For the longest time, one of my top goals in endurance sport has been to flex my multisport skills and tackle triathlons. As a young adult, it’s been easy to focus on running - I can do that anywhere and pretty much everywhere I go - no truly special gear required.

If you followed my endurance journey long enough, you may remember I’ve previously written about hoping to one day do a full Ironman triathlon. While that may be a goal for future Katie to tackle, I’m definitely not physically or mentally ready to take on that level of endurance challenge. However, I truly loved the experience of training and racing in my first Half Ironman last spring, and think there is real opportunity for me to improve my effort, enhance my technical skills, and make some multisport friends along the way.

So, I did what I always do, and signed up for another race!

And I signed up for a training program through DC Triathlon Club. It’s about time I came out of my reclusive ultramarathon world and made some friends :)

I’ll be training with the DC Tri Club’s Half Ironman Program this spring. We officially kick off training on January 22nd (gulp!) and will be working hard over the following 20ish weeks as push towards our goal race. Speaking of - I’ll be racing the Eagleman Half Ironman out of Cambridge, Maryland on June 9th, 2024.

Wish me luck!!