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'Outside' report? Law firm that wrote it to defend Ken Paxton was paid $500K by Texas AG
Main Post: 'Outside' report? Law firm that wrote it to defend Ken Paxton was paid $500K by Texas AG
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more and more often i find myself actually hating this state.
Texas releases first-ever injury report mandated by the SEC
Main Post: Texas releases first-ever injury report mandated by the SEC
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I hear a guy from UNLV is available if he wants to suit up as RB
Ironman Texas Race Report - DNF
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Race Information Name: Ironman Texas
Date: April 27th, 2024
Time: DNF
Goals
A Sub 10:15 No
B Sub 10:30 No
C PR No
Splits
Swim 1:20:39
T1 5:12
Swim
Got in and the all I could see was green. No feet, even if they were right in front of my face! Man that water was warm and nasty. Was hoping for a 1:15 swim, and started out holding that pace but overheated so quickly. The water was very warm and I started to feel pretty rough about 2K in and had to dial back the effort. Came through the halfway gate at 38:44 and managed a 1:20 which tied my last swim at IM FL in November of 2023. Heart rate got up to 179 at about 2K in. Average HR was 171. Got out and felt pretty nauseous but recovered pretty quickly as I got onto the bike.
Bike
Bike was super congested but was going well, was warming up and waiting for my heart rate to slowly drop down. Was sticking to my Garmin Powercourse plan from Best Bike Split which was set up for a 5:15 bike split. At about mile 20, right when you take the onramp down to the Hardy Toll road, there was an aid station right before you make the turn onto the on ramp. I did not need anything but was unfortunately pushed outward by someone who had slowed down to grab a bottle and then after getting the bottle swung wide back out left pushing me into the middle area between the two traffic lanes. This middle area had massive reflectors and I hit 3 of them in a row which caused a flat in my rear disc wheel. After coming down the on ramp someone pointed and told me it was flat so I pulled over into the grass and pulled out my Dynaplug air for a quick patch. This is where my day turned from a slight setback to something really unfortunate...
As I was fixing the puncture, a race support member saw me fixing my flat and asked if I needed assistance to which I replied "no, I just fixed the puncture thanks!" so then after hearing I did not need assistance he walked back and got into his truck which was positioned about 50ft behind me. As he drove past me in the grass area between the on ramp and the toll road, he suddenly veered right and ran directly over my bike as I was bleeding extra PSI out of the repaired tire about to resume my bike since the c02 had over-inflated it a bit. Another couple of inches and instead of my bike it would have been my arm or even possibly my entire body as I was squatted down by the tire of my bike.
The police were then contacted and an incident report was filed. I really hope that my bike can be replaced. It is an unfortunate freak accident and I understand accidents happen, the race support member was very shaken up and felt terrible. It's a really tough situation to be in and I feel bad, obviously there was no intent on his part to run my bike over. I am assuming he thought he had pulled his truck past me and checked his mirror before pulling out but because I was in his blind spot at that point he thought I was gone.
Aftermath
The race support guy who ran my bike over said that everything would be taken care of and radio'd in for a "SAG?" I think they're called to pick me up. However I think he was so shaken up about it he was having a really hard time communicating over the radio and didn't realize they were waiting for me at the top of the on ramp for over 30 mins as I painfully sat there staring at my mangled bike for over an hour. After the car dropped me off back at transition, one of the full time employed Ironman staff members just told me there's nothing they can do right now about the situation and told me to email them. I'm quite at a loss of what to do now as the create new request page on the athlete services portal doesn't function correctly and won't submit. If anyone here has gone through a similar experience and has any suggestions I am all ears.
TL; DR: A race support member ran over my bike with his Ram 1500 right after I finished repairing a flat at mile 20 of the bike causing me to DNF.
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Oh wow that is a bummer! I had a friend that did IMTX and she said it was an absolute grind all day. Lots of DNFs, crashes and SO MUCH PUKING (including her). So sorry to hear about your bike. Keep us updated about what IM does to replace it. That's such a shitty ordeal and I hope they do the right thing!
Texas A&M Adds Three More Players to Injury Report vs. Florida
Main Post: Texas A&M Adds Three More Players to Injury Report vs. Florida
Top Comment: Sicko game of the week. Get your sicko kickos here folks.
Texas Gov Greg Abbott asks agencies to report parents of transgender children on medically provided hormone therapy for potential child abuse charges
Main Post: Texas Gov Greg Abbott asks agencies to report parents of transgender children on medically provided hormone therapy for potential child abuse charges
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I have been stuck in deeply horrified mode about this all day. This is a flat-out extermination campaign against trans kids. I feel sick, and I don't know what to do about it.