The Kerrville Triathlon Festival took place on September 24th-25th and Lubbock/Top Line had a great showing of athletes this year! The race includes 4 events; a Rookie Tri, Sprint, Quarter, and Half distance. Top Line's Brent Aucutt raced the Half distance as a tune up for the Ironman 70.3 World Championships and placed 3rd in his age group. Top Line Club athletes Dan Berman and Jamie Oliva raced in the Quarter and Half distance respectively. Dan worked hard on his swim to get ready for his first race of this distance and finished with a solid performance. Jamie e ..read more

Ironman 70.3 Lubbock took place on June 26th and Top Line Coaching and Club athletes lined up for another challenging and competitive race! Our athletes faced those challenges with poise and preparation and came away with some great lessons learned, goals reached, and placed 3rd overall in Tri Club standings! Top Line athletes and friends were joined by Lubbock Professional Firefighters Association members to volunteer on Saturday and Sunday to help make this race a success. We are tremendously grateful for our volunteers' time and energy and send a very special thanks to L ..read more

The 2022 triathlon season has officially begun! Ironman 70.3 Texas is usually the first race of the season for West Texas triathletes. This race is a perennial favorite - it has always been a warm, welcoming atmosphere and a "gentle" (somewhat!!) way to ease into the race season. This year however, winter and spring training seemed challenging. Perhaps it was the unpredictable weather or just the effects of one more year of miles on the body, but the excitement to race is always there. Race weekend always starts with athlete check-in and the expo. Pictured below is Top Line athlete Ashley Elli ..read more

After a very busy 2021 race season, the holidays, and the start of a new year, this is a very long overdue update! It's been a few months since I have posted an update with Top Line news so with a new race season around the corner, now seemed like an appropriate time;)!  The late season of 2021 was action-packed with Top Line athletes racing in triathlons, road races, and trail races/adventures. Many of our athletes have continued to stay committed to racing despite the "ups and downs", shall we say, of the past 2 years.  After so much uncertainty due to the pandemic, I have been hum ..read more

We are excited to bring you the latest news and updates from Top Line Coaching. It's been an action-packed second half of the summer with athletes racing all over the country and still more racing to come in the fall! We have a few updates also from our Tri Club below. Thanks for checking in with us! Top Line Tri Club Welcomes Cam Mencio! We are excited to announce that Cam Mencio has joined Top Line Tri Club as our Vice President and Assistant Coach! Cam is a long-time, dedicated athlete with years of experience racing at a high level and coaching runners and triathletes. Cam will bring his ..read more

We are in the middle of a busy weekend of racing for Top Line athletes! Brent Aucutt (pictured far left) came off a great race at Enchanted Forest Trail Marathon where he took 2nd in his AG, to line up again yesterday (8/21) for the City of Lakes Triathlon. Brent has been working hard on his swim, bike, and run to get ready for the 70.3 World Championships happening on September 18th, 2021. He raced very well to take 1st in his age group and 8th overall! Way to go Brent! Brent will continue his build towards 70.3WC and follow that up with a final race for the year; Ironman 70.3 Waco. Jamie Fos ..read more

Before I moved to Lubbock for graduate school in 2006, I had heard of this small city in West Texas because of the infamous Buffalo Springs Lake Half Ironman. The race was known as tough, hot, windy, and hilly. For those who had the PRIVILEGE of racing it, you learned first hand, this was one of the toughest on the circuit. It wasn't long before I met race directors, Mike and Marti Greer and came to learn about their incredible influence on triathlon, not just locally, but nationwide. Buffalo Springs Lake 70.3 drew athletes from all corners of the globe. This included top professionals lo ..read more

The 2021 race season is well underway and we couldn't be more excited and grateful to be racing! With the renewed enthusiasm and appreciation of our sport, hopefully you've had a chance to revisit your goals and what you want to get out of triathlon. One of the things that draws people to this sport (I believe) is the limitless opportunities for growth; both athletically and personally. This sport has various formats, distances, locations, and opportunities to test yourself against a variety of challenges. When you complete a triathlon, you don't "just" complete the distance, you also handle a ..read more

If you live in the northern hemisphere, you're inching closer to summer and hopefully your weather is warming up nicely! You may have noticed that your body performs differently in warm/hot weather conditions.  Many athletes note a drop in performance when they are first exposed to heat in training. Have no fear, this is expected and we can plan for it. Below, I describe three key strategies for heat acclimation. Follow these and you will find you perform well in the heat and even look forward to warmer weather race conditions! 1. Exposure and acclimation For athletes to perform well in h ..read more

If you're a triathlete, you know that our sport involves a lot of variables; some controllable, others not. A big reason that athletes are drawn to this sport is the challenge of putting together all three disciplines in one race and managing variables that you typically only face in a race situation. To have the best chance of success in a race, we need to have a script that we can follow (as closely as possible) for how we will handle each aspect of a race, from pre-race meals, to race morning setup, to swim/bike/run execution.  In my experience, creating and using a race plan ..read more