Thinking on 2012

Is it too early to be thinking about 2012? Of course not! Especially if I want to do an IM, then I need to sign up now.

IM CDA just popped up on the radar.

Get ready for another one of my 3 point lists!

PROS:
1. Many friends also doing the race, so training partners are guaranteed!
2. The water is cold. That sounds like it should be a CON, but I see it as a challenge.
3. No more training in all this damned heat!

CONS:
1. No Triple-T
2. Family might not be able to make it
3. Long training very early in season.

The way I guess it, if there's ~9 months for IM training I need to start in ... October? My last race is mid-late Sept. I can rest in Sept and most of Oct. There's no need to start building base when I'm coming out of HIM training so early. In fact, don't I have to lose base in order to build it? haha.

IM CDA. Known to me for it's cold swim and semi-exotic location. Idaho isn't some place I think about often. Mountains? Plains? Trees? Rocks? What is the terrain? What are the views? I imagine clean lakes, long stretches of road, hills, mountains....oh joy!