Fly By Night Duathlon - F1 - F-1 Duathlon

I started easy, since my training has not been up to snuff. I settled into a nice comfortable pace and held steady. I wasn't passing anybody, but I wasn't getting passed either, so I was pretty happy.

Nothing.

I was slow getting onto the bike and really slow getting clipped in. Sigh.

Never mind getting clipped in and just start rolling.

My calves started cramping lightly on the first hill, second lap. I had to baby them up the hills in order to avoid a full-blown cramp.

Have to work on finding something with electrolytes that I can actually stomach.

I tried taking transition very slowly due to the cramping issues. But as I was putting my left sneaker on, my calf cramped intensely. It's never happened in a race before and it sucks!!

Electrolytes?? I don't really know.

My calf hurt! I stopped at the aid station just outside transition and guzzled two cups of Gatorade, then hobbled off. I was able to jog the whole way, but I definitely wasn't happy with my pace.

Better than T1, but still not great.

I was still dealing with the hurting calf, so my pace was quite a bit slower than I knew I could do. Frustrating. But I so enjoyed the venue; racing on the speedway was even more exhilarating than last year because it was dry! The only time you had to use your brakes was going into transition.

I took transition incredibly slowly to avoid another cramp.

As I started running out of transition, my knee started to have an unusual hurt. So again, I hobbled along the run course. I had to walk at times, but jogged most of the way.

Walk to car.


Cramping, lack of training.


I hope they continue to host this race as it will always be one that I will continue to do. The venue is incredible and the format is challenging, but not too difficult. Maybe next year I can do better!