Race Reports for Ironman Texas - North American Championship

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Race rating (4)

Comments: Overall, this was a well run event. The volunteers and crowd support was UNREAL and definitely helped push me to finish strong. One negative that I noted throughout the race was the lack of ice and cold drinks. On the bike, most of the water and perform bottles given to me were warm. This did not help my performance, as I was hoping for a cold drink. On the run, many of the aid stations were handing out warm water and/or perform. On the run it was not for lack of ice, as many aid stations gave me ice to put in my back pockets, but the drinks were warm. Many times I threw ice handed to me in the cups to cool a bit and then drink. Also, the post race nutrition was a bit lacking. I was looking forward to some muscle milk or protein shake or chocolate/strawberry milk kind of drink but there were none to be found. This is my first HIM or IM where they did not have a shake type drink. Even though I really couldn't stomach the food, I was pleased with having freebirds as a post

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Race rating (5)

Comments: Massage ? SWAG bag before/after the race ? No vendors during the race when you have a captured spectator group ?

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