My original plan for this year was to re-race the Orangeman Triathlon - but something went awry with the Orangeman's planning and
they ended up having to cancel the race. I was already in the midst of
training for the race when I got the notice, and it took me less than a
day to decide what to do about it.
I have been eyeing the Big Kahuna Triathlon for
awhile now - I'd never been to Santa Cruz, and I thought it would be
really cool to do a race up there, by Big Sur. It happened to be on the
same day as Orangeman (before it got cancelled), so that made it really
easy to transition to thinking about this new race.