#921 – 2026 Ironman Texas Preview
Crushing Iron Triathlon Podcast
Mike Tarrolly
4.8 • 739 Ratings
🗓️ 16 April 2026
⏱️ 51 minutes
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Summary
Today, we preview Ironman Texas, but this is great info for any Ironman you might be racing. We include strategy for the age groupers and take a look at the stacked pro field and give predictions. We look at the wind and potentially "mild" weather and talk wetsuit or not, how to approach the swim along with the last stretch in the canal. We get into bike strategy for your first and second loop. Then take a look at how to handle the electric, three-loop run course. Lots of good insight for pacing, super shoes, and terrain.
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Topics:
- Pre race
- Swim course strategies
- Possible wetsuit race. Should you wear it?
- How to swim the last section in the canal
- Dealing with the wind and sun on the bike
- 2nd loop strategy for the bike
- Be aware
- Run course energy
- Breaking down the three loops
- Super shoes?
- Pro field
- Predicting the men's and women's winners
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | All right, welcome back. |
| 0:18.5 | Here we are. |
| 0:19.5 | Crushing iron, man.. Here we are. We're back Thursday. |
| 0:21.6 | Crushing that iron. |
| 0:24.1 | Just crushing iron all day. |
| 0:26.6 | My gosh. |
| 0:28.1 | Crushing iron all day. |
| 0:30.0 | I can't believe you just said that. |
| 0:31.1 | Like that's probably like copyright infringement from like a weightlifting like online Pinterest shop. |
| 0:37.4 | Like on Etsy. |
| 0:38.1 | They're like that is my schick. |
| 0:39.6 | Like we are crushing iron today. |
| 0:41.0 | But no, we have to crush it for you today. |
| 0:43.1 | It is a, it's a gorgeous day here, a little cooler, but beautiful. |
| 0:46.5 | It is April 16th, the year, 2006. |
| 0:51.0 | Welcome aboard, everybody. |
| 0:52.6 | You listen to the Crushing Iron podcast. |
| 0:56.8 | This is episode 921. |
| 1:13.4 | Yeah, it is. It's a beautiful day here. I still went. Still went. Yeah. It's a beautiful day. I still went. It is. And listen, it's spring. I love it. It's going to be going 80s to 30s to 40s and 90s uh but yeah no it's uh you know i love it so what you're you're gonna say something go ahead oh no yeah well first of all you're |
| 1:17.6 | still compounding interest on your uh podcast number trauma that's right and i was going to take |
| 1:25.4 | the dog for a walk this morning but but I can't figure out the harness. |
| 1:28.4 | So I have PTSD from the last time she escaped. |
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