The Callaway Gardens Fitness Series Duathlon - DuathlonStandard

Didn't feel as good as I'd hoped. Result was what I was aiming for, though. Tried to relax the whole way. As usual...I was passing people the first half or so and got passed by a few people on the second half.

Go out slower at the start. BE IN BETTER SHAPE.

Surprisingly smooth transition. Didn't know what to expect...as this was my first ever.

Run better with my bike.

Two loops around Callaway Gardens. The first loop was awesome. I passed all the people that passed me during the last half of the run and then some. Then, about 1 mile into the second loop...CRASH AND BURN. I had just passed a couple people going up a small hill...the group leader was next...hard pedaling, up hill, around a turn, on a wet surface is NOT a good combination. It didn't take me all that long to get back up...I was lucky my butt was slick enough to skid down the road fast enough for the bikers behind me to react. It just didn't feel very good, though. And I noticed about 1/2 mile down the road that my water bottle was missing. VERY BAD. Pretty much was able to maintain my new position in the pack once I got back on the move.

NOT CRASH and have a crash-proof water bottle holder.

No problems in the transition area.

Nothing

Not only was I in significant pain and tired, I was also a bit dehydrated from not drinking during most of the bike ride.

I don't know what to say here...I was really struggling the whole way just to keep my body moving. I think half the people that were behind me before I started running passed me before I finished.

Not good...just found my way to the Gatorade coolers and chugged down as much as I could, along with a bunch of food. I should have tried to keep myself moving, but I couldn't. Just sat down and stuffed my face. Let my buddy load up my bike and stuff, then came home to shower.


Mostly the crash on my bike. I just could barely move during the entire second run.


Volunteers were awesome...all very encouraging to everybody. There were several sharp turns on the bike course. They had people stationed at these locations warning riders to slow down. Other than the wet conditions, the race course was GREAT. I feeling I got while riding my bike on that course was like no other in my experience...and my average pace was faster than I've ever been able to maintain (over any training distance).