Anyone doing the Austin 70.3 next Sunday? Looks like temp will be high of 75 and low 54, my question is wetsuit or not?
Non. Lake is warm due to power plant.
I fish in that lake a lot. Last weekend the water temp was +85 on the park side. It gets up to 95 on the output side of the lake, but I doubt the swim course goes that far over.
I guess I know why I was seeing all the tri-freaks dressed in their day-glow skin suits over last couple weekends running/biking out there…training on the course and prepping.
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I appreciate the information. No wetsuit it is.
I would go sleeveless if you have one. That’s what I did last year and it was comfortable. It was pretty gray/cool in the AM though. Also, don’t take Loyola to get to the Expo Center. The light to turn left onto Decker was ridiculous and left a lot of people (including me) scrambling to get set up at T2 and get on the shuttle in time.
I did the race last year, and they managed to find a temperature that was wetsuit legal. I didn’t find it too bad - but I also know that I’d be way worse off w/o my suit!
Someone can correct me if I’m wrong but I believe the race has always been wetsuit legal.
I did the race in 2011, record heat, record drought, etc. and it was still a couple degrees below the wetsuit limit.
Water temp was 72 last year. It was sprinkling in the morning so it was a little chilly to start (relative for Texas). I wore a wetsuit and felt fine. There was only a handful of guys in my wave that went without wetsuits. Make sure you carry your bike out of transition. Those stickers/prickers are everywhere around the lake. Having a flat tire would be a bad way to start the race.
yeah I did the race in 2010/12 and they were both wetsuit legal and I don’t recall being uncomfortable during the swim. Remember that the air temp will likely be in the 50’s or cooler which will help it feel better along with making the surface temp of the water lower in the morning.
They announced it at 72 last year, I thought it was a bit warmer than that. I did it in a sleeveless wetsuit and was fine.
I have raced there 3 times and am excited to be going back! It was a wetsuit swim all three years. If I remember there was talk every year I was there about whether or not it would be non-wetsuit, but it never was. This includes at least one year where the pro cutoff was less. The weather has been all over the map. I cooked one year when it was around 30 C. The next time I raced 2012 it was 6 C when we got on our bikes race morning! This was before sleeved jerseys were en vogue. I purchased a $18 Long sleeve Baseball shirt that I wore for the swim and ride. Easily the best $18 I ever spent!
The last couple of times I had a great time staying with Jack Mott. Looking forward to the trip. Let me know if you have anymore questions on the course, I would be happy to answer them.
Jeff
Yes, the weather in Texas in late-October can be all over the place.
It was 90 in 2011 and 50-something in 2012.
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Someone posted to avoid Loyola in getting to Expo center. What is the best way to get there?
I am not the best one to ask about that. I tried to take a back way and hit some road closures and ended up having to loop around to Loyola Traffic. I would recommend just leaving 15 minutes earlier than you think and just chill in the traffic line. The traffic was kinda bad, it’s just the pre race and stress to make the early shuttles that make it feel really bad! At most it delayed me by 15 mins, more likely 10.
Surface water temp on the swim course was 77 this morning.
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Anyone doing the Austin 70.3 next Sunday? Looks like temp will be high of 75 and low 54, my question is wetsuit or not?
This is why everyone needs to buy a sleeveless wetsuit. It will be absolutely too warm for me to swim in full sleeve and I will nuke myself in the process. I will be wearing a sleeveless without question - the temp difference it makes for me is huge.
I am looking to do another 70.3. How is the Bike course for Austin?
Looks like it has changed from last year.
Anyone doing the Austin 70.3 next Sunday? Looks like temp will be high of 75 and low 54, my question is wetsuit or not?
This is why everyone needs to buy a sleeveless wetsuit. It will be absolutely too warm for me to swim in full sleeve and I will nuke myself in the process. I will be wearing a sleeveless without question - the temp difference it makes for me is huge.
For the exact reason you mentioned, I threw my sleeveless into the bike case for both IM Texas and Silverman which magically ended up being sub 76F! I would have overheated at both races in a full suit.