The 1st leg was combined with a 5K that was also happening - no body markings on anybody so it was hard to figure out who was in the Duathlon and who was in the 5K.

Nothing - held back knowing it was humid and I had more to do.

The people from the 5K were milling around the finish line - as the Duathlon participants came through, you had to weed your way through them to transition. Next year it would be good to have a volunteer there getting them out of the way.

A good ride - 4 laps of a 3.5 mile course - got a little confusing at the end - went the wrong way into transition and had to run over and tell the timing people that I was there (my mistake).

Trouble geting my shoes on - just trying to go too fast.

Even though there were no body markings, I could tell that the two guys in front of me coming out of transition were the same age. I picked them off pretty quickly and then just maintained a lead on them. The next guy ahead of me was too far up for me to catch him - I just hung on and maintained my place - it was getting really hot at this point and there was no need to push it harder.

Lots and lots of liquids - I was really overheating.


Heat - I should have carried my handheld water bottle.


The timing guy had some issues - we stuck around for a while but ended up having to leave before the awards. I never win anything so I figured why stick around? Turned out I came in 3rd in my age group - oh well - maybe next year. A good small town race that was a lot of fun. Good destination type race - we hung out on the beach at Hilton Head the rest of the weekend. The Race Director seems like a really nice guy - he was busting his butt to make sure things went well - very much appreciated!