Little Elm Beach · Lewisville Lake
Settle before the lake loop gets away from you.
The one-loop lake swim starts and finishes at Little Elm Beach. Start where you can settle quickly into your own rhythm.
Self-seed honestly. Lengthen the stroke.
Race Finder IRONMAN 70.3 Dallas-Little Elm.
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IRONMAN 70.3 Dallas-Little Elm.
Your best day in Lewisville Lake.
One swim loop from Little Elm Beach. Rolling roads north through the Texas countryside. Then three laps on Little Elm's hard-packed trails.
Lewisville Lake, the toll bridge from above.
- Race day
- 14 Mar 2027
- Course
- Swim 1.9 km · Bike 90 km · Run 21.1 km
- Historical air
- 6–21°C
Your day in Lewisville Lake
What could you race?
I’m Tom, the coach behind Sense Endurance Coaching. Tell me where you are now and I’ll show you what a strong day in Lewisville Lake could look like.
The course behind your race
The rollers come before the repeated laps.
The gradual rises and descents make it easy to keep pressing just a little harder than planned. Ride them at an effort that leaves something for the third trail lap.
North Texas countryside
Ride the rises without chasing each crest.
The course heads north through North Texas countryside on fast, gently rolling roads. Let the speed come from steady power, not surges over each rise.
Ride the target watts. Fuel early.
The closing ride
Keep the third trail lap in mind.
Finish the bike with enough control to run all three loops. Complete your planned nutrition before T2.
Stay aero when it is useful. Finish planned nutrition.
Little Elm trails · lap one
Find a stride you can repeat.
The flat hard-packed trail can make an early pace feel easier than it is. Use the first loop to lock in a sustainable effort.
Settle before chasing pace. Use each aid station.
The second trail lap
Check the basics before changing pace.
Use the repeatable course to check posture, fluids and effort. Do not make the second lap a test of speed.
Stay tall. Keep fueling.
The third trail lap
Use what the steady ride left you.
Only progress when the first two loops have held together. The final lap is where steady bike pacing pays back.
Choose the last move late. Keep the cadence up.
What to check in race week
Check the Lewisville Lake water temperature and the official wetsuit decision, not just the historical March figures. Review wind on the North Texas roads, recent rain on the crushed-gravel trails, and the final lap and aid arrangements.
Forecast statusToo early for a forecast
A race-day forecast is not meaningful yet; check back closer to the event.
- Temperature
- 6.3–21.3°CDew point centred on 7.2°C
- Wind and gusts
- 17.0 km/hGusts up to 45.7 km/hPrevailing direction S
- Rain likelihood
- Up to 75%Wet-surface uncertainty retained
Historical baseline, 2019–2025 · Open-Meteo historical archive · Updated 2026-09-14.Historical comparison only. This is not a forecast for 2027.
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Your plan, in race week
Prepare for Lewisville Lake
Build the legs.
Practise the decisions.
A finish range gives you something to work towards. The preparation is specific to this race: Practise holding your bike effort over gradual rises, then starting a run on hard-packed trail without chasing fresh-leg pace. Use repeated laps in training to rehearse checks on breathing, posture and fuelling.
I’m Tom. With Sense Endurance Coaching, I’ll build that preparation around your life, follow how you respond and adjust the work as you get closer to Lewisville Lake.
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