Get ready for a Texas-Sized Triathlon weekend in the Capital City, with live music, great food, seminars, and the best in triathlon gear. Be sure to get here early and stay late! Here’s the early stuff…much more to come!
Austin, The Live Music Capital of the World, has got it all... quirky cross-dressers, great 4-star restaurants, finger-licking barbeque joints, and the famous Tex-Mex, 50,000 University of Texas students, over 1 million bats, corporate CEOs to struggling musicians, Texas' capital city stands apart from the rest. Uniquely Austin means something. Just check out the whole campaign to “Keep Austin Weird.”
A triathlete’s dream playground, it’s also home to the Town Lake Trail, a beautiful 10 mile hike and bike trail around downtown’s Town Lake, and Barton Springs Pool, a 1/8 of a mile natural, spring-fed swimming pool that remains 68 degrees F year-round.
For more info, visit www.austintexas.org.
LONGHORN ATHLETES VILLAGE AND EXPO
Be sure to join us for a rockin’ good time at the Longhorn Athletes Village, located at the Sheraton Austin Hotel. Smack in the heart of downtown, there will be a great expo with all of the latest and greatest in triathlon, seminars, great food, and more. The expo and Athletes Village will be open from 4-7 PM on Friday Evening, October 3, and on Saturday, October 4, from 11:00 AM-6:00 PM. PARTY ‘TIL THE COWS COME HOME!Be sure to stay Sunday night, as the Longhorn Bash will be in full force! Great live music and food is the plan! More details to follow shortly.AUSTIN AND IT'S TRAILS.....
Town Lake is a hub of activity, but Austin has trails galore! Check out the rich history surrounding this great city.... http://www.everytownneedsatrail.com/
Pre-race Longhorn Festival and expo with live entertainment, custom multi-color technical t-shirt, the best goody bags, imprinted swim cap, finishers towel, finishers medal, custom awards, participants' raffle, Great giveaways from ZOOT CLOTHING, GURU, FUELBELT, complimentary post-race feast, complimentary post-race massage.. Run Far Racing Services timing featuring ChampionChip, Race Announcing by the Mouth of the South, Adam Reiser, boat, motorcycle, and radio support, USAT Officials and Marshals, the best volunteers and staff anywhere, accurate, spectacular, and safe race course.
Are you part of a team or club participating in the upcoming Longhorn Ironman 70.3 Austin? We will host a team tailgating area inside the park near transition. This is your chance to have a gathering spot for your team and to cheer on athletes. Bring your tents, trailers, picnics and energy! Email Ainsley@endorfunsports.com to secure your spot inside the park!
After a long, hard (or, we hope, fast and easy) race, hoof on over to the CUDZ N’ SUDZ Area for a Texas-Sized feast featuring great food, FREEBIRDS BURRITOS, BEEF KABOBS compliments of the TEXAS BEEF COUNCIL, succulent, organic fruit provided by Austin's own GREENLING, plenty of MICHELOB ULTRA, JIM-JIM'S WATER ICE, AMY'S ICE CREAM, SWEET LEAF TEA, and all the fixin's! Keep the good times rolling, as live entertainment will be performing for all of you on the Longhorn Stage as you chow down. Head over to the massage area provided by Advanced Rehabilitation. After that, chill out at Decker Lake…Relax, and enjoy the day !
Look for live music to be pumping for you on course, and on the Longhorn Stage at the park, following your race. Hang around on Saturday, as we’ll have a full slate of action!
On FRIDAY Evening, October 3rd, join triathlon legends Simon Lessing and Michellie Jones, as well as other greats of triathlon for a Carbo Load Dinner at the Athletes Village in the Sheraton. To get you ready for the big day, we’ll be offering a buffet pasta dinner. Simon and Michellie will be on hand and speak with everyone, take questions and more.
