Kim Loeffler Racing

Trying Some New Things!

With my training and racing, I tend to be a creature of habit.  I love having a routine and love the monotonous lifestyle of a triathlete; sleep, eat train, repeat….. I tend to do the same races every year.  I have my favorites.  I usually start the year with an April Half Ironman, Wildflower, FL 70.3, Eageleman, Ironman Lake Placid, and Kona.  Thses are a few of my favorite races.  I like this schedule.  The traveling is easy and knowing the course is both comforting and advantageous.  However, in the past few years, I have had a very hard time remaining healthy and peaking for Hawaii.  So, I have decided to mix things up a little in 09!  I am planning on doing an earlier Ironman, then spending the rest of the summer working on my swimming and racing a ton of 70.3’s with the ultimate goal of finally improving on my 8th place finish from 3 years ago. I can’t believe it has been 3 years since I had a good race there!

 In attempt to further mix things up, I will also be working with a new coach next year; Cliff English.  Leaving my coach who I have been with for 3 years was a very very difficult decision for me.  I felt like I needed a change and I wanted to have a coach who was based in the U.S.  Cliff now resides in Tucson Arizona, which works out very well for me as Kelly and I were planning on setting up camp their this winter.  It will be great to have a coach on hand and a group of amazing athletes to train with.   I’ve heard so many positive things about Cliff and I am excited to work with him in the years to come.