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Tales of a Traveling Triathlete: SXSW Edition

Thursday, March 11th, 2010

This week I’m taking my ironman training on the road, all the way south to Austin, TX. Work is sending me to a conference (South by South West Interactive) for a few days and I have to say that I’m really excited for it. Not only because the conference itself should be a really fun time, but I’ve got some fun training plans in between attending presentations to help me become the smartest web marketing guy I can be.

First, I’ve never been to Texas before and I’ve only heard great things about Austin, so I’m excited to explore a new city. Second, I’m missing some pretty nasty sounding cold and wet spring weather in Boston and trading it for sunshine and heat. Can you say mini training camp weekend?!

Word on the street is that Barton Springs is open for the season starting Saturday! From everything that I’ve heard, it sounds like the Austin equivalent to Walden Pond for Bostonians.  I’m in love already, and it is only about a mile from my hotel. While the water might be a little chili (especially since I didn’t have room to cram my wetsuit into my suitcase) but I’m hoping it is bearable enough. I like to think I have pretty thick skin for cold water swimming, but we’ll see.

Also, two of my Trakkers teammates from the other side of the Mason-Dixon line who I haven’t met yet will be in town this weekend too. While the conference is pretty huge, I’m hoping that we’ll eventually run into each other and get in some swims or runs in together. The Trakkers crew is a classy group of individuals and has yet to disappoint.

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Category : Ironman, Life, Running, Swimming, Triathlon

Tags: sxsw

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