Drove the race course which helped a little to see the hills and terrain on the bike course but didn t matter for the run course because they changed the course at the last minute putting it on the same course as the bikes.
Hits marble falls bike course.
Also had slots cut in your box to accommodate bike wheels instead of the standard racks.
After leaving the transition area at lakeside park the bike course passed over the colorado river the one dammed up to make lake marble falls.
Run the best word to describe how i felt when starti.
They remind us all why we love to swim bike and run.
A 1 01 mile long category 5 climb.
Now that is doing it right.
Hits is filling a void with both timing and its.
And hits has made it fun again.
At the bike turn around i was expecting a turn around to come but didn t know if it was here or in 2 3 more miles and the one guy at the turn around with one cone wasn t making any signals to the riders to indicate this was the turn around or where to make our turns.
Some of the bike course routing was confusing too.
They provided a little stool to i didn t use it for anything.
Hits for all the little things that folks don t like the one thing they do well is set up a transition.
Seemed like a waste of time to me.
This was a half iron distance triathlon which is the same as the ironman texas 70 3 triathlon that i did back on april 1st.
But in many ways it was completely different.
Just after crossing the river at only 0 51 miles in i encountered the first and most significant hill on the whole route.
Karen tamson hits half distance winner in naples.
If you haven t already read parts 1 and 2 of the hits marble falls half ironman blog start here.
Labeled areas with stools and a box to store your gear.
I participated in the hits marble falls triathlon back on april 29th.
Karen tamson hits half distance winner in naples.
Pre race swim t1.
Marble falls half iron course triathlon1 2 ironman view member s race log view other race reports.