Two White Dogs Duathlon - Duathlon

Started out a little faster than I should have. First mile was 7:45 and second wasn't too much slower which is pretty good for me. Not what I should have done the day after a 75 mile bike race though.

Slow down, or don't do a bike race the day before.

Good transition. Nearly lost my balance putting on my bike shoes, but overall it wasn't bad.

I can always go faster.

Started passing people as soon as I left T1 and never stopped. Must have caught 4 dozen people on the bike leg. There were a handfull of riders who didn't stay on the right which got annoying because I already had to avoid plenty of non-racers on the course. I could definitely feel the soreness in my quads from yesterday in the beginning, but my legs warmed up nicely after a few miles. I knew that I would do well on this leg, but never thought I'd be 4th overall the day after a 75-miler! Makes me wonder just what I could have done if I had rested properly.

Come into it with fresher legs.

Finally got out of my shoes before T2 for the first time. Started to balance on one foot but my shoe caught the ground as I hopped off and my bike nearly flipped end-over-end. My shoe went flying and I grabbed it as I ran in. After the shoe mishap I couldn't get my flag pole together and had to stop for a second to get it lined up. Running out I tried to turn my race number to the front and tore one end. Despite it all it was still a pretty fast transition.

More practice getting out of shoes. Remember to turn my number around before I have a flag pole in my hands.

Slowed down quite a bit but maintained my lead over most of the people I passed on the bike. Kept a good steady pace and was running sub-9:00 miles. Not bad at all.

Take a cup of water in T2 so I'm not so thirsty as I head out.

Put my flag and race belt in my bag and went off to find the food. Had a banana, 2 cups of Gatorade and 2 cups of water.


Stupid mistakes in transition. Exhaustion and sore muscles from the day before.


Easy race with lots of beginners. Nothing but bananas, water, Gatordae and Coke at the finish. Give me a bagel at least. It's a small race so I didn't expect alot anyway. Still a fun race, but I won't run it next year if I can find another race that same weekend. Oh, and a note on the overall results: these are for the men only. The combined results weren't posted so that's what I have to work with. However, I still would have been 4th overall on the bike even with the ladies' times mixed in.