Whirlpool Steelhead 70.3 Triathlon - Duathlon

Never done a run before a bike so I just used it as a warm-up

Don't really know. Don't like duathlons so hopefully I will never have to do this type of run again.

Strange since it was a run to bike transition instead of a swim to bike, so I had to take the running shoes off and put on the bike shoes with socks. (I don't like to ride with socks)

Swim beforehand instead of running. See run comments above.

Really liked the bike course and it was the perfect amount of rollers. If they could get fresh pavement on all of these roads, this bike would be a dream come true.

I am guessing I pushed a little too hard on the bike due to my slow down on the run, but I didn't really feel like I was pushing that hard. I think I may have pushed it passing people and didn't realize it. Kind of hard not to though when I started in wave 16 out of 17. Felt good overall though.

Didn't do a flying dismount since it was too crowded. Also left shoes on because I was scared that if I took them off, I would run a hole into my socks and have to deal with that for 13.1. Overall, pretty decent.

Tried a flying dismount, but I was pretty pleased to just not fall over after that long in aero. (about 98% of the time)

Got tired, but was able to keep moving through the course. Only walked the water stops and the one stupid hill outside the Whirlpool campus. When the knee started tweaking, it was difficult to run the way I like on the downhills, but not too bad. Just need to keep up the training.

Make sure to finish all of my nutrition on the bike. I think that limited me from the get-go on the run. My bottle got sticky from the drips and stuck in my rear cage, so I couldn't get nutrition for the last 10 miles or so on the bike without falling over.

Sit in cool down tent. Go lay in the shade in the sand and then cheer the remaining people in. (not a whole lot of people left on the course to cheer since I started way back in wave 16)


First time at this distance and didn't know what to expect. May have pushed too hard on the bike, but I am not sure.


Quite disorganized at race check-in. No bike racks to hold your bikes and you couldn't rack them until you checked in. The parking was quite crowded and made it difficult to warm-up. Race day had shuttles TO the race, but no shuttles AFTER the race when you were tired so we got to cool down by walking 1/2 mile back to the car with all the equipment. The race itself was very good with a lot of great volunteers, but with the number of "little things" that were out of sorts, I will probably not sign up for this race for at least a couple years.