Simon is triathlon’s most decorated active triathlete. Born in Cape Town , South Africa , Simon now competes for the United Kingdom , and lives in Boulder , Colorado . Lessing is a five-time ITU Triathlon World Champion in both the Olympic and Long Course distances. In fact, in 1996 he broke the world record in the World Championship Olympic Distance triathlon with a time of 1:39:50 – the record still stands. Lessing competed at the first Olympic triathlon in the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney Australia, finishing 9th. He was also awarded the title of “Member of the British Empire (M.B.E.) by the Queen in 2000. Some of his career highlights include:
Born on September 6, 1969 in Fairfield , New South Wales , Michellie Jones is a short and long course triathlete from Australia. Her most prominent success is the 2006 Ironman World Champion title. Jones became the first Australian women to win a World Ironman Championship with her victory in the 2006 Ironman Triathlon in Kona , Hawaii . Jones' victory makes her the second Australian in history to win this prestigious event – behind the 1994 Men's World Champion, Greg Welch. Some of her career highlights:
The dinner will be from 6:30-8:30 PM on Friday evening. Adult dinners are $30.00, with all of the net proceeds benefiting Athletes For a Cure. Athletes for a Cure, a program of the Prostate Cancer Foundation, is a fundraising and awareness program to assist individual athletes in their quest to raise money for better treatments and a cure for prostate cancer. Every dollar raised from the program goes directly to the Prostate Cancer Foundation. Admission is limited, and tickets must be pre-ordered online at the race registration link. If you’ve already registered, you may order tickets on the “Xtras” link.
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Jack & Adam’s Bicycles, Austin T3, and Advanced Rehab will be hosting a complimentary pancake breakfast the Saturday morning. Get those carbs! You will have your choice of pancake fillings ranging from chocolate chips and cherries to sausage links and blue berries. All participants and family members are welcome. The breakfast will be completely free for all. Please RSVP to jack@jackandadams.com so we can get an accurate head count and plan accordingly.This will take place at Jack & Adam's Bicycles at 1210 Barton Springs Road, Austin, TX 78704 from 7:30-9:00 AM. MMMMMMMMMM......pancakes........
You've finished Longhorn Ironman 70.3 Austin, you've gotten your medal...Now, it's time to bask in the glory! Join us at Hill's Cafe, an Austin institution since 1947 for the soon to be legendary Longhorn Sunday Night Shindig. Hang out on Hill's Cafe outdoor patio, have some great food and drink, listen to the live music that makes Austin famous. We've got the whole outdoor patio reserved just for you!
A visit to Hill's Cafe has always been an investment in the true and cultured heritage of Austin, Texas Until you have been to Hill's Cafe, you can't say you've been to Austin. For more on Hill's Cafe, visit www.hillscafe.com.
All the info on this great end to the Longhorn weekend will be available soon!
Austin is rockin', and our lineup will be sure to please on course and on stage....More bios and info to come....Here’s a sampling of what we had in 2007. The 2008 line up is in the works!
MOPAC AND THE BLUE SUBURBANS
Mopac and the Blue Suburbans is the only jump blues band of Austin, adding even more color to the Austin live music pallette. Jump is a mid-20th century Southern music style with a fun dance beat built on a blues foundation. Mopac mixes it with more contemporary familiar tunes when the spirit moves them. Mopac is the fusion of musicians Doug Miller (lead and harp), Chris Greta (base), Joe Barkan (guitar), Greg Orchard (percussion), and resident triathlete Larry Kravitz (keys). Mopac and the Blue Suburbans have been playing Austin for 15 years curiously popping up at venues like Speakeasy, The Belmont, The Detour, Mulligans, and Jazz on 6th Street. Mopac has also been one of the bands helping runners from hitting the wall at mile 23 of The Austin Marathon. Athletes may object to the message in the jump tune "Can't Keep It Up", but then, it wasn't about running anyways. Maybe the triathletes will get pumped to the vibes of "Start It Up", or enjoy cooling down after the race to their signature tune "Mellow Down Easy".JONATHAN SALAS
Jonathan Salas has accomplished a lot in his music career for a 20-year-old. In 2004, he gained national attention at the Gospel Music Association's "Music in the Rockies" in Estes Park, Colorado where he and his band won top honors as the "Spotlight Band Grand Prize Winner". Jonathan also won 2nd and 3rd place in the pop/rock songwriting competition with "Check Out #9" and "Summers Fade" while receiving rave reviews from professional songwriters. In addition, Jonathan's guitar playing won second place in the overall instrumental competition. These accolades caught the attention of several major record labels. In 2005 he signed a recording contract with Provident Label Group (Essential Records) a division of SONY BMG. In March of 2006 Essential released a four song EP produced by Peter Kipley (Mercy Me, Robert Randolph, The Afters) and mixed by Reid Shippen (Third Day, Relient K) and Joe Baldridge (dcTalk, TobyMac).When asked about his love of music, Jonathan will tell you "he didn't choose music - music chose him". He started playing piano when he was 4 years old. At 8 years of age, he was playing drums with his church's praise team. He then picked up the guitar at age 12 and then began leading the worship team at age 14. He started producing and writing his own songs that same year. By age 16, Jonathan was traveling with his band on the weekends all over his native South Texas. A gifted guitarist and songwriter, Jonathan connects with any size audience through his passionate live shows. His musical influences come from legends such as: Stevie Ray Vaughn, Jimi Hendrix, James Taylor, Paul McCartney, and Eric Clapton.
