Subject: RE: 70.3 AustinI'd agree with a tri bike....
I'd say it's a fair course.
BUT, I DO think the heat/humidity was a big contributing factor to the difficulty. If we have a typical low humidity/82 degree day, I'm guessing the course difficulty factor will go down considerably.
Even on a flat/forgiving course, 95 degrees is gonna make it brutal. It was a tough week all around. I actually got minor heatstroke while out marking the run course, on my mountain bike. Just ridiculously hot.
An example: For Timberman, which had 1200 athletes in the sprint and 2000 in the 70.3, we go through 5000 lbs of ice. For Longhorn, with 1200 athletes in the sprint/oly and 950 in the Half Iron, we went through 16,000 lbs of ice!!!!!!!!!
Weather is the great equalizer....
There isn't much shade on the run either, which was a big factor too |