PT Solutions Cartersville Duathlon - DuathlonStandard

I felt tired. I knew that I could go faster considering what my tempo run pace has been in training but didn't feel like I was up for much more.

Someone set up their transition stuff on the wrong side of their bike so she was sitting practically on my stuff when I got there. I was a bit irritated but seeing as there wasn't much I needed to do in transition I didn't get too bent out of shape by the inconvenience. Mounting my bike was a bit more challenging. It's funny how much I fumbled to remember that your bike is supposed to be OVER the mount line and getting my pedal to where I wanted it to clip in. First race of the season....

I felt like I was moving along pretty well but my lack of bike training and fitness had me worried that I wouldn't be able to maintain the pace for much longer or that it might be detrimental on the second run. I forgot to even consider an aero bottle which is the only way I will drink on the bike on a short race and noticed my bike computer battery was dead. Again, first race of the season stuff.

Train on the bike so I could hammer past all of the fastie runners.....

I'm actually quite happy with this run. It was close to the same pace as the first run. I was stiff, especially between my shoulder blades, from not being used to spending time in aero on the bike.

The weird sleep/exhaustion thing that has been bothering me for a while (or cold?). It may be time to adjust my thyroid medication. Having not trained at all since Tuesday evening. And, I think my body has adjusted to easy runs in the mornings and hard runs in the evening as I can't ever seem to push myself on my Sunday morning runs, even for a short duration. I will need to mix things up soon.


I really am content with my performance. With me being a slow runner, I'm not built to do well in a duathlon and I don't have any qualms about that. I'm very happy that my second run was so close to my first in speed considering that I should have zero bike fitness and have done zero bricks. An Olympic triathlon will be a whole different story...West Point is REALLY going to hurt in 2 weeks.