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DU the Golden Bears - Duathlon
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Comments: I was second to last off the run which is fine. I know my run fitness is not where it used to be 2 years ago. Working on that. And I purposely kept in AE zone 2 for this portion to leave energy for the bike and 2nd run. What would you do differently?: Nothing really  Transition 1
Comments: slow = smooth, smooth = fast 6th fastest T1. Not bad. #1 was 22 seconds. What would you do differently?: I know how to get onto my bike with the shoes already attached to it,but only if I don't wear sock as I do in shorter tris. But today I decided to wear socks so I never practiced putting my foot into bike shoes with socks on.... If I had practiced getting into shoes with socks on, this could have sped this up a bit. Try that next time.  Bike
Comments: I was 8th fastest on the bike. NOT BAD at all. I'm happy with that. I caught up and passed 5 men and some of the women as well. It felt good to come from behind like that. Only thing is that my calves started cramping up near the end of the ride. I'm sure it was because of the run segment before the ride. I'm just not used to doing that at all in training. What would you do differently?: Do some running before training rides if it is at all possible. Transition 2
Comments: I was 6th fastest T1. What would you do differently?: Practice getting out of shoes before exiting bike with my socks on. Run
Comments: My calves were stiff as a board for the first 5 minutes, but thankfully loosened up the more I ran. I managed to get my pace up on the flats up to sub 8:00. The hills at the end were HARD. Especially the final one before the finish. I crossed the finish breathing intensely hard.... but happy. The family was there rooting me on and I felt fantastic! What would you do differently?: Keep on training. Post race
Warm down: Walked around a bit and at some of the more sugary snacks available. Drank lots of H2O. What limited your ability to perform faster: Training. Event comments: First long Du like this. I really liked it. Small crowd, but that's ok. It was a great way to test my abilities right now. Everyone was very helpful at the event. I would do this again. Profile Album Last updated: 2015-03-22 12:00 AM
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 2015-03-22 10:11 PM |
Extreme Veteran  650    Sacramento, California |  Subject: DU the Golden Bears |
| 2015-03-23 8:30 AM in reply to: #5102651 |
Veteran 604 Cleburne, Texas | Subject: RE: DU the Golden Bears Good race! I've never done a DU, sounds fun! |
| 2015-03-26 10:12 PM in reply to: HelmoAlkou |
Extreme Veteran 650 Sacramento, California | Subject: RE: DU the Golden Bears Originally posted by HelmoAlkou Good race! I've never done a DU, sounds fun! Thanks! DU's are quite fun  |
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Something went wrong with my nutrition before race day. I didn't follow my normal routine and that may be what happened. I felt constipated the night before and the morning of. I was struggling to empty my bowels. Fortunately, by 30 min before the race, I got the feeling and hit the portapotty. That saved me I think. I had no digestive issues during the race thankfully.
Unfortunately, because of this, I didn't follow my normal warmup routine so I started the race cold.
Nothing.