With my
wife being born and raised in Buenos Aires, I had eyed the 70.3 Ironman there
for a while, thinking it would be a cool thing to compete there. Now in 2018,
several things combined to make me sign up for the raise. First of all, the the
early triathlon season had been a disappointment as I came out from the Boston
Marathon really burned out, and had difficulties finding motivation as well as
form for triathlon. The 70.3 in Jönköping was a disappointment in the bike
segment, and although the WC 70.3 in South Africa showed a very good progress
on the swim and run, my biking was still not satisfactory – I still wanted
another go at an IM event to see if I could perform better. This year, the date
had also changed from the normal March date to early November, as the Bariloche
70.3 is now held in February they moved around the agenda in Argentina. The
BsAs 70.3 was also designated the South American Championship, which meant that
they had a lot more slots to the WC 2019 event and qualifying should be easier
in BsAs compared to many other places. Lastly, the new date coincided with the
autumn vacation of the kids, and even tough in the end they didn’t join us on
the trip it made logistics a little easier for us. So, I signed up for the
event and planned on how to extend the season with another two months after the
WC in South Africa.
