West Point Duathlon - DuathlonStandard

The course was a little longer than 2 miles, so this is the time and distance from my Garmin, instead of the official time.

Not a bad run for a short run that still managed to be pretty hilly, but I should have done better and been under 8 min./mile.

Upper 30's and sunny, so warm enough to run in shorts and t-shirt, but I knew I wanted to be warm for the bike, so I had tights over my tri shorts, and a long sleeve bike jersey over my t-shirt. Was starting to get hot by the end.

Run harder especially the first mile including the big hill.

Took a little extra time because I put on jacket, gloves and balaclava, but this was just way too slow. Have to work on my transitions. Not acceptable.

Move faster slowpoke!

The official results have T1 included with the bike, plus the course was a little shorter than 14 miles, so this is the time and distance from my Garmin rather than the official time.

I'm a little behind on my bike training for the year, and I probably should have been doing a long ride instead of racing, so I figured I should at least really push this, and not worry about the second run. I climbed well, didn't feel like I was running out of gas, and passed a good number of people while climbing. Was not as good on the descents, because I am a chicken when I get going fast.

Getting into the top third overall on the bike is pretty darned good for me. I also feel like I got in a good workout even if it was pretty short. All in all, a good ride.

Let it rip more on the descents.

Was starting to feel warm, so I pulled off my jacket, long sleeve jersey, and tights so I could run in tri shorts and t-shirt. Still took too long. The woman racked right next to me came in a few seconds after me, and left about 15 seconds before me. Again, not acceptable.

C'mon man, get moving!

The official results have T2 included with the second run, plus the course was a considerably shorter than 3 miles, so this is the time and distance from my Garmin.

Was miffed that the woman next to me beat me out of transition, so I spent the whole run trying to catch her. We must have been evenly matched because I couldn't catch her, but she also didn't pull away from me. Worked out well because I really pushed myself hard and had an excellent run.

Not much.

Walked around, grabbed some water.


Lack of bike training. 5 extra pounds.


First year for this race and they did a nice job. Will definitely do it again.