Dousman Duathlon - Duathlon

Felt fine. Slipped on the transition between pavement and grass in last turn. Good run for me.

Nothing.

Before slipping my feet into my shoes, I collapsed the heel of my right shoe while getting up to speed. Then couldn't wiggle my foot in properly. Basically had to coast fooling with the shoe. Felt like forever but probably only lost 10 seconds.

Find a way to get my foot in the shoe faster!

I actually struggled on one of the short climbs which really surprised me. In hindsight should've shifted up a couple cogs and kept cadence up. Kind of threw my concentration for a couple miles. Needed to stay positive and fight off a bad day. Got it together until I reached for my Gu and got it all over my hand. The best guys were out front so I rode the whole race alone until I passed one fella late. Finished up.

Better concentration. The start kind of dictated what the bike leg had in store. Enthusiasm was lacking. It happens.

Took my time to squirt some water on my sticky hands. Heard my name yelled from a couple directions. Looked around and took off.

Not much.

Started the run with a side stitch. Tried to stretch it out...then stopped for a few seconds and pushed under my rib cage. Didn't work so I just took off and tried to hang on. Was passed down the stretch which didn't feel good because I must have had 100 yds on the guy with only 300 to go. Garmin had it at 1.96 mi. overall.

Who knows. Glad I was able to keep the feet moving one in front of the other at least.

I was spent. Walked around, grabbed some pancakes and fruit and waited for some friends to finish.


Errors, concentration was lacking, side stitch. Someday I'll eat and drink enough.


I was a bit surprised at the AG win. I thought the overall effort was there, just had issues I couldn't shake. Felt good about pushing through. Afterwards, a few of us went to another race location to scout the course. Cut it off at about 20 miles and went home.