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Race Reports for Ironman 70.3 Austin 2008

[26]
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Race rating (4)
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?No

  • Lots of volunteers to help?Yes
  • Plenty of drink stations?Yes

  • Post race activities? Average
  • Overall course based on my ability: Just right

  • Comments: i wanted to stick around for the awards ceremonies but i only saw the pros get there stuff... it was too hot and there was no where to sit down at out there. but on the dusty dead grass ground. and if i laid down i dont know if i would have gotten up for a while. NEXT year im going to make sure that i have a support group to go to the races with me. overall im prety excited with how i did but im just frustrated that these mess ups happen at my A race that i trained so hard for through out the whole year. If i had not had my screw ups i would have gotten 3rd place overall for Clydesdales and would have been in 307th /1821 finishers and and would have been 42/170
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[27]
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?Yes

  • Lots of volunteers to help?Yes
  • Plenty of drink stations?Yes

  • Post race activities? Good
  • Overall course based on my ability: Just right

  • Comments: The aid-stations/buffet tables were awesome!!!!
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[28]
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?Yes

  • Lots of volunteers to help?Yes
  • Plenty of drink stations?Yes

  • Post race activities? Good
  • Overall course based on my ability: Just right

  • Comments: Great run race. Good job.
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[29]
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?No

  • Lots of volunteers to help?Yes
  • Plenty of drink stations?Yes

  • Post race activities? Good
  • Overall course based on my ability: Too hard

  • Comments: Great race! Awesome first 70.3. For about 5 hours of the race, I swore to myself that I would never do another 70.3, but I'm already planning on my next one!
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[30]
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?Yes

  • Lots of volunteers to help?Yes
  • Plenty of drink stations?Yes

  • Post race activities? Good
  • Overall course based on my ability: Just right

  • Comments: First of all, kudos to KEJ for an awesome event. Last year's little ol' experiment of less than 1000 participants was just a warm up for over 2000 this year. Hardly noticed the increase and that was good. Also, great job recognizing the parking issue and delaying the start as needed. Many thanks to all the volunteers (where did they all come from?). They were positive and worked hard to keep the sponges cold and wet and the drink cups filled. I also appreciate the cops on the streets for keeping the frustrated motorists at bay (and from doing u-turns on the course) while the massive peloton cruised by. Also have to thank Spectator Extrordinaire Tuttle for all his help before, during and after the race. When do we sign up for next year?
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[31]
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?Yes

  • Lots of volunteers to help?Yes
  • Plenty of drink stations?Yes

  • Post race activities? Good
  • Overall course based on my ability: Just right

  • Comments: I didn't go under 6hrs but I did finish my first Half Ironman so I can't be too upset. The race was well organized and there were tons of nice people (spectators and athletes) that I met along the way. It was a great day and a great sense of accomplishment to finish out my season.
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[32]
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?No

  • Lots of volunteers to help?Yes
  • Plenty of drink stations?Yes

  • Post race activities? Good
  • Overall course based on my ability: Just right

  • Comments: I loved the event. The parking CF was bad but the event was great. Love the course and will do this again for sure.
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[33]
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?Yes

  • Lots of volunteers to help?Yes
  • Plenty of drink stations?No

  • Post race activities? Good
  • Overall course based on my ability: Just right

  • Comments: The race was great but I went down to Austin with a long-time friend who was supposed to race the Aquabike and bailed on me. He then had no interest in the race and made of bunch of other plans for us. So I missed out on all the Triathlon festivities and hanging with my Texas tri friends. Very disappointing. Also my sister got really sick and so she and her husband couldn't go. Bummer. Also, since I finished so late and had to visit the med tent I didn't get to meet up with other BTers after the race. Again, very disappointing.
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[34]
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?No

