lonestar2008
Well it was a tale of two races, in the half iron aquabike I had an average swim, and a poor bike. I came 14th overall - back at home now
| lonestar2008 Well that's it, the pros are off in the half iron, I need to get my wetsuit on and get set, more later |
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| lonestar2008 Or do you go for an average and stay strong... That's the big question. Still time to rack. |
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| lonestar2008 Today its all about strategy. The wind is up, so do you go 'balls out and risk blow |
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| lonestar2008 Morning sports fans, its race day-2 for some its olympic distance and for others including me its half ironman(except) I bailed on the run |
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| lonestar2008 Oh, I've just corrected, they are from the US Naval Academy, officers in training apparently, lots of girls |
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| lonestar2008 Lunch with the US Navy triathlon team, its huge and they are all soooo young.... No wonder the U25 cats were sov loaded and fast |
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| lonestar2008 Bike all clean, lubed and packed up; registered for the morning, time to relax, eat and sleep for a while... |
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| lonestar2008 Andrea Fisher won overall female, just over the hour. Mark Ernstone @whyiron, 3rd in 45-49, loads of other TXIron winners |
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| lonestar2008 Well that's the sprint over with, 7th in my age group, well pleased. Austin based Texas Iron did great in the awards |
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| lonestar2008 Outside my expected time, 1.16.08 but a great race, nearly made my 26min 5k, just 4-seconds slower... |
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| lonestar2008 Race over, michael lovato one, from IMHawaii to sprint in Galveston. |
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| lonestar2008 Race started, my wave in 20-mins, time to warm up and walk to the start, later race fans! |
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| lonestar2008 Right,registered,racked,sat in the car listening to the Rostwood Gatecrasher mix. I'm amazed at number of peeps still not in transition |
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| lonestar2008 Arrived at Moody Gardens, 5.15am,its quite, warm and slightly humid, no activity yet, registration opens in 15-mins |
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| lonestar2008 Arrived Galveston at 9.45pm, easy traffic, a few triathletes on route, saw at least one nice Cannondale tri bike on a bike rack. The par ... ... |
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| lonestar2008 ictorian seems to have a ton of cars/trucks with bike racks. |
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| lonestar2008 That's it for me though, I'm turning in, will be up at around 4.30 to get to Moody Gardens for 5am ++Mark. |
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| lonestar2008 Finally on the way to Galveston, last meeting overran. Lucky if make it by 11pm |
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| lonestar2008 Truck all packed, who'd have thought a race weekend needed so much stuff... |
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