Texas Toast

Yesterday, we got toasted in Texas!

Alarms went off at 5h00 in our condo, and we arose and individually prepared ourselves for the day ahead. The air was cool, but the sun had yet to rise, so we didn't expect that to last long. The forecast had promised some cloudy breaks though, and we hoped that to be true, as it would be the only break from the Texan heat.

Parking for the race was off site, and they had set up a shuttle service with one of the local school bus companies. While they were organized, they were not quite prepared for the volume of athletes racing; the participation this year had doubled from last year: 2400 vs. 1200. As a result, getting the athletes to transition took longer than they expected and they were forced to delay the race by 15 minutes to give everyone ample time to get themselves set up before transition closed.

The rest....well that will be left for the race reports.
Lets just say there was a PB, 2 record swims and a mid race encounter with the day's winner. A special congratulations to Laurel who got a podium finish in her age group and a roll down spot to Clearwater 2009! Race reports should be up soon....but for now, we are packing up and heading to the airport to catch our flight to Canada...and the coooold!!!

This race was particularly special to us as we had the privilege of meeting and racing with Nick Morales of www.trimapper.com . Nick has been on board with TTW since day one and has been one of our greatest supporters. He has done some fundraising for us throughout the US and has also hooked us up with some of the folks we have met on the road. Thanks Nick for hangin with us and making this weekend AWESOME!

Its hard to believe that we have now done 15 of the 16..... only one more race for the Tri The World 2008 venture....and it promises to be a BIG ONE!!!!

Cheers.....

Heather and Brian