  • Lots of volunteers to help?Yes
  • Plenty of drink stations?Yes

  • Post race activities? Good
  • Overall course based on my ability: Just right

  • Comments: Loved every bit of it, the training is so worth it when you have a great race. Now I'm bummed because my next race is not until March. After my first year doing tri I am hooked and look forward to many more races next year. See you BTers at Eagleman & IMKY Aug 09.
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?No

  • Lots of volunteers to help?Yes
  • Plenty of drink stations?Yes

  • Post race activities? Good
  • Overall course based on my ability: Just right

  • Comments: Last year I was in Iraq, had never done a tri, and only had done 2 ten-miler races and one 1/2 Marathon...I was new to BT and I loved reading the TX forums and everyone's excitement about Longhorn before and after the race. I read ALL the race reports, and I wanted to sign up AS SOON as it opened. I would end my first tri-season with the Longhorn HIM. This race didn't disappoint. Yes, some logistical issues with the growth from last year to this year requires some changes, but none of it affected my race. This race and the activities, food, hype, volunteer support, spectator support, schwag, all of it was heads and tails above what I saw at BSLT 70.3. I felt like an important athlete out there. I loved the spectators on the course, the costumes, the signs, the individually #'s racks and just the personal touches of it all. Kudos Keith and Endorfun. Doubt I'll do the full HIM next year due to it's proximity to when IMFL will be, but if my coach lets me do the Aqua Bike or something
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?Yes

  • Lots of volunteers to help?Yes
  • Plenty of drink stations?Yes

  • Post race activities? Good
  • Overall course based on my ability: Just right

  • Comments: I call the course hard only because of the terain and "my ability". that does not mean it was bad. Great race!
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?Yes

  • Lots of volunteers to help?Yes
  • Plenty of drink stations?Yes

  • Post race activities? Good
  • Overall course based on my ability: Just right

  • Comments: Excellent race! Everything was perfect. The extra buoys on the swim course were wonderful. Very well organized and great athlete support.
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[38]
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?No

  • Lots of volunteers to help?Yes
  • Plenty of drink stations?Yes

  • Post race activities? Good
  • Overall course based on my ability: Too hard

  • Comments: This was a great race, the only negatives were the traffic jam getting to the race site that morning. Which I am sure will be fixed for next year. And the run course, not the difficulty, but the sucky surface, the dirt trails were very uneven, and some sections had large rocks, these sections of the run course were a twisted/broken ankle just waiting to happen.
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[39]
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?No

  • Lots of volunteers to help?Yes
  • Plenty of drink stations?Yes

  • Post race activities? Good
  • Overall course based on my ability: Just right

  • Comments: Again, Endorfun put on a great show! Swim course was well marked with plenty of buoys to follow (and the fact that it was short was OK with me!). Bike course was well marked and the aid stations were all in the right places. There were some road issues and all but one were marked. There was one bump (not sure which road) but it was littered with water bottles and aero bottle poufies. It was like riding through a minefield. Run was challenging, but the themed aid stations were fun. Thanks for having Endourolytes at the aid stations. That was a big help. I would have loved to have finishers shirts. I would gladly forgo a shirt pre-race to get a 70.3 finishers shirt. Next year...sub 7!!
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[40]
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?No

  • Lots of volunteers to help?Yes
  • Plenty of drink stations?Yes

  • Post race activities? Good
  • Overall course based on my ability: Just right

  • Comments: Great Race, it started 15 minutes late because of the parking, but I thought that was fine.
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[41]
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?Yes

  • Lots of volunteers to help?Yes
  • Plenty of drink stations?Yes

  • Post race activities? Good
  • Overall course based on my ability: Just right

  • Comments: Very well organized, plenty of volunters and aid stations. Great pre- and post-race activities. Nice sourvenir, shirt & hat. Very fun race and would do again to see if I could improve and handle conditions better. Overall race time was 6:37.
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[42]
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?No

  • Lots of volunteers to help?Yes
  • Plenty of drink stations?Yes

  • Post race activities? Good
  • Overall course based on my ability: Just right

  • Comments: first him i have participated in. i must say keith jordan and everyone else that had a hand in setting this thing up did a hell of a job.
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  • Organised?
  • Events on time?

