T-Gator Series Duathlon - Duathlon


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Lake Charles, Louisiana
United States
Lake Charles Triathletes
Total Time = 53m 27s
Overall Rank = 11/93
Age Group = M35-39
Age Group Rank = 2/11
Pre-race routine:

Pumped up tires and met up with Jeff Crow from BR. Did a short bike ride to make sure everything was in working order. Then I just stood around shivering until the race started.
Run
  • 12m 11s
  • 2 miles
  • 06m 05s  min/mile
Comments:

The run started off really fast. It broke into two groups in the front and I was trailing the second group. Slowly started picking off the runners that had went out too fast and hoped I wasn't one of them.
Transition 1
  • 00m
Comments:

Included in bike time.
Bike
  • 28m 15s
  • 10 miles
  • 21.24 mile/hr
Comments:

Started out kind of hot on the bike and then settled down into a nice rhythm. I love this bike course. The roads are great and it has small hills to keep you from zoning out too much. I pushed the bike pretty hard and was very happy with the time. I was over 31 minutes last year so all the work I have been putting in this winter appears to be working. When I took my feet out of shoes before T1 my hip flexors felt like they were going to cramp. I had to stand and pedal for a few seconds to ease them up.
Transition 2
  • 00m
Comments:

Included in bike time.
Run
  • 13m
  • 2 miles
  • 06m 30s  min/mile
Comments:

It is hard to tell how fast you are going on second run. I don't run these short races with HR or GPS because it psychs me out. If I am going fast I will think I can't hold it and slow down. On the way out to the turn around I was wondering what place i was in. When the runners started coming back the other way I found out I was in 10th place. There was a guy about 25 yards in front of me that was running about the same pace as me. After the turn around I guy eased by me and I tried to stay on his heels. I did for maybe a couple hundred yards and then I fell off. It had closed about half the gap to the guy in front of me so I was happy and thought I may be able to catch him but when the faster guy ran by him, he jumped on his heels and took off. Oh well.
Post race
Event comments:

I missed 10th place and 1st in my age group by 14 seconds but I can honestly say that I didn't have 14 seconds anywhere in the race to pick up. I will just train hard again this coming winter and try again next year.


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Last updated: 2010-02-16 12:00 AM
Running
00:12:11 | 02 miles | 06m 05s  min/mile
Age Group: 2/11
Overall: 16/93
Performance:
Course:
Keeping cool Drinking
T1
Time: 00:00
Overall:
Run with bike?
Jump on bike?
Getting up to speed and into shoes:
Biking
00:28:15 | 10 miles | 21.24 mile/hr
Age Group: 1/11
Overall: 11/93
Performance:
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Course:
Road:   Cadence:
Turns: Cornering:
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Race pace: Drinks:
T2
Time: 00:00
Overall:
Riding w/ feet on shoes
Jumping off bike
Running with bike
Racking bike
Shoe and helmet removal
Running
00:13:00 | 02 miles | 06m 30s  min/mile
Age Group: 3/11
Overall: 18/93
Performance:
Course:
Keeping cool Drinking
Post race
Weight change: %
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Mental exertion [1-5]
Physical exertion [1-5]
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Evaluation
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Organized?
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Lots of volunteers?
Plenty of drinks?
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