2017 IM 70.3 Texas Race Day Thread

Brenda Ross

Hi Team, are you ready to give your teammates some serious mojo for this coming weekend? This thread is to be used leading up to race until Group Me is activated and on race day for the team to comment on race conditions, observations on how our team is doing during their races, or just to provide some mojo on race day.  Listed below are the members that are racing and a link to the IM Tracker.  Post away. Good luck racers.

Scott Alexander
Bryan Hambric
Pat Koss
James Martin
Ashton Mossy
Dina Myer
Wendy Watson
David Wonn
Allen Goodling
Jeff Braaten
Marianne Park
Dave Gardner

Bring home the gold team!!! Happy racing.

Scott Alexander

I'll be in my black Nuun tri kit, and centering my activities around the red Velofix van/tent.

I've got 5 coached athletes competing this weekend too! I think I'm more nervous and excited for them than for myself.

I'm not under-trained, I'm over-tapered! haha

Dina Myers

Is that this weekend?!?     Can't wait! 

Dave Gardner

I missed the list! This will be my 70.3, I'm super excited. I'll be in my new EN tri top

Jeff Braaten

I'll be there even with potential terrible weather. I will be wearing my Purplepatch blue and white fusion tri suit. Warm up for IM Tx.

Brenda Ross

Dave Gardner - did not have a tag for 70.3 attached to your name and I did not see you listed as a EN tricluber, but I have added you to the group me, so you will not miss out on all the fun. Sorry about that.

Dave Gardner

Thanks Brenda!

Its my fault, I put my name against another tri club for this race . Thanks for the add, Im looking forward to meeting my new peeps

Jeff Kane

Good luck!

Shaughn Simmons

Good luck peeps!  Weather could be dicey out there.  Take that unknown as a positive.

EN peeps are well prepared to handle unknowns in terms of patience, discipline, execution and getting it done. Should give you all a great advantage over how the rest of the herd will handle those events.

@Scott Alexander - good luck man!
@Pat Koss - good skill!
@Dave Gardner - no matter what comes about ...Keep moving forward!
@Ashton Mossy  - time to reap some dividends!
@David Wonn - experience is bad for the competition - go easy on them!

SS

Daria Matthews

Good luck and enjoy!

Francis Picard

Good luck and have speed skills on that flat bike course !! I enjoyed that race

Scott Alexander

Well, my race didn't go as planned yesterday (does it ever?)!

About half way into the swim, I got kicked squarely in the face, breaking my goggles and then I swallowed a whole bunch of salt water with a gasp of air. Couldn't stop coughing, so I swam to a kayak and called it a day! There might or might not have been some chumming of the water too. ick.

Only my second-ever DNF (IMCDA '09, hypothermia) in 14 years of triathlon.

Honestly, I wasn't too bummed about it. I had 5 coached athletes out there that were all over the course, so I got to spectate and cheer them all on! One of my guys even reached his stretch goal of a 5:30! Stoked for him on his build to Boulder in June.

Even got to meet up and have dinner with EN Alum Mr. Bart Stevens, one of the great story tellers here in the history of da haus. I also got some pics of some people in EN kits, but don't know who they are. I'll post them up later and they can claim themselves if they want to!