  • Lots of volunteers to help?
  • Plenty of drink stations?

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  • Overall course based on my ability:

  • Comments: This really was a great race but there are definitely a couple things that need to be addressed. The car line to get to parking was long and slow and the lines for the bus to tranistion were brutally long.
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[44]
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?No

  • Lots of volunteers to help?Yes
  • Plenty of drink stations?Yes

  • Post race activities? Good
  • Overall course based on my ability: Just right

  • Comments: Considering my two "falls" both were related to obtaining drinks from volunteers, I'd suggest a bit more instructions be given to those folks. I understand that they are not paid for their services; however, I'm not paying to receive untrained personnel hand me liquid. I take some blame for both falls. Both falls would have been prevented had the volunteers a) spoken up and informed me what they had b) held the bottle properly so that the handup was a bit more smooth. A better system for shuttling BOTH atheletes and spectators to the race site is probably in order. Gary Goode (yes, I'm mention him by name) walked up and into a line and went straight onto a bus. We had been waiting a good 30 minutes...and STILL waited another 10 before we were allowed on. The person in charge of deciding which lane goes first obviously didn't have a clear plan. Kudo's to you Gary. You picked the right line. :-)
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  • Organised?
  • Events on time?No

  • Lots of volunteers to help?
  • Plenty of drink stations?

  • Post race activities?
  • Overall course based on my ability:

  • Comments: I think this race and the support of the BT'ers here is just what I need to get out of my injury funk and start to appreciate triathlon for all it's wonderful dimensions. A lot times I tend to get all wrapped up in my own personal performances, forgetting that this sport can be a socially rewarding experience too. I was so happy for so many BT'ers out there yesterday who set PRs or who finished their first 70.3! Thanks for inspiring me!
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[46]
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?

  • Lots of volunteers to help?Yes
  • Plenty of drink stations?Yes

  • Post race activities?
  • Overall course based on my ability: Just right

  • Comments: My pre-race goal time was 5:00 and I ended up with 4:59:09 which surprised me considering how brutal the course was and how unprepared I was. The swim was a little short by ~2-3mins but even so I feel the race taught me a lot and now I won't get a shirt penalty in my A-race next year!
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[47]
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?No

  • Lots of volunteers to help?Yes
  • Plenty of drink stations?Yes

  • Post race activities?
  • Overall course based on my ability: Just right

  • Comments: I only put the "Events on Time?" as No, because the race started about 20 minutes later than slated due to the delayed shuttling of people from the parking lots to the Transition site. I loved this race, the run was BRUTAL for me and alot of people I spoke with, but what's a triathlon without the pain? I'm looking forward to my next HIM . . . which hopefully will be flat.
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[48]
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?Yes

  • Lots of volunteers to help?Yes
  • Plenty of drink stations?Yes

  • Post race activities? Average
  • Overall course based on my ability: Too hard

  • Comments: Only the 3 complaints about the mud, road and trails but it was a top notch event.
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[49]
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?No

  • Lots of volunteers to help?Yes
  • Plenty of drink stations?Yes

  • Post race activities? Good
  • Overall course based on my ability: Just right

  • Comments: Even with their apparent misgivings at measuring the swim, I still think Keith and Crew do the best job organizing a race. This race was harder than Vineman, but not every race can have 50 degree start temps with clouds and a high of only 80.
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[50]
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  • Organised?Yes
  • Events on time?Yes

  • Lots of volunteers to help?Yes
  • Plenty of drink stations?Yes

  • Post race activities? Good
  • Overall course based on my ability: Just right

  • Comments: Great race and great people! Lots of team tailgating areas and tons of spectators. This event is set up and run very well. The start was delayed a little, but it was great for my first HIM.
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