It's not uncommon to do a half Ironman when you're training for a full Ironman. And it's not uncommon for people training for Ironman Texas (IMTX) to do Ironman 70.3 Texas (Galveston) as a training race. However, normally Galveston is ~2 months before IMTX, so it's right as you're peaking, and you have plenty of time to recover. This year, because ( Read more... )