN	USA
Mike	Herb	M	40	Raleigh	NC	USA
Chris	Shehadeh	M	40	Katonah	NY	USA
Spence	Smith	M	40	Franklin	TN	USA
Kevin	Crossman	M	40	Nashville	TN	USA
Mike	Stock	M	40	Kingwood	TX	USA
Michael	Coffman	M	40	Alexandria	VA	USA
David	Streams	M	40	Sammamish	WA	USA
J Gregory	Kline	M	40	Seattle	WA	USA
Jason	Sandquist	M	41	Duncan	BC	CAN
Luis	Montanaro Sanchez	M	41	Coatzacoalcos		MEX
Alfonso	Orozco Waters	M	41	Mexico City		MEX
Rafael	Sanchez	M	41	Mexico, D.F.		MEX
Rob	Gerden	M	41	Gilbert	AZ	USA
Barry	May	M	41	Scottsdale	AZ	USA
Matthew	Liautaud	M	41	Alamo	CA	The first time you do something - It's going to be a personal record! Top Reply Quote MacMadame on 1/12/10 4:09 pm - Northern, CA VSG on 09/24/08 Topic: RE: Dates For Your 2010 Events.... The food was mediocre, actually, especially the catered meals. Breakfast the second morning was horrible. But the main thing is that they didn't really make any effort to connect us to the cause. No one with MS spoke at any of the "parties", for example. So it's not a very moving experience even though it's all organized around a cause. HW - 225 SW - 191 GW - 132 CW - 122 Visit my blog at Fatty Fights Back      Become a Fan on Facebook! Starting BMI 40-ish or less? Join the LightWeights Top Reply Quote Seht on 1/12/10 11:19 am RNY on 01/22/08 Topic: RE: Dates For Your 2010 Events.... How come, it looked like a well attended well catered event for the riders. Scott The first time you do something - It's going to be a personal record! Top Reply Quote MacMadame on 1/12/10 10:47 am - Northern, CA VSG on 09/24/08 Topic: RE: Team?? I never got a change to respond to this (crazy, busy at work) 1) In a group like this, all decisions have to be made by everyone in a way that lets people don't log in every day have time to vote too. There can be committees that run through all the choices and make proposals, but we have to go through that final step of getting the stamp of approval from the entire group. 2) Saying you can't be on the race team unless you are signed up for a Half Marathon is ELITIST BULL**** It also goes against the very goals of this group which is to encourage people to get healthy via exercise. I say that anyone who is signed up for any race of any type or length should be on the race team. For someone who has never run before, a 5k fun run can be just as challenging as a Half-marathon and that effort should be recognized and rewarded. Not to mention the size of this group isn't so big that we need to be putting people in tiers. So what if "a lot" of people want to buy a racing shirt to wear in their races. Let them -- it just publicizes the group and encourages them to get hooked on endurance racing. Which are two things we want. Frankly, if we start making a lot of rules that exclude people, I'm out of here. That is NOT what I signed up for and I have plenty of other groups that want a piece of me that I can devote my time to who would never even dream of instituting such a rule. HW - 225 SW - 191 GW - 132 CW - 122 Visit my blog at Fatty Fights Back      Become a Fan on Facebook! Starting BMI 40-ish or less? Join the LightWeights Top Reply Quote MacMadame on 1/12/10 10:40 am - Northern, CA VSG on 09/24/08 Topic: RE: Dates For Your 2010 Events.... I don't recommend Waves to Wine anyway, even if there wasn't fundraising. :D HW - 225 SW - 191 GW - 132 CW - 122 Visit my blog at Fatty Fights Back      Become a Fan on Facebook! Starting BMI 40-ish or less? Join the LightWeights Top Reply Quote « Previous 1 2 3 4 ... 31 32 33 34 35 ... 38 39 40 41 Next » advertisement Welcome About Discussion Blog Chat Events Links Members Photos Invite Friends DANCBJAMMIN Group Leader ×