Quote Originally Posted by Gret1122 View Post
Well I guess I need to make my mind up soon about which one to do. I only wanted to do the Prairie Man because it was a little sooner. How was the weather last year for Longhorn. Water temp?? did you wear a wetsuit for the swim??
I was possibly thinking I could do both sincethey are a month apart. Am I crazy??
Any advice on a HR monitor? I want to get one but am a little overwhelmed by all the different ones. Is their a specific one for triathletes???
How was the weather for Longhorn last year? Hot. Prairie Man will be hot too. So either way, you get... HOT.

The water temp for EITHER race will be warm and they will not be wetsuit legal. You might have some hope of wearing a wetsuit for Longhorn, but don't count on it.

The lake next to Longhorn is warmed by a power plant near by, if that tells ya anything.

I had a friend who did both races. He was fine. Then again he is 24 years old and mentally he can push himself past the point of reason with his body. HA! If you are in good shape, you can do both.

HR monitor? Get a Garmin Forerunner 305. Honestly, I'm sorry I waited to long to get one. Although, the upside is that I got it for $200. If you search on the Internet you can find it around that price easy.

It's amazing. You can track your pace, distance, and HR on it. So when you go for a run you know how far you have gone and what your pace is at that moment. On the bike, you can track your HR and distance too.

Then when you download the data into your computer, it shows you the route you took, what your HR was at any given time/speed, etc.

And it has a multi-sport feature... so you can track a Bike and Run workout back to back.

Most HR monitors you see out there will cost about as much as a Garmin, with half the features. Not to mention, the ones that do pace and distance ususally work off a foot pod (extra $). The Garmin tracks you via satellites.

Now, if you want to spend some money, you can get the Garmin 405 for $450. It's smaller than the 305, but it doesn't have a multi sport feature.