YMCA Camels Back Duathlon - DuathlonStandard

Tried to keep my pace and not focus on other runners. Felt pretty good, was pushing it fairly hard. Ran it about :30 quicker than planned, so I was feeling confident.

More hills in training.

Already had my arm warmers and gloves on. Pretty smooth transition. Ranked 16/134

Practice getting on the bike more. Probably cost me 5 seconds trying to get clipped in.

1 mile wasn't much time to adjust before the big hill. I was passing people the whole way up, but was working really hard - especially at the top. Down was fun. Hill road was ok - didn't feel particularly strong. Also wasn't pushing it super hard, hoping to have something left for the run. Still got caught racing other riders a bit - maybe it helped, maybe it hurt, not sure. Felt fairly good at the end.

More hills in training. Was training for a flat sprint triathlon until it was canceled two weeks before this race, which is why I did this one - so I couldn't do much about that.

Went pretty smooth considering the fatigue. Had to take off my gloves & arm warmers which probably cost me 8 seconds. ranked 33/134

Get my arm warmer over my watch while still on the bike. Maybe practice taking off the gloves & arm warmers on the bike.

My legs felt weak & the muscles on my butt bones hurt heading into the run. I expected that, but I also didn't have tons of breath and energy. I hoped that would wear off, but it didn't as much as I'd have liked. I couldn't keep the pace of the first run. Uphill was really tough. At one point I thought, "I don't know if I ever want to do this again." I was so glad to get to the downhill, but still just didn't have the energy I'm used to. Pushing it harder made my chest hurt, so I had to just accept that I was out of gas and pushed as hard as my body would allow. Normally I have a strong kick at the end - could only muster about a 100 yard weak burst.

I think this mostly came down to not enough time to train specifically for this race. I could have had more for the run if I backed off on the bike, but that wouldn't have changed my time. I could have used Roctane Gu rather than regular - might have given me a bit more energy.

Congratulated Ryan for a great race, grabbed some water, grapes, banana, & pizza. Walked around a bit & talked with Ryan & other racers. Felt like junk. Light-headed & wiped out. Felt better after a while.


Not training specifically for this race until two weeks out because my sprint tri was canceled. Didn't have the distance or hill training I needed. Underestimated the lack of energy I'd have on the last run.


This was my first duathlon. Good experience. Great organizers, course, etc. Was especially good to have good volunteers directing traffic.