2011 Season Has Ended! What?

1st Place in Age Group at USAT Regional Championship
Still Smiling at the USAT Nationals in Burlington, VT
Coming out of the swim at USAT Nationals in Vermont.
Finishing the brutal ride at the Xterra Mountain Championship in Beaver Creek
The best part of racing this year was doing 3 triathlon's with my son Connor! He had a great triathlon season getting sponsored by Kompetitive Edge, taking 3rd in his age group, 6th overall in his 1st race of the year, 1st in his age group, 4th overall in his 2nd race, 1st age and overall at his first ever Xterra sprint race in Beaver Creek! and 1st in his age group, 3rd overall in the Sprint distance USAT regional championship!

I have officially ended my 2011 race season at its earliest point ever! Yes, it is only the 1st of September and I'm done! I've decided to focus on family, work, and enjoying life a little more. I would qualify my 2011 season as OK. It wasn't great, but it wasn't bad based on my work put into it. I have no races planned for the rest of this year, but I'll still be out there doing something! I haven't focused on 2012 yet either, but I will be doing more cycling with my team BodySync and will be doing the USAT Nationals again! Results from 2011 are below...

1) Ironman 70.3 California: 10th out of 360 in age group, 95th out of 2184 overall.
2) Boston Marathon: 2:59:26. 201st out of 4187 in age group, 1,434th out of 24,349.
3) Cherry Creek Time Trial Series: (I didn't race enough to place as high as I should have overall). I placed 2nd, 2nd, 3rd and 4th in the four races I did out 20-25 Cat 4 rider's.
4) Pelican Fest sprint distance triathlon: 1st out of 25 in age group, 4th overall out of 281.
5) Bolder Boulder 10k: 39:06.04. 8th out of 507, 319th out of 22,358.
6) Ironman 70.3 Boise: 10th out of 171 in age group. 63rd out of 1,212 overall.
7) Echo Lake USAT Rocky Mountain Regional Championship: 1st out of 20 in age group. 7th out of 197 overall.
8) Xterra Rocky Mountain Regional Championship (Beaver Creek). 5th out of 37 in age group. 43rd out of 257 overall.
9) USAT Age Group National Championship (Olympic Distance). I got a 2 minute drafting penalty on this race! I didn't even know it until the day after the race. So, here are my results pre and post penalty: 32nd out of 132 in age group PRE-Penalty with a 2:12:25 and a PR for this distance, but 44th out of 132 POST-2 minute penalty! Ouch! I was 302/983 overall. VERY HUMBLING!
10) Xterra Lory: 3rd out of 30 in age group. 17th out of 266 overall. I'm currently sitting at 11th in my age group in the Xterra Point system (they take the top 11 to Nationals). I only had 2 races and they count 4! Had I done 1 more, I would have qualified for Nationals in Utah in a couple of weeks, but I can't go anyway due to my son having a cross country meet that day.

That's my season. I'm going to get fat for a little bit and enjoy my family. I'm also going to actually work some more! Thanks to my sponsor PowerTri and my bike team BodySync. Thanks also to my great coach, Coach Jay Marschall. Thanks to all of you that follow me as well in my crazy stunts. Thanks especially to my family, they're the best!