My 2009 Schedule... Tentatively

Written by melanie

Thursday, 11 December 2008 01:43

So the tentative schedule came out yesterday for XTERRA. If you click on read more you will get the overview of the XTERRA Cup... which is what the old Overall Pro Series has become.

Essentially, pro athletes will do 5 of 8 races plus the National Champs in Snowbasin to win the overall tour. What do I think? Well, 8 races does make for a more "overall" feel than just 4. However, the carbon footprint of 8 races in all corners of the US is very large indeed. Especially the way it is scheduled. We are going to be criss-crossing all over the place to get this done.

That said, I am excited to be going to the new events. Nothing says "fresh start" like a completely new lineup of races. Most exciting? Only TWO are altitude! YES! Unfortunately, the most important one of all is still at altitude but I LOVE Snowbasin so I can let that one slide.

In addition to XTERRA I will race a bunch of the "Series formerly known as NORBA" to get up to speed. This year I might actually have to start with a little more pep given it looks as if we are going to giterdun starting May 2. The tentative races aren't in this schedule but it could be a lot of events in a row early in the season. Crazy and early.

I have put a tentative lineup for 2009 up, including a couple of 70.3s that I would like to do to get myself a spot at the draftfest known as Clearwater. I want to go add another World Championships to my life experience. Road cycling, mountain biking, XTERRA, 70.3... I will have to do the trail run Worlds as well as Kona to really round it out. Then maybe next year I could do the cross worlds and the marathon mountain bike worlds as well.. haha! Just kidding. Okay so here is the schedule page.... so READ ON

March 29: U.S. Cup – Fontana, Calif. mtb race

April 19: Sea Otter Classic – Monterey, Calif mtb race

May 2 Lake Las Vegas XTERRA

May 17 Battle Creek, Michigan XTERRA

May 24 Pelham, Alabama XTERRA

May 31 Richmond, VA XTERRA (tbc)

June 6 Couer d'Alene, Idaho XTERRA

June 13: Carmichael Training Systems Sand Creek International Classic – Colorado Springs, Colo. Mtb race

June 20: Little Rock, Arkansas XTERRA

July 11 Sugarbush, Vermont XTERRA

July 18 Beaver Creek, Colorado XTERRA or VINEMAN 70.3, Sonoma, CA

August 2 Ironman 70.3 Calgary, AB