Triathlon Cascades de Drummondville - DuathlonStandard

I ran as fast as I could, actually faster that I ever ran during my training.

Sadly they didn't count the transition time.

I didn't want to do the transition with my shoes on the bike because I didn't practice it enough. So I just jump into them and run with my biking shoes on. Next time I will have to change that because it's always a pain to run with cycling shoes on.

I had trouble getting to my usual speed, I ran so fast in the first leg that my legs were really tired when I jumped on the bike. I took a gel and tried to relax a bit hoping that my legs would get back soon. After maybe half a km I finally started to go my usual speed. I passed at least 12 persons during the bike portion, which is what I was hoping because I knew the bike part would be where I would be better. Since my transition time is included in my big portion I know I probably did it in 39 min or so which give me an average over 30, I was hoping for 32 but my legs were too tired from the run.

Hard to say, if I run slower then my bike portion will be better, but then my run will be slower ... I guess I will have to train my run portion to be faster then what I did.

Someone took my spot on the rack so it confused me a bit, I had to put my bike further away and come back to grab my shoes. I ran with my shoes off, I really need to practice that si I can remove them on the bike and run without them, too hard to run with cycling shoes on IMO. Other then that I think it was ok as far as transition goes, itès just hard to compare since it was my first time.

Running without my shoes on for sure

Once again I ran pretty fast for my abilities. I was surprised to see that my two running portion went so well and that I had trouble a bit on the bike.

I was hoping to finish around 1h25 or so. I did 1h18m53s which is way faster then what I was hoping so I am really happy with this result. I loved the event and I will be back next year for sure. Really well organised and the weather was just awesome.