Cabbage Head Duathlon - Duathlon

Felt very good and relaxed. Didn't want to push too hard as there was still two legs to go but I felt great here even at this relatively fast pace.

Probably push it harder.

My T1 time was somewhere in the top four. BUT, as I went to jump on my bike, my right shoe snagged the ground and went pinwheeling away. Had to stop, throw it on, and then get going. Lost about 15 seconds here I think.

Rubber band the other shoe on.

I spent nearly 95% of the race in aero position, which is a lot for me. And my hamstrings weren't happy. Upper hamstrings/butt was getting quite tight by the end. Tried to push hard with the wind and stay low coming back in. Last 1.5 miles was into the wind and I hit a little wall there.
But man I still got passed by a billion guys here, the majority of which were on TT bikes. I already understand that duathlon seems to have a lot higher level of riders than tris do, or at least more of them. Still discouraging...

I'm really happy with this ride! My best average in a race was 18.5 over 12 miles. Today I got close to 20 mph over 18+. I think the course was a bit short and not truly 18.6 so my average was more like 19.6.

Nothing. I've had some encouraging training rides lately and that seems to have helped my riding.

Got my feet out of my shoes a bit late and had to rush the dismount. Racked my bike in the wrong spot.

Plan ahead better.

Legs felt pretty clunky for the first half mile and my hamstrings were tight. Loosened up though and started feeling better. Had about two minutes to make up on Josh and he looked pretty strong running out of T2. Reached the turnaround and he was still holding well. Took a quick drink of water and started choking. Felt like crap for a minute or so after this. But had the wind in the back now and tried to pick it up. Breathing hard but still feeling pretty strong. Picked off one last guy at the end but couldn't catch Josh (he beat me by 56 seconds). And unlike the bike, no one passed me.

Nothing.

Walked around, stretched, hurt. Top of hamstrings were quite sore and tight. Need to do a lot of preventitive maintenance here. Chowed down on a huge breakfast burrito and headed back to civilization.


Big piston like legs?


I thought this was really good, fun race. Well organized. Short run course didn't really hurt anyone but is embarassing I'm sure. Bike was short by my cyclometer and Garmin (about 18.2). No aid stations on bike. Great post race breakfast and fast results. Fun to ride a flat course as that is unheard of where I live in HR.