Marquee Triathlon - DuathlonOther

Good, smooth run to start. Did not go too fast, held back a bit for the bike and second run. Legs felt strong.

Nothing, I think I ran this part well, holding back for the rest of the race.

Ran through transition wearing my bike shoes (I hate doing that). Felt good and mounted bike ok.

Need to practice clipping in shoes and running without them, then putting them on once on the bike. However, ground was wet and it was cold, so I think wet socks would have bothered me later.

I hit my goal time on the bike, actually beat it by 3 minutes. Pace was good, and I was stronger on the second lap than the first, even with the headwind coming downhill. Stayed hydrated, and picked up water and Gatorade on the way without dropping any. Good nutrition habits, or at least better than normal. Passed a number of athletes whose pace was similar to mine, and I felt like I took the corners well, pedaling right through most of them with little dip in speed. Found out after that my rear tire has a gash in it - lucky I did not get a flat.

I am not sure. I think I kept a good pace and do not know how I could have improved much.

My calves were cramping pretty bad throughout the bike, so dismounting was not fun, although I did get out of my shoes while on the bike, so it was not a total catastrophe. Tried to run in my socks with my bike through transition and it was hard - I was leaning on my bike due to the cramping. Got to my rack and had a pretty good T2, applying sunscreen, changing shoes, and heading off. Forgot my run nutrition which was a bummer later as I had to rely on the race packets of Gu instead of my preferred nutrition.

Not forget my nutrition, do a little better on the sunscreen, try to run more through transition.

Went easy on the half marathon distance. Quads were cramping hard the first 3/4 mile, but I changed my stride and this seemed to fix the problem. Managed to run the entire distance, walked only through a few aid stations to hydrate. Managed a consistent pace, and did not press too hard on the start.

Pick up my pace just a bit next time to see if I can push it a bit more.

Found Kym and Devyn and walked through the expo and over to transition. Gathered my gear and waited for Steve, Gary and Jon to finish and come by to share pain stories. Drove home and relaxed with some pizza and Gatorade.


I am not sure if changing from a triathlon to duathlon changed my performance or not. I went smooth on the first run so as to not wear down for the rest of the race, and I an not sure how a swim distance would have changed that, or my overall time.


Start was delayed due to an accident on the bike course, and the swim had already been canceled due to lake conditions after a rain storm. None of this was the organizer's fault, and they did a great job of working through the challenges to put on a great race. Post-race seemed kind of anti-climactic, as some of the staff were just hanging out and they were already tearing down the sprint and oly transition areas, which always makes me feel like I was too slow for their expectations. Post-race food provider had nothing in their chafing dishes, so we just moved on through and over to transition, which was a bit disappointing. However, I like the race group and will be attending several of their events.