The Dirty DU - DuathlonXterra


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Hillsboro, Oregon
United States
X-Dog Events
55F / 13C
Overcast
Total Time = 3h 52m 10s
Overall Rank = 43/45
Age Group = 30-39
Age Group Rank = 10/10
Pre-race routine:

I got up at 6 am, had an earlie breakfast of some fruit, a bagel, and some juice. I got my stuff ready and drove to the event. There, I got the bike ready and started warming up.
Event warmup:

Light jogging. I was going into the event with a pulled calf muscle on my left leg. I was doing my best to get the leg warm and loose. The darned thing ended up causing me a lot of trouble.
Run
  • 1h 15m 41s
  • 5.86 miles
  • 12m 55s  min/mile
Comments:

My pulled calf muscle was driving me crazy. I had to either walk or just barely jog most of the course in order to keep from pulling the muscle worse. Thus the very slow pace and terrible time. In one place, there was a very steep, slippery drop into a gully. I was (like an idiot) babying my calf muscle down the drop and keeping almost all of my weight on one leg. Well, that leg slipped on the mud and I went head first into the stump of a tree. I gave myself a pretty good knock in the head and for a moment I thought i was going to loose concsciousness. Needless to say, this slowed me down even more. I momentarily weighed the wisdom of quiting the race... then trough wisdom out the window and kept hobbling my way along.
What would you do differently?:

Most of all, I would have done more training on difficult off road courses. You really need to be prepared for what you are going to be hitting on a course like this.

Also, despite my own foolishness, I would advise others against running a course like this when injured. Forget about pride and the entry fee. You can hurt yourself on a course like this when you are starting it with an injury.
Transition 1
  • 03m 5s
Comments:

I spent a lot of time in the transition thinking about my cracked open head. Like the moron I am, I eventually decided to keep going. Drank some gatorade while thinking... did some breathing... decided what would hurt my pride more, quiting or coming in dead last.

Oh, yeah... nothing more humbling than your bike being the only one left in the transition area...
What would you do differently?:

Whine and cry less and just get going!
Bike
  • 2h 34m 56s
  • 15.5 miles
  • 6.00 mile/hr
Comments:

Tough course. My calf hurt when I had to climb my bike up the muddy hills, but it wasn't too bad. I was feeling the head injury and about 1/2 way in realized I really should not be riding just because of that. I did take a serious chance of doing myself a lot of damage. well... on lives and learns... Living being the key word here!!
What would you do differently?:

Like the run, I would ride more trails like this. I ridden some hard trails, but they were cakewalks compared to this.
Transition 2
  • 00m
Run
  • 00m
  • 0 miles
  •  min/mile
Post race
Event comments:

I can't wait to do this one next year. I want to do it without an injury starting out and see just how good I can do the d$mn thing.


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Last updated: 2007-03-09 12:00 AM
Running
01:15:41 | 05.86 miles | 12m 55s  min/mile
Age Group: 10/10
Overall: 43/45
Performance: Bad
Course: Ahhhh!! Rough course, uneven terrain, and a lot of climbing. Steep climbing. This is a very difficult course for a newbie. I really needed to be out running trails like this more regularly.
Keeping cool Good Drinking Not enough
T1
Time: 03:05
Overall: Average
Run with bike? Bad
Jump on bike? Bad
Getting up to speed and into shoes: Below average
Biking
02:34:56 | 15.5 miles | 6.00 mile/hr
Age Group: 10/10
Overall: 43/45
Performance: Bad
Wind: None
Course: Wow... I gotta say, I'm found out that I'm not a super experienced mountian biker, but to me, this was a difficult course. Most of what I heard afterwars tells me that others also thought it was difficult. There was a lot of climbing (for me, pushing the bike up hill), a lot of mud, and a lot of extremely rough terrain. It was a grind just about the whole way through.
Road: Potholes Wet Cadence: LOL
Turns: Bad Cornering: Bad
Gear changes: Bad Hills: Bad
Race pace: Hard Drinks: Just right
T2
Time: 00:00
Overall:
Riding w/ feet on shoes
Jumping off bike
Running with bike
Racking bike
Shoe and helmet removal
Running
00:00:00 | 00 miles |  min/mile
Age Group: 0/10
Overall: 0/45
Performance:
Course:
Keeping cool Drinking
Post race
Weight change: %
Overall: Below average
Mental exertion [1-5] 5
Physical exertion [1-5] 4
Good race? Ok
Evaluation
Course challenge Too hard
Organized? Yes
Events on-time? Yes
Lots of volunteers? No
Plenty of drinks? No
Post race activities: Average
Race evaluation [1-5] 4