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Heather's 2015 Pro Schedule...

Tuesday, 03 March 2015 00:10

Photo - From Heather Lendway's first triathlon at Elysian in 2012. L - R - Cheryl Johnson(5th) , HL (4th), winner Sarah Haskins and April Morgan (2nd).

By Heather Lendway (gearwestbike.wordpress.com/blog)

With my move to the professional ranks in 2015 I still plan to concentrate on Olympic Distance non-draft racing as I have done in the past. Having that said, with an always changing racing environment, i.e. the announcement of 5i50 Championships no longer occurring, I’ll likely fill in my schedule with some draft legal races along with more local sprint and Olympic distance events.
I’m planning to start out my season during early March racing back to back weekends in Clermont and Sarasota, Florida, both draft legal sprint distance races.  These races typically draw a couple top pro athletes and many up and coming professionals.  I was excited to see I will be racing Sarah Haskins for my first race in Clermont.  She happened to be racing at my very first triathlon back in July 2012 at Elysian’s...

Rookie Tri in Elysian MN.  It seems fitting that I “raced” her in my first amateur race and now will get to race her in my first professional race.

After my season openers I’m mostly looking forward to my non-draft professional debut at St. Anthony’s tri in April.  I plan to compete in the Lifetime Series as well which will likely be 3-6 races but the specific races that are to be included in the professional series are still to be determined.  I’m also planning to race at Pigman Sprint, a local favorite with an equalizer format so men and women are pitted against one another. READ MORE