If you skip the ads in the triathlon related magazines you miss a lot.

On page 133 of the February 2008 issue of Triathlete Magazine there is ad for the Ironman 70.3 Series, is shows the 2008 Event Schedule. If you had looked at it closely you would have noticed the quite addition of the Longhorn Ironman 70.3 race on October 5th, 2008. It seems that the issue arrived before the press release or announcement was scheduled. It sounds like that will occur tomorrow.

The Longhorn Triathlon Festival, usually took place in Austin in October with a Half iron, an Olympic distance and Sprint distance race. Basically what's happening is that the Longhorn Triathlon Festival will be no more. In its place will be two new triathlon events. The first one being the Longhorn Ironman 70.3 triathlon race in October. The other one would incorporate the Sprint and Olympic distance triathlon from the Longhorn Triathlon Festival into a new event called the Hi-Fi Tri. This event would take place a few weeks later at Moody Gardens, in Galveston, Texas.

Stayed tuned for additional information that should become available tomorrow.