2023 – Ironman – Texas

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Reasonably last minute, 11 weeks before the event, I decided to sign up for Ironman Texas … a full distance Triathlon has been on my bucket list for a while now. Overall the race did not go according to plan, but most importantly I finished and it was very rewarding experience. Doing something this long for the first time is hard 🙂 Here are a few photos from the event, my favorite was the fun area of “Hippie Hollow”.

Race Report

Taper:

  • Felt maybe a little long, the weather played a role in this.

Packing/Flying:

  • Put AirTag in bike bag for piece of mind. 
  • Put something on top of the seat tube to protect it
  • Didn’t need as much nutrition/hydration stuff, only used about half
  • Didnt need as many tools, take simpler tools maybe? (Torque wrench was nice though!)
  • Shipping stuff to hotel worked well (Co2)
  • Packing the bike took about an hour
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    Endurance Racing – Sweat Loss

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    As one of the three important Fuel and Hydration, sweat loss, and more specifically, the replacement of fluids, is an incredibly important aspect of endurance racing, and is strongly correlated to race day survival, performance and recovery. The other two aspects, fuel (primarily carbohydrates) and electrolytes (primarily sodium) are the other two components. Without any one of the three, long distance and endurance events, or races, become considerably more challenging, and the chances of you finishing, drastically diminish.

    Understanding how much fluid you have to consume during an event is determined by a variety of factors and variables. A few of the variables:

    Time of Day, Heat, Humidity, Diet, and Effort. In addition, your sweat rate is unique and may also change throughout your life. Unlike your relative sodium concentration, which generally is constant throughout your life and in the majority of circumstances. read more