National Duathlon Festival OFF ROAD Sport Race - DuathlonStandard

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Richmond, Virginia
United States
Sports Backers
92F / 33C
Sunny

Total Time = 1h 46m 29s
Overall Rank = 70/126
Age Group = 40-44
Age Group Rank = 1/5

Pre-race routine:

red bull, 1/2 bagel with peanut butter

Event warmup:

none

Run

Transition 1

Comments:

Quick transition because I dont have to change my shoes

Bike

What would you do differently?:

Try to get better at mountain biking

Transition 2

Comments:

My pony tail turned into a dreadlock and I had a hard time getting my helmet off so that slowed me down alot!

Run

Comments:

Felt like crap- actually did the walk of shame up the last hill.

What would you do differently?:

Maybe its not a good idea to do a long run the day before an off road duathlon:)

Post race

What limited your ability to perform faster:

sickness- yea I will blame that!

Event comments:

I will be back next year and hopefully be a little better in the mountain biking. I am glad I did it, but it was damn hard!

Last updated: 2009-04-26 12:00 AM

Running
00:29:59 \| 03.65 miles \| 08m 13s min/mile
Age Group:	1/5
Overall:	39/126
Performance:	Average
Course:	Hilly and some single track. Tough run for me because I am still not feeling well- was second overall female and was right behind first place girl without even trying too hard. Gotta love a beginners race:)
Keeping cool	Good	Drinking	Just right

T1
Time:	00:58
Overall:	Good
Run with bike?
Jump on bike?
Getting up to speed and into shoes:

Biking
00:54:34 \| 06.54 miles \| 7.19 mile/hr
Age Group:	2/5
Overall:	100/126
Performance:	Bad
Wind:
Course:	Very technical, and had to climb up spiral staircase carrying bike. I sucked on the bike and spent alot of time pushing it.
Road:		Cadence:
Turns:		Cornering:
Gear changes:		Hills:	Bad
Race pace:		Drinks: