The Chevron Houston Marathon is one of the biggest and best marathons in the country and I will be doing the half marathon race with Team Catapult which is an awesome organization that helps adaptive individuals get into sport. There will be more than 25 blind/VI individuals and their guides doing this event with me.
The Tokyo Paralympic Games postponed exactly one year will hold the event s of Paratriathlon on stand alone races for each classification competing over two days. The event will take place at the flat and fast venue in the Adaiba Bay shopping district of Tokyo. The race will be a 750m Swim, 20K Bike and 5K run.
The USA Triathlon Paratriathlon National Championships will for the 2nd year in a row be in Long Beach, CA at the proposed venue of the triathlon for the 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games in Los Angeles. The race will be a 750m ocean swim, 20K rolling bike course and 5K flat and fast beach path run.
The city of Montreal will be the site of the final World Triathlon Para Series race included in the qualification period for the 2021 Paralympic Games. Athletes will be battling it out for the final spots in each class over the 750m Swim, 20K Bike and 5K run course.
Just one week after the World Championships, athletes will fly across continents to the country that will hold the 2021 Paralympic Games. The city of Yokohama will once again be the site of a World Triathlon series event. Unlike the water in Tokyo, the water at this race is sure to be cold. The race will consist of a 750m swim, technical 20K bike and flat 5K run.
The beautiful Nathan Benderson Park serves once again as the championship of the America’s for paratriathlon. A world class rowing venue as well this venue makes this event an exceptionally good spectator event as the entire race can be seen standing in one location. The 750m swim, 20K bike and 5K run is flat and fast and will serve as the main selection race for the US Team for the Tokyo 2021 Paralympic Games.
This race will crown the 2019 World Champion in all paratriathlon categories, and is another significant qualification race for the 2020 Paralympic Games.
This event is crucial towards both qualification for the 2020 Tokyo Paralympic Games as well as the only chance to race on the exact course before the games. US athletes (including myself) will have the opportunity to solidify their spot on the team at this event.
The US Paratriathlon National Championships will be held at the Legacy Triathlon in Long Beach in 2019 on July 20th.
The CAMTRi Championships are the continental championships for North, South, and Central America, and is a significant event in determining who leads the US Team as hopefuls for the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics.
Despite being well known for its hilly terrain and the very famous Heartbreak Hill, the Boston Marathon actually has a negative net elevation gain. This does not however make the Boston Marathon a "fast course".
Sprint Distance: 750m Swim, 20K Bike, 5K Run
Here are a couple of links for following the paralympic games.
For the first time in history the ITU World Championships will be held in North America for two consecutive years. This race is of huge importance for many of the paratriathletes racing as automatic qualifying slots for the the 2016 Rio Paralympics will be up for grabs to the winners of each category. For other categories, its just another World Championship. Come watch me back in my midwest home. Sprint Distance 750m Swim, 20K Bike, 5K run.
On the banks of the Detroit River lies a small island known more for its auto racing and boating than for triathlon but the World circuit will be rolling through the Motor City in 2015. Another race with valuable World Rankings points will be on the line. This will be a sprint distance triathlon of 750m Swim, 20K bike and 5K Run.
TORONTO 2015 will be the fifth edition of the Parapan Am Games and will feature 1,608 athletes from 28 countries competing in 15 sports. All sports will be Paralympic qualifiers for the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games. There will be a Para-Cycliing Road Race and TT during the Toronto 2015 Para Pan Am Games.
The best in Para-Cycling will gather in Notwill, Switzerland in the end of July for the UCI Para-Cycling Road World Championships. Results here will be a big determinant on who will be representing their country in Rio at the 2016 Paralympic Games. Both road Time Trial and Road Race will be competed at this event.
The third stop on the UCI Para-Cycling World Cup calendar will be in Elzach, Germany. A road race and a time trial will be run at this event.
The second UCI Para-Cycling World Cup of 2015 will take place just outside Geneva Switzerland in a city known as Yverdon-les-Bains.
The first of four Para-Cucling World Cup events takes place in Maniago, a part of Venice, Italy and will include a time trial and road race. Courses will be fairly flat and will finish in the city plaza.
As part of the US Cycling Pro National Championships in Chattanooga, TN they will also hold a US Para-Cycling event at the same venue.
A selection race for the US ParaCycling National team and for the 1st and 2nd World Cup races that take place just a few weeks after. This event is subject to change but there will be a selection race in May if not this race.
The ITU Pan American Paratriathlon Championships crowns the champions in paratriathlon among the continents of Noth America, South America and Central America. This championship race moves to a new location each year and in 2015 it is being held in Monterray, MX. Valuable World Rankings points can be earned at this race. It is a sprint distance triathlon including 750m swim, 20K bike and 5K run.
The CCVI (Children's Center for the Visually Impaired) Trolley Run is the largest timed 4-Mile race in the country. It is held every year in Kansas City, Missouri and is a great fundraiser helping support the development and preparation on young children with visual impairments into a highly visually oriented society. The course is flat and fast. It actually may just be a net downhill.
The Boston Marathon is one of the most historic and iconic marathons in the world. It is one of the Big 5 Marathons in the world and is one of the most coveted of races to compete in for runners across the world. It is probably the only endurance event that an entire city's schedule is arranged around a running race. In 2014, there were over 2 million spectators on the course.
