Ironman 70.3 Buffalo Springs Lake : Official Thread

BT says there are over 20 people signed up so I was really surprised there wasn't a thread yet.  It's only a few months away!

I'm gonna have to start adding the hilly route into my cross check...I've been riding mostly flats!

There are three of us from Houston... Kenott, Rachel K and myself heading up to Lubbock for this adventure.  Kenott's first attempt, Rachel's second trip and my 3rd.  Whoop!  Good times in Lubbock, Texas baby! lol

So, to train for a flat, humid, and often chilly course you thought you'd do a hilly, dry, and really hot course?

Kidding.  On the bright side after Lubbock you'll think the roads at IMFL are smoother than a baby's bum!

I did IMFL in 2010 and I lived about an hour from PCB for three years.  I am practically an expert on the course!  Let me knowi f you have questions!

I'm in....

Jldicarlo...congrats on the Kona spot! Lubbock is a great prep race for Kona! (so I've been told...)

Hills, heat, and wind....should be.

But WAY less humidity.

I've done BSL twice.  It's my favorite triathlon in the world!  I've been dying to come back, though I wanted to come back IN SHAPE!  So much for that!

I haven't seen the course since 2005.  But most of TX loves their chipseal...and at least back in 2005 it was used on much of the course.  As chipseal went it wasn't horrible chipseal though.  And you could ride in the tire tracks to minimize it.

Hopefully someone that's ridden it more recently will pipe up.  

I did the Oly a couple of weeks ago.  Water Temp 61 degrees at race time in the cove. It should warm up quite a bit by BSLT, but I also think it's always been wetsuit legal. 

The roads are chip seal, but at least the part that the Oly covered they are fine.  The wind is much more of an issue than the road conditions.

To be honest, I love races that are NOT wetsuit legal...because I'm a good swimmer.

However, I don't have an outfit that I can swim in so wetsuit legal would make it logistically easier for me...I can wear my normal bike clothes under my full!

I'm just hoping for a fast (low wind) day.  I need to bike and swim as fast as possible so I can hobble/hop/walk my way to a Kona validator....

I am in,  this will be my 4 time for BSLT 70.3.  I have to do this to qualify my Kona lotto slot!  Just planning on using it as a long training day and play it safe to get the box checked for Kona.  It won't take much for me to PR for the course because I have never had a good race there!!!

Can't wait to see you there!  There's a girl on here who is also validating her lottery spot.  No worries...I'll be behind you.  I'll be the one who has literally melted on the course, as I have been in the PacNW/Alaska for 4 weeks straight for work. Temps have not hit 60 the whole time. Well, the other way from not hitting 60...I know we're not hitting 60 in Austin, either, just the other side of the thermometer.  LOL

BETS!!!!!  I can't wait to see you, It has been too long.  Must be nice to train in cooler weather, at least until you have to race in the 90's!!  Where are you staying in Lubbock.  We are at some hotel near the Holiday Inn.

I am "racing" or just trying to finish to validate my Kona lottery slot.  If I feel good on race day, I will push it but I am behind on my training and don't expect much.