Falls Duathlon - DuathlonStandard

Went out at a comfortable pace, was targeting 6:40 but was a little faster. Picked up pace a little just before 1st mile marker. Passed a few during 2nd mile. Ran w/Jeremy for most of this run but pulled ahead a little at the end. I passed Julie Hull, the women's favorite and eventual overall winner right at the end.

I thought I ran good first leg. Fast but not too fast.

Good transition. I had socks on and left shoe on bike. No major isssues. I did leave Garmin on wrist instead of putting it on the bike mount. A longer race I would want it on the bike so I could monitor cadence. This was short enough and Mario had said no real hills, so i didn't feel I needed the feedback.

Not much

The rankings are not accurate, I'll update if the rsults get corrected. I figured it out. First 7 miles tailwind - 25.6 mph, 2nd 7 miles headwind - 16.7 mph. 20 mph for the whole thing. I had few 29+ mph miles on the way out.

I felt my bike was good, I don't know what I'd change.

Good T2

Nothing

I passed a few people early and then kind of settled in. I felt a cramp maybe starting in left calf but it went away. Coming up on turnaround I counted and I was 25th. Passed a couple more on way back, including Josh W who had a great bike leg. One guy blazed past me with about 3/4 mile left. My pace was OK but not great early but I kept getting faster as the leg progressed. Garmin shows I got 13 sec faster each of the 2nd and 3rd miles.

I was happy with run leg 2.

Walk, drink water, a little light stretching.


I'm happy with results of 1st race of the season. Good bike considering the wind. My run times were similar to Treadman last Sept but this is early season rather than late season so I'm probably ahead of last year at this point.


I was 22nd overall, 207 individual participants. 3rd in AG and that includes Charlie Roach who was 5th overall and is nationally ranked. I was only 27 sec behind the 2nd place guy in my AG. His splits are missing so I'm not sure where he beat me the most. Good first race of the year. SInce my swim is not that strong, I'm better suited for dus than tris if I only wanted results. Good season opening race, I'll probably plan on doing this again next year.