Longhorn Ironman 70.3: ARENA FINISH!!!! (Page 6)

nevertooold - 2009-08-18 5:37 PM

I'm coming from Phoenix, AZ and this is my first HIM. I'm really looking forward to joining my San Antonio friends at the Longhorn! Questions:  What is the average temperature? (I'm used to HOT).  What was the temperature like last year?   Is it windy? 

JBrashear - 2009-08-18 8:30 PM Last year the wind was 20+ mph and swirling, it felt like the entire bike ride was into a headwind. I'm praying it's not like that this year.

TexasMPGal - 2009-08-18 8:43 PM


I don't remember big winds on the bike...maybe the last 10 miles I remember decent wind, but sometimes I get in the "zone" and forget these things. 

HOWEVER, about the windy question, chances are there will be wind.  Central Texas is often a nice wind corridor, and somehow it's always a headwind, never a tailwind. If I were a scientist, I might study it, but since I'm not, I just gripe about it. With the start date being towards the end of Oct there is really a much better chance to have some very nice weather.  It's been a little toasty the past few years, but the late date truly should help with that.  I am sure if you went to swim in the lake right now it'd be lwarm, not kind of warm, but quite warm, bath water.  There is a power plant on the lake and it keeps the temps a little warmer than some of the surrounding lakes.  But again, later start to race could definitely result in some cooler temps. 

Wondering if there's plans to do some road work on the bike course before the race?

TriMikeP1973 - 2009-08-24 4:07 PM

Wondering if there's plans to do some road work on the bike course before the race?  I just rode the course yesterday and notice quite a lot of cracks in the pavement, some as wide as 4-5" going paralell to the road.  Especially early in the ride where there were plenty of trees it was really hard to see the cracks in the shadows.  Had to slow my pace considerably and ride the hoods in some sections because I was afraid I wouldn't be able to react fast enough and my front wheel would get swallowed up.  Anyhow, I could see this creating a dangerous situation for riders as it is now so hoping there's some plans in place.

As a side note, sadly it took me 4 hours to do the ride though I think that was more because I took a wrong turn and ended up riding an extra 14 miles, threw a chain, and forgot to check the brake when I put the wheel back on so it was jammed up against the rim.  Nothing like doing the last 20 miles feeling like you're pedeling against a 40mph headwind

dgunthert - 2009-08-30 11:01 PM 8 weeks from today, folks. 62-mile ride yesterday with 6800 feet of climbing. 13-mile run today with 4200 feet of climbing. The bike course and Quadzilla won't have nothin' on me this year. Of course, I should probably swim a little bit....

nevertooold - 2009-08-31 4:55 PM



Where are you, Colorado? That's ALOT of climbing!  Yesterday, I did an Olympic workout, that included a 40k bike in what I thought were huge hills and I had 1900 feet of climbing.  I thought was I climbing Mt. Everest on the run, and it was 836 ft. of climbing. And you are climbing 4200 on your run?  Wow...!

LonghornBuckeye - 2009-09-07 1:34 PM

Regardless, it makes the hills I was working on in Great Hills look puny...

JBrashear - 2009-09-07 3:28 PMIs Keith dead? He hasn't been in the thread in weeks.