Anyone else doing the Greater gator olympic tri out in Boerne? It will be my first olympic and I’m definitely excited for it! Hopefully it’s a really good race. Anyone know anything about the course? Whether it’s hilly or relatively flat?
I’m signed up for the aquathlon (DU2 as they call it), but I may see if I can switch to the tri as it turns out I’ll be taking the bike down in any case, though I do prefer aquathlons. Don’t know anything about the course though; I’m just multitasking a work trip. Let me know if you want to say hi before or after.
I did a tri out at the same place last year and it was really hilly but I heard somewhere that the bike course is the opposite direction, which would make it flat, but I don’t know for sure.
While we’re at it, any notion of whether it’ll be wetsuit legal? Trying to decide what to bring.
I got an email from them a week ago or so saying it will not be wetsuit legal, the temperature was at 79.
Not checked on the Greater Gator course, but the Small Texan Olympic, held at the end of July, is a hilly bike and a challenging run, the latter receiving most of its challenge from the insane heat. Pace yourself going out, as the winds tend to be at your back on the way out. Naturally, you’ll fight them on the way back in on the hillier parts of the course.
My wife’s out of town that weekend, so I may use that as an excuse to see how much fitness I’ve lost since IMTX. Whether or not I show, I hope you have a great race.
If you go out to the website, they have a video of the bike course. Looks like typical texas rolling hills. I’ll be out there…looking forward to it. Looks like a great place for a Tri. First time in Boerne, but went to school at SWT and love that part of Texas (in between San Marcos and San Antonio)…
I’ll be there! There’s one hill at about mile 6 called Gator Bait hill or Heartbreak Hill - it’s short and steep after 3 miles of climbing. After that, it’s all rollers until the turnaround and then it’s downhill all the way back to the lake. The run is almost 100% trails in the park around the lake. Should be a fun inaugural event! The Sprint version, Gator Bait, in August is always fun. Great food after.
This is my first post. Talk of racing in Boerne brought me out of lurkdom. 
I’m doing it - it’ll be my CapTexTri replacement race for this year.
The forecast is mostly sunny with high in low 90’s and decent wind (SE ~13mph). A check on the web gives lake T ~78
Thanks for the information on the course! Now I just can’t wait until I get to the turnaround.
I’m going and am pumped for this race!
Same! What are your guys’ goals for the race?
What are your guys’ goals for the race?
Hmm, considering the pathetic amount of swimming & biking I’ve been doing (thanks to work travel), I’m not thinking too hard about particular performance goal, plus if I remember right the distances are non-standard for olympic (?). I’ll be pretty happy if I can do the run under 6:50 pace.
Same! What are your guys’ goals for the race?
To finish. There has been little if any training done in the past month (wow–IMTX was a month ago?!). Best of luck to all who are out there.
Same! What are your guys’ goals for the race?
Win the aquathlon. Not that I’ll take much pride in it, given how few people take that option, but it’d be nice. Just had a slow run around the Stonelake area. Not sure why I was so sluggish down here at sea level, but whatever.
I just got an email from the RD saying it will be a “time trial” start, with 3 people at a time starting at ~10s intervals. That sucks. One of the reasons I signed up was the “mass start” of ~150men from all age groups. Was going to be my first mass start triathlon with real side-by-side competition! What’s with the ironic wimpification of the sport. Almost makes me wanna switch to IM…
It’s my first olympic so I don’t know what to set for goals yet, but I would like the have the fastest run split.
Just picked up my packet today and I’m bib number 257 and will be in the 20-24 AG.