LongHorn Triathlon Festival - Half Iron - Triathlon1/2 Ironman

Cannot complain about this swim pushed it a little but never felt like I was going into the red. Stayed long and smooth. The new speedzoot is sweet, it will be great for texas races. Overall happy with the swim

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Happy with T1

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Well the bike course was a little different than the one I pre rode, but there really wasn't all that much difference except it was a little longer. Started out on the small ring and just spun until I hit 290. Then I switched to the big ring and just kept a nice smooth steady cadence. I felt really good on the bike and all was going well until I hit the mile 42ish aid station. This is where I learned an important lesson. I pointed at the volunteer for water and missed the first bottle. So I went for the next bottle with the next volunteer, I had slowed considerably but the fun was just about to begin. As I reached for the second bottle I entered the dreaded wet road area, well I missed the second bottle and when I did it caused me to skid just enough so that I wiped and had a slip and slide moment with the asphalt. When I came to a halt all the volunteers came running and were apologizing, I told them don't worry and went and grabbed my bike. Well in the course of the spill the chain came off so I took the next few moments to gather myself and get the chain back on. Grabbed a bottle of water from a volunteer and refilled my aerodrink. Well after that fiasco my left leg suffered some road rash, from the hip to the knee, plus a scrape on my left elbow, and some scrapes on my ribcage. Amazingly enough my tri shorts look none the worse for wear, my leg however is a different story. The reat of the ride was pretty uneventful accept for me cursing the wipe out, oh well lesson learned avoid wet pavement at bottle hand ups.

Duh, not wipe out at the aid station although it will be a painful reminder for future races.

Good T2

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Horrible run. The running around the day before and lack of liquids consumed caught up to me. The first three miles felt great and as I looked at my watch at mile 1 I was 6:44, then mile 2 was 7:00, and mile 3 was 7:15, after that it was all downhill. I had a hard time keeping the fluids at the aid stations down, and the rest of the run ended up being a run walk.

Did not drink enough the day before the race 32 oz of water and 32 oz of nuun all day just aint enough. Another lesson learned for these longer races.

Got to the finish and then went to the medical tent to get the leg looked at. they rinsed it with saline I think and I almost punched the doc it hurt so bad. After resting for a bit I got up and felt dizzy so I went back and got and IV, I felt a lot better after that.


Wiping out on the bike, not having any experience at this distance, not drinking enough the day before the race. All in all a good race for my first HIM. Definetly a lot of lessons learned from this race.


All in all this was an excellent race. Very well organized with lots of volunteers, and tons of aid stations. This will definetly be on my calander again next year. Props to Keith and all of his endorfun team.