Linwood Park Sprint Duathlon - Duathlon

Could've gone much faster, but the rain and cold weather made my legs feel sluggish.

Nothing

Ran right past my bike in transition and it took me a few seconds to realize that my bike was now racked behind me.

Shoes clipped in and attached with rubber bands. Only struggle was all the mud on my feet from running on the grass.

Pay attention before going to the start line. Dumb rookie mistake, I definitely should know better.

Wet, rainy, rough roads, pot holes… I really slowed down, especially in the beginning and it wasn't until the end of the bike leg that I started to feel comfortable.

Go harder from the beginning. The normal pace would be at least 2MPH faster...

A volunteer managed to get right in my way when I tried to rack my bike. Very apologetic, so no harm, but I did lose a few seconds asking him (very politely, without volunteers, there's no race!) to step a side so I could rack my bike.

Nothing. Bike racked quickly, and running shoes on in a decent time (struggled a bit to step in due to the mud on my feet)

Mentally, I struggled with the last run. This is usually when I make up time on other competitors, but today everything felt slow. Probably due to the rain...

Training. This is a rebuild year from a broken leg 2 years ago and a move last year.


Despite not having a price ceremony after the race, I really liked everything else about it. Well organized, great volunteers and a good venue. The road conditions were decent for the most part, but the course had to be re-routed from previous years due to construction, and the detour had some bad road surface. There's not much a RD can do about that though. :-)