Event Planning

I have been reviewing my event plans for next year and it is clear that there are too many events and they are spread from March to September. I need to focus, or at least decide on my priorities. The method for event planning in Triathlon is to tag events in order of importance with the most important events being tagged as “A” races and the rest as “B” or “C” events. This need comes about due to the way athletes train. The theory is that an athlete cannot stay at a peak for an extended period of time and thus need to plan a single or small number of peaks throughout the season. Training sessions are structured around “A” races with a goal to be peaking at that time.
So I need to identify my “A” races and my “B” and “C” events used primarily for training and a bit of fun. The first stage to prioritising will be to define my goals. After a bit of thought, my primary goals are:

a) Break 75’ for a Sprint Triathlon
b) Complete L’Etape du Tour (ideally in sub 8 hours)
c) Complete a Middle Distance Triathlon (ideally in sub 6 hours)

I have ignored a Standard Distance Triathlon goal which may appear strange as I have never entered one. The reasoning around this is as follows: Swimming is my poorest discipline and I have never swam 1500m before (the Olympic distance swim), a middle distance Triathlon includes 1900m of swimming which is longer but I feel that if I could swim 1500m then I could do 1900m at a similar effort or pace. The middle distance bike leg is 90Km compared to 40Km in the Olympic and the run moves from 10Km to 21Km when stepping up. The middle distance event doubles my two strongest disciplines yet the swim only increases by around a quarter. This means that in theory I will be more competitive in a middle distance Tri than in an Olympic Tri.
So my “A” races become:

The timing on these are good in that they are separated by 6 weeks each and thus allow time for a short break and then build up to a peak for each event. So my season plan is looking like this:

All I need to do now is revise my training plan based around peaking for the “A” races. A task for the Xmas break I think.