Subject: RE: Garmin Slipstreamdoctorbob18 - 2009-07-12 11:52 PM MDHillSlug - 2009-07-12 2:59 PM Today's stage was the bike portion of a triathlon-turned-duathlon. how was your race?! and why did they cut it down to a du? There was heavy rain overnight so by morning the river was high, fast, and dirty. They replaced the swim with the 1.9 mile run the registered duathletes would be doing. As I was setting up transition I couldn't wrap my mind around doing a du and decided that all I cared about was maximizing the bike. I took run1 at a comfortable pace, didn't stress at all in T1, and then threw everything at the bike. My goal was 20mph. I was passing everything in site and wasn't passed at