LESLI WOOD
Has been playing music in an around Austin since moving there from Houston in 1997 following the release of her first album, Child of the Water (http://cdbaby.com/cd/lesli). When not playing solo, Lesli performs with the Spiceboys. The group consists of Robert Asocar on the fiddle, mandolin, lead guitar, John Dunn on bass and guitar and Pat Carpenter on drums. Lesli has been playing with the Spiceboys about five years. They play a mix of Texas Swing, Rock a’ Billy and Folk Rock music that keeps parties hummin’. In recent years they have rocked venues in and around Austin and Houston, including the Bob Bullock Museum, Spicewood Arts Festival, lots of function for the Austin Triathletes organization, Artz Ribhouse, and JPs Hops House in Houston, to name a few.Lesli and her musicians are currently in the studio working on a new album. Lisa Rogers, ˝ of the famed Therapy Sisters is producing the album and doing quite a bit of playing on it as well. You can try out some early bits of music from this "yet-to-be-named" release, at her website.
WOODE WOOD
Born in Virginia, Woode Wood lived on multiple coasts (Los Angeles,
Baltimore, and Key West) before arriving in Austin, Texas, in 1994.
(in fact, in the 70's he hitchhiked from coast to coast 12 times altogether.)
After pursuing multiple occupations (cook, journalist, gas jockey), Woode
discovered his calling at age 36 when a neighbor in Key West placed a guitar in
his hands and taught him five chords within an hour. Epiphany! He wrote a song
that night and hasn't stopped since. Later, he was
inspired to move to Austin after seeing Ann Richards on Johnny
Carson; during her eight-minute segment all Richards talked about was
the vibrant Austin music scene. For the past 12 years, Woode has
performed extensively throughout the greater Austin area and Texas as
well as performing for the morning runners and walkers on the Town
Lake Hike and Bike Trail. Woode also sang the national anthem for a
7,000-strong
audience at a University of Texas basketball game. His music has been
featured on KUT, KGSR, the Austin-American Statesman, and several local
and national television stations. "Austin is where I am meant to be",
says Woode. The whole world is opening up like a clam shell.....
Check out his website: www.woodewood.com.
Stop by and grab a Longhorn bell, and fill out a sign to cheer on your favorite athlete. There may even be some foam horns laying around….
With more than 300 great restaurants in the downtown area, we wanted to give you an opportunity to sample all that is great about Austin. We’ll be offering the traditional Carbo Load dinner, but we’re also organizing the Longhorn Lap, by lining up restaurants that’ll offer you great discounts on food, from Tex-Mex to Barbeque, to Thai and Italian, Austin has it all…
Fill the day with seminars on Saturday! More details to come!
Join Advanced Rehabilitation for complimentary post-race massage.
To book a pre-race massage, contact Advanced Rehabilitation at www.atxrehab.com or at 512-467-1100.
They'll be scheduling pre-race massage and A.R.T. appointments to ensure your best race!
