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My first race of 2013 is going to be the five mile Hangover Handicap on New Year’s Day in beautiful Coeur d’Alene, ID.
3m Half Marathon on 1/13 in Austin
Some sort of tune up before Boston!
100x100s at the local pool on the 1st of January. And yes, it’s a race!
Probably a 10K run as a test before a halfmarathon run as a test before a marathon. :-)
My first race will be a half marathon: “Le due perle” in Santa Margherita and Portofino, Italy, around end of Feb.
Ciao
The Prospect Hill Bomb, Brooklyn NY
the Tropical 5k Miami beach.
FIU color run sounds like FUN!
PF Chang’s Rock n’ Roll Arizona Half-Marathon in January, my first rock n’ roll!
ING Miami half mary
The Szczecin 5K Grand Prix on 20th of January.
Xterra Jersey Devil. Gotta start building points for Nationals.
Rock-N-Roll USA half marathon (DC) 1st running race; The Bugeye Classic 1st triathlon in 2013 (and 1st in 22 years).
MidWinter Classic 10 miler … cold, windy and boring. The year can only get better.
Patriot’s Day 5 Miler. The second-oldest Patriot’s Day race!
US XC Championship 8k in St. Louis February 2, racing for a spot on the world team!
Think it has to be my traditional first race, Larne Half Marathon on 23rd March 2013! Always great training for a spring marathon.
Capital of Texas Tri
Dorney Tri Challenge, 26 May 2013
Sammy the Seagulls New Years Day 5K!!
I figure the shirt should be entertaining at least.
Probably Robbie Burns 8K in Burlington, ON
Maine’s Mid-Winter 10-mile Classic in February. I love the distance and am looking forward to conquering the traditional cold and icy conditions on a challenging course.
Think it has to be my traditional first race, Larne Half Marathon on 23rd March 2013. Always great training for a spring marathon!
Set the Pace 5k in Camden Maine on January 1.
Austin 3M Half Marathon. Shooting for a course and half marathon PR!
I don’t know yet! I thought it would be Bumpass, but VTS cancelled that race for 2013! :( I think I’m doing Rev3 Williamsburg in June, but I hope that’s not my first time out for the season.
Hi Ray…
Not sure about the first race, but L’Etape is the biggest challenge for 2013 (it is not exactly a race, but surely will be the event of the year for me and my wife).
Andre
I will do my first triathlon next year. My race schedule says that I start with the Chinook Olympic Triathlon – June 26, 2013. I’m super excited about it and have been training since the summer.
Longfellow Frostbite 2.5K … yeah, I’m embarrassed!
Kerrymen Pub 5K
mmmm, flat course.
Half marathon January 20th in Baton Rouge, LA.
Chocolate Chase 5k!!! Will race for food.
I might participate in a race this december, but it is 2012.
As for planned races, it would be a small local MTB XC race called Baložu velokross. Usually there is lots of sand. As distance is short, there is high tempo.
Falmouth 4-Miler
Kaiser Permanente 1/2 marathon.
Marathon de Moorea (Tahiti’s sister island, in French Polynesia) february 13th.
First marathon for me! :D
My first race of the year will be a NYD 5K with my hubs, as usual!
My first race will be an olympic triathlon in La Paz, Argentina
3M Half Marathon in Austin, TX on 1/13/13
La Paz Argentina January 12th …
I *think* it’s going to be the St. Patty’s Day 8K in DC.
Valentines Day 5k for me !
I’m just getting into this stuff, so maybe I’ll enter something prior to the next Turkey Trot, but who knows!
I will run Boston in April, not yet determined the intermediate steps to arrive well prepared to the event.
Looking to return to Jacksonville for the Gate River Run 15k in March. Great weather, fast course, awesome city!
Ragnar Relay Del Sol 2013
My first main race this year will be the 67.5km ‘Across the Lake’ race in Taupo, New Zealand. First race greater than 42.2km!
I want to run the first race of the Back Cove 5k Series in Portland May 2013 as my first race ever! I have come to love running and want to experience the thrill of going fast while running along side hundreds of others in pursuit of a goal.
6th of january: la ronde de l’épiphanie (Lille, 200 klicks north from where you live!!!) an 8k run free of charge where you can eat cakes and drink beer every runner brought when you reach the finish line!!!
I will be doing a 5k in March.
Rock n’ Roll Half – Washington, D.C. in March.
The Houston half-marathon on Jan 13th!
Not planning on officially racing next year, but I’ll be riding quickly for the Highwood Pass Gran Fondo!
The Color Run Mardi Gras New Orleans
2/9/13
My girlfriend and I are running the Krispy Kreme Challenge in Raleigh, NC in February. It’s a 5 mile run split up with a 12-donut sprint ! We’re pretty excited and Garmins would make it even more fun!
