Calaveras Olympic Duathlon - DuathlonStandard

Pace felt good. Heart rate was fairly high, but I ignored that and continued running by feel. Enjoyed the light rain! Kept things cool

Nothing. Was overall happy with first leg

Horrible! First event, thus wasn't prepared as I should have been. had a tough time getting shoes on.

Everything. Next time will use other biking shoes which are much easier to put on (velco only). Take transition more serious. Practice unracking and reracking bike before race

I really enjoyed the ride. Heart rate was great. Pace seemed perfect. Even passed some of those guys on the expensive tri-bikes. Had one time on the chipseal section that I thought I had a flat tire. My bike was acting very loose and I was having a tough time controlling it. Had to slow a bit. Then realized it was just the rough roads in wet conditions. Got the bike under control and picked the pace back up. Had a gel taped to my bike to use during the ride. Unfortunatley when I wanted to use it I noticed that it had fallen off. I guess tape doesn't stick as well in the rain.

Nothing. Maybe would have pushed the pace just a bit more the last 5 miles

Again this was the worst part of my race. Had a hard time getting my shoes off.

PRACTICE

I was starting to feel tired. Guess I let that get to my head.

Toughen up mentally!

Ate post race food and just enjoyed the atmosphere


TRANSITIONS


Overall, this was a great race. I have done too many running races to count over the years and just started biking seriously. Race was as organized as any I have participated in. Volunteers were great. look forward to next race and using what I have learned from this one.