TX Man

cbh - 2010-04-28 11:52 AM i'll be there doing the sprint.  i hear its well put together, but this is my first time at this race, so we'll see...

JeffIrvin - 2010-04-29 8:16 AM

Can any of you DFW folks talk about the lake? Clean? Clear? Big water moccasins?  

tajsss - 2010-04-29 9:07 AM



You know of any lakes in north Texas that are clean and clear? Ha.

It's an average north Texas lake. I don't consider it any better or worse than the rest.

TXNick - 2010-04-29 12:21 PM

i'll be doing the Oly distance at this race. signed up last week. i haven't done this EXACT race but i've done numerous DA tris in the last 4 yrs. at the very least, they have many yrs of experience and if you aren't anal about the tiny details you'll likely have no complaints.

the annoying things to me are the distances they claim on their races.  i just raced in the CaveMan sprint tri and the bike course was easily off by 2 full miles (13.7 vs their claimed 11.6) (verified on 3 cyclocomputers and 2 GPS watches).  having to cycle the extra 2 miles doesn't bother me, but generally i pace myself and change my cadence near the end of the bike course and when i start said change at 10miles into the bike, i'll be holding that for twice as long as i anticipated.

and their open water swim courses do generally come up short of the claimed distance.

se7930 - 2010-05-03 9:01 AM

Question for those who have done Texas Man in the past ... How is the traffic trying to get into the park the day of the race? I was thinking about hauling the camper out there and spending the weekend in the park with the family, that way I dont have to get up and get out so early in the morning the day of the race.

Does anyone else plan on camping out in the park the night before?

se7930 - 2010-05-03 9:01 AM

Question for those who have done Texas Man in the past ... How is the traffic trying to get into the park the day of the race? I was thinking about hauling the camper out there and spending the weekend in the park with the family, that way I dont have to get up and get out so early in the morning the day of the race.

Does anyone else plan on camping out in the park the night before?

zia_cyclist - 2010-05-09 5:11 PM

On Saturday, I rode a loop of the Texas Man bike course.  Much of the road has new chip seal.  The shoulders are smooth but covered in gravel (from the chip seal).  Hopefully DSU gets the street sweepers out to clean the shoulders.  Hemming road has not been repaved and is a mess of pot holes and cracks.  This section is really bad; be careful here. 

I'm not doing the race.  I was out there with some athletes doing a reconnaissance ride and thought I would pass on some info.