My first race of 2013 is reaching my goal weight before my wife.
SLC Marathon is April
The first race of the year will prolly be the one to the couch against both my wife and son for the clicker and the optimum seat to choose the first show of the year.
I’m going to shoot for my first marathon in 2013. City of Trees marathon in October (Boise, ID).
My first race of the day will be the New Years 5K in Old Towne Portsmouth , VA.
Austin Beer Mile is my “A” race, after that I think I may just mess around at IMCDA….
First race of the year will be the Greenbelt Series in Maryland to kickoff my first foray into crit racing!
My first will be on March 18 and will be Fathers Day Race, Portugal.
Whatever 5K I can find, just getting back into running, not sure about my speed or racing.
The Red Top Rumble
The plan is to do my first ultra-marathon in April (50K)! My girlfriend and I are both racing at the “Hells Hills.” There is a chance I’ll be doing a small race before that, but that’s the big one!
ps great work on the new blog layout
First race in 2013?
Probably the “Goode What Goes Down Must Come Up 4-Miler.”
This is a predict your time event. No Watches, Cell Phones, Personal Music Devices, etc.. allowed.
Sounds fun!
My first race of the year is the Flying Pirate Challenge on the outer banks of North Carolina. It is a 5k on Saturday and then a 1/2 marathon on Sunday. (the very next weekend I am doing my first Triathlon of the year – and Olympic distance in Raleigh, NC).
The Mardi Gras Marathon in NOLA.
It’s 106 miles to Chicago. We’ve got a full bottle of water, half a pack of chomps, it’s bright out, so we’re wearing sunglasses. Hit it.
Chicago Marathon 2013
My first race of the year will probably be The Relay in the SF Bay Area.
An indoor tri at OSU!
Hoping to run some 5ks with my family around my new home in Boulder.
Preparing for Arctic Marathon in Kemi, Finland.
Crossduathlon nijverdal
a half triathlon in belgium or germany
With the world ending in 2012 (I did not believe the Mayans until I heard about Twinkies going away), I thought the 2013 race dates were… Ok, February 24, 2013 is the Ortega River Run. It is a five miler that I will run as part of my prep for the Gate River Run (15K) on March 9, 2012. Then on to the TRI Season!
Starting the year off with The Nippy Niner Trail Run
April 15 2013 – Boston Marathon. Maybe a warm up marathon before that in March.
Mine will be either the Monster Cross bike race in Feb in Richmond or the Shamrock Half Marathon (already signed up for the half, not sure about the bike race yet)
Local half marathon
Salt Lake City Marathon in April will be the first race I’m training for (hoping for a BQ). I’m sure there will be plenty of lower profile tune-up races in the run up.
Oh yeah, and a polar plunge!
I’ll be doing the Foggy Bottom Milk Run 10 miler in Ferndale, CA…I have a pretty good chance to win my age group (65-69) if I can do it in just under 90 minutes
First Race on the 4th of January is the Orienteering World Cup Series Race 1 in Wellington New Zealand. Followed by 17 more races in January (winning times ranging from 15 minutes through to 90 minutes)
Run Frosty Run 5k in Watervliet, MI.
New Years Day 5K, January 1st 2013
party pardee century, first century of the year
My first race of 2013 will be the marathon of Antwerp (21/04/2013), it’s the first marathon ever I would like to run and it’s very special, because 1 week before the marathon I will be maried!
It would be nice if I could track this with a gps watch.
The Rock N Roll DC half marathon!
One Short Distance Tri in Switzerland
Triple-T Ohio !!! 4 tri’s in 3 days. Fri pm: sprint, Sat am: olympic #1, Sat pm: olympic #2, Sunday: Half iron. finish time is combination of all races. Craziest part is course: super hilly bike, hilly trail run. Other tid bit: Sat pm olympic is bike-swim-run (transition into wetsuit is awesome, leg cramps during swim is intense)
Surf City Marathon on Super Bowl Sunday!
Dakotaman Triathlon
The Resolution Run in Venice, FL on 01/05/13
My first race ever.
My first race of 2013 is part of the local Road Runners winter series. The local winter series is full of odd length races this one in particular is a 8k.
Like every other year, it’s probably going to be the Milton triathlon in the beginning of June. However, if I can manage to
suckerconvince a few friends, I may organize a polar bear dip / snow bike / run on January 1!A half marathon in my hometown in March. Merry Christmas Ray!
The Beaver Freezer at Oregon State University
*I accidently replied to the first post, not trying to double dip
First tri? Ironman Los Cabos (first ironman, woo). Wife will do Oakland Marathon (full! go wife!), so the watches will be welcome.