Evangeline Oak Duathlon (Relay) - DuathlonStandard

Eric did well in the run, ran faster on both legs than his 10K time would indicate. Problem was the other team had a young runner who ran 5:30 splits on both ends, actually finished first overall on each run. After this leg, we were 2:07 behind the lead relay team.

Get Kevin Castille (local 28-minute 10Ker) to do the run part.
;)

Time estimated, but transition times were minimal. I already had shoes and helmet on, so transition consisted of handing off the race belt/number and running the 30' length of the transition area.

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As said, wind was out of the northeast, sustained at 15-18mph with gusts, making for a headwind on the first half of the course. Probably stayed around 17-19mph on this segment, trying hard not to fry my legs. Did have a few people pass me, some who really shouldn't, indicating how my conditioning has dropped during this offseason.

After the turn it was 24-25 mph on the way back, but not fast enough where I actually passed anyone. Couldn't even catch the rider for the lead relay team, though I did make up 1:45, so that we were only 22 seconds behind coming out of T2.

Eh, stay in shape over the winter? Hard to do without running, given my dislike of the trainer and cold-weather riding. Well, at least spring is right around the corner.

This was only 30 seconds faster than my bike leg in this race last year, under similar conditions. Would expect it to be considerably faster, given that no running was involved.

Similar to T1, left the shoes on the pedals, though. For some reason Eric was standing at the transition exit rather than by our rack, so I had to find him first, then run the length of the transition area with my bike, but no big deal.

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Another good leg from Eric, only 17 seconds slower than his first leg, and 10th overall. Still, the lead relay team runner ran 11:11, first overall, only 12 seconds slower than his first leg, and they regained their advantage. We finished in second by 2:34.

Nothing. Eric ran well, just can't keep up with the young guys. ;)

Stood around and cheered on finishers, gave unwelcome advice to mama bear when she came in off the bike ("Take your helmet off before the run," should not merit a GFY look!), ate three bowls of red beans, then hung around to get our award.


Too much accumulated rust in these old bones, not to mention the extra 15 pounds.


Nice small, early-season race. This group puts on several small races during the year, all of them well-organized and well-supported affairs. Hope to be back doing it solo next year.