madcity girl

Over the last few weeks, I’ve been working to put together my race plans for 2010. I have a trusty spreadsheet that I use every year to help organize myself. I insert the name of  each race, type of race, date of race, date by which I need to register (before any kind of fee bump), registration fee, and Web site. That way I don’t miss any important deadlines. 

But more importantly, the spreadsheet helps to me to keep my budget in line. Because it’s always frightening when I “AutoSum” the registration fee column. As much as I try to space out my registrations, that bottom line figure is always tough to swallow. Last year’s registrations totaled well over $1000 (and that’s not counting all of the other many expenses associated with racing—e.g., trip to Kona, equipment and gear, bike maintenance, nutrition, etc.). The spreadsheets also helps me determine how current entry fees compare to previous years. For example, this year’s Door County half-ironman early registration fee increased by a staggering $30. In one year. In comparison, this year’s Dairyland Dare increased by a mere dollar. Quite obviously I am a huge Exel nerd. I like to analyze these kind of things.

So anyways, following is my plan for 2010. Although I’ll elaborate on my goals a bit more in future posts, I’ll tell you now that one of my biggest goals this year is to run my first ultramaraton (either a 50k, or preferably, a 50-mile race) and follow in my brother’s footsteps, so to speak. I haven’t quite settled on a race, though. I’m considering the Door County Fall 50 in October, but I’d also love to run something with my brother. So that’s the only race that is TBD. The others on the list are pretty much finalized. But I’d also like to add a few more running races to the mix—maybe another full and half marathon. We’ll see.

Mar. 6: Point Bock Run (5-mile)
May 30: Madison Marathon (marathon)
Jun. 13: Capitol View Triathlon (olympic triathlon)
Jul. 18: Door County Triathlon (half-ironman triathlon)
Aug. 1: Ripon Medical Center Triathlon (long-course triathlon)
Aug. 14: Dairyland Dare (200k cycling)
Sep. 12: Ironman Wisconsin (ironman triathlon)
Oct. 23: Door County Fall 50 (ultra-marathon)