Barkin' Dog Duathlon - DuathlonStandard

I felt strong and could have gone quite a bit faster, but I was afraid of blowing up early.

Could had used a bit less caution and gone a bit faster (7:30 pace would have been reasonable), but otherwise wouldn't do anything different.

No problems here.

Wouldn't do anything differently.

This too went fine, and though I had hoped to exceed 20mph (they listed my pace as 19.4mph, but when I convert km to miles I get 19.86mph), I was satisfied with the result. I liked my bike set up with fast-forward seatpost and clip-on aerobars, but it's kind of a pain to have to reach back to the brakes to shift. Definitely motivated toward finding a TT bike before September.
My calves cramped a little toward the end of the ride, but I was able to ride through it and it went away.

More bodyglide on the crotch area, and I should probably look into a tri saddle before my 70.3 next month. Got a bit sore, uh, "down there."

Not my fastest transition, but at least I remembered to take off my helmet! I opted to wear my more comfortable running shoes that I have to tie, so that took a few seconds.

Not sure. I might have worn my racing shoes with elastic laces but I hadn't run in them in a while so I decided not to.

This could have gone MUCH better. Calves started cramping a bit right at the beginning, but I was plowing through it. Then my left hamstring started cramping and I HAD to stop and stretch it for a bit. That worked, and I finished strong (kept my gps pegged at around 7:15 for the last 1.5 miles), but the damage to my time was done.

Not much I could have done differently for the run itself. I ran hard until the end and did the best I could under the circumstances.

Stretching, walking.


I don't think I was sufficiently hydrated at the start of the race (I have a tendency to be bad about this). I really should have started with more water the day before, and kept with it.


Had a great time overall, and didn't have to get wet! It was a COLD start though.