Blue Lake Olympic Triathlon - DuathlonStandard

I was 24 of 34 on the first run leg with 8:15’s. While this was my target time I need to get faster. I also was starting to slow down a bit by the time I got to T1.

I need to start some good old fashion speed workouts. Intervals, fartleks and maybe some hills.

Because of flooding in the park the Transition area was significantly further from the bike mount than it is on a normal year. My T1 time was 3:20 which was about 10 seconds faster than the other Masters athletes I finished around. So while it was a good transition I need to get faster.

While I was not fumbling I could get faster in the 1st transition by leaving the shoes on my bike and running in my socks. Something to try at a park

I was very happy with my ride. I had hoped to average 19 to 20 mph and ended up averaging 20.5. Because of this I was able to him my race goal time even though my second run leg fell off a little bit. While some riders passed me quite quickly, I easily picked off more riders on the bike than the run.

For where I am finishing in my age group my transition times and bike leg are my most solid. Any significant gains will be running. I am happy with my bike training and with the weather getting nicer I intend to get out off the trainer and ride some more outside. Hopefully I will feel more comfortable since my hamstrings were sore by the end of the ride.

The same transition area was used as T1 making the Mount\Unmount line a good distance away from the bike racks. It seems like I ran forever. I did sit down to change shoes. My T2 was about 15 seconds faster that the other Masters athletes I finished around.

While I was not fumbling I could get faster in the 2nd transition by leaving the shoes on my bike and running in my socks. Something to try at a park.

I had planned to run 9:10’s so the 9:30’s were an unpleasant surprise. However the start of the 2nd run leg was horrible and It took about two miles to loosen up the legs.

I was surprised when I finally started to feel better and get back to run 9:30's by the end of the leg. The mile markers were about where I expected them to be and the while uncomfortable the run did pass quickly enough.


The first bike leg I was 24 of 34 the second bike leg I dropped to 30 of 34. I need to get faster over all and I need to have a faster bike leg. I dropped 6 positions between the first and 2nd run. To get faster I need to add some speed workouts and to not drop so much time in the run I need to add some brick workouts. I guess I should be happy since I am 8 weeks out from knee. And while I am showing progress running has become an issue over the bike which is surprising because not so long ago the issue was slower bike splits. I may take some time away from by bike workouts and apply them to my running to even out my splits.

None per say. I found some water and some shade and did some light stretching.


I had initially registered for the Triathlon and not the Duathlon. A couple of weeks before the race someone close passed away. I was having troubles getting the time to get out to the lake. I could not find out what the water temperature was going to be so I switched to the Duathlon thinking it would be better to be safe than sorry. Of course the water temperature was fine and I was kicking myself for not switching. But I had a great race and plan on doing an Olympic Triathlon in the near future.