Shakespeare's Pizza MaxTrax Duathlon (Long) - Duathlon

went out hard to begin with. The first mile was sub 7:00. I held back a bit to keep my HR in check at about the 2 mile mark. I felt really good and felt pretty fast (for me at least) I was very pleased with this effort

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I decided to not put my shoes on my bike after a lack-luster practice earlier in the week. I positioned myself near the bike out so i didnt have to clop very far in my bike shoes. This worked out well. I was fastest in my age group and 11th overall at T1

work more on jumping on the bike with my shoes attached. I also messed up and hit the lap button twice on my garmin, so i messed up my splits and HR data. It would nice to have accurate data next time to further analyze my performance

I rode pretty well despite the miserable weather. It was 45ish degrees with a little bit of wind. It also started to rain on the second lap. I passed several people and was only passed by one person (that i had already passed) The road was rough and slick from the rain so I couldnt be very agressive on the corners. I also started to get very cold on the second lap. I was soaking wet and was almost shivering. I think i needed to have more clothing on. My glasses also began to get covered with rain drops and road mist during the second lap and it made it very difficult to see. I tried wiping them off, but it didnt help at all. I had to slow a couple times because i couldnt see. Overall i road well, but i could have gone faster in better conditions

maybe worn more clothing? i could have attacked a bit more, but it wasnt worth it on a wet road

This went really well. This is probably the best i have every done T2. I managed to get my feet out early, but not too early and without slowing down much. I was able to get out onto one side of the bike and jump off with out stopping. I was wearing socks and the transition area was very wet from the rain. I contemplated taking my socks off before putting on my running shoes, but I decided not to. I probably should have because the socks were very wet and my feet were very cold.

probably taken off my socks

I wasnt really happy with this run. I couldnt get my legs moving and my HR seemed to be high. My feet and legs were freezing and it felt like my i was running on stumps because my feet were numb. I just felt like i was chugging along rather than racing. I was passed by several people (10ish) and that affected my overall rank quite a bit. That was a bit disheartening.

i am not really sure, maybe do more bike/run bricks or maybe it was just a fluke because of the weather. I would like to have less of a drop in run performance after the bike though.

i jogged a bit, put on some warm, semi-dry clothing and ate some pizza (Shakespeare's yum!)


probably the weather.


The race was run well and on time. The awards were good. The age group winners got a bottle of wine from one of the sponsors, Les Bourgeous Winery. It was a cool label (with mediocre wine) Ultramax puts on a good race and i will do this race again