Tri The Parks: Blalock Lake Duathlon - Duathlon

Well, this was just an interesting run. I got out in front early and asked myself numerous times "what the hell am I doing in front." Went out about 6:10 the first garmin mile and felt good. Decided to keep with it and see how others reacted. Held the lead until about 200 yards left and 2 guys decided to kick for the end of the run. Not sure if that's a strategy but I felt good and ready to have a good transition

Nothing. It felt good but set a pr for "5k"

Decided not to clip in the shoes before hand. Good decision. Ran through the mud and clipped in fine.

Natta

Make sure bike is tuned properly before hand. It definitely put me more anaerobic than I would have liked but I was able to get through. Probably could have taken another 30 seconds or so off by having decent shifting.

Interesting dynamics to a du transition. As I started to pull my feet out of the shoes before the transition, I realized I had socks on and the mud would not mix well with the socks and the running shoes. Opted to do the cyclist heel sprint and it worked out really well.


natta.

Wow. Went into no man's land for a little bit with no idea of how far the guys were in front of me. Hit the turn around and then saw a couple of the guys about 2-3 minutes behind. Cranked it up a notch and did the last mile in 6:15. Finished with a smile on my face.

Could have pushed harder. There's no smiling in tri(du)athlon

walked around tried to find other du guys and congratulate them. Waited for dd to come through


Not knowing what the body could do. More experience with the du's


Not enough water after the race but other than that, swell race with a challenging bike course.