Falls Duathlon - DuathlonStandard

Hit the bottom of the hill and glanced at my watch, sub 6 pace was way too fast. Found some people going my pace near the one mile mark and felt good coming in.

Not go out so fast, not saying I should start at goal pace, because I always start out faster than that. But I can aim for closer to goal pace.

No idea on time, I think here is where I hit the wrong button on my watch, which is easy to do with big gloves on.
Shoes went on surprisingly easy with the gloves, got my running shoes quickly set for T2.

Put my shoes in a plastic bag to stay dryish.

Finally got my wish of coming back with a tailwind. Got passed by someone about mile 3 and stayed near him, not drafting just using his pace, until mile 9 when he pulled away.

My feet got cold and went numb on the bike, I don't know how to fix that without shoe covers, and I'm not taking the time to wear them.

Again, no idea on the time, but I think it was fast, and its hard to take your shoes off on the bike while wearing wet gloves.
I like the new speed laces I have this season, not Yanks.

Leave the clear glasses.

Cold. Cold. Cold.
The feeling in my feet came back near the turnaround, and I enjoyed that feeling so much I got passed by 3 or 4 people here. I think my gloves were water logged and keeping my hands cold on the run.

Not do a hard track workout on the Thursday before the race.

Short stretch near the car after chatting with Carl. Too cold for a proper routine.


Not mentally ready to push hard yet this year. My run times were slower, bike time was faster, and I think my T times must have been faster to post a PB for me at this race, but still not in the top 50% of my AG.


The timing guy is a friend of mine, so I don't like to criticize, but c'mon man, get the spilts right. Normally I don't rely on them, but I hit the wrong button on my watch because of my gloves and screwed mine up. Adding up my times of their splits doesn't equal my overall time, which I got from the clock at the finish line/some figuring of the times on my watch. The splits of the finisher two spots ahead of me, add up to a slower time than mine do.