The first real dilemma of my season was this: race the Ottawa River Tri on June 11th, or the Smiths Falls Tri on the 25th. Racing the earlier race would mean my achilles rehab wouldn't be quite as far along, perhaps increasing the odds of worsening the injury. But, in the event that my body didn't respond well to that I'd have 6 weeks recovery before Nationals. On the other hand, I'd likely be more recovered for Smiths Falls, less likely to create any major problems, but would leave myself only 4 weeks to recover for Nationals.
In the end I decided I'd rather take a chance at getting my achilles healed. If I hurt it on the 11th, odds are it wouldn't be recovered within 6 weeks anyways, so at least by waiting until the 25th I've got a fighting chance of having the issue resolved. The other argument in favour of Smiths Falls is it would allow me to properly compare my progress from last year.
Looking at the results of yesterday's Ottawa River Triathlon, there were some pretty fast times put up. Whether that's due to a fast course or lots of fast folks coming out of the woodwork, I don't know. I'll have to wait another two weeks to get a better assessment of how I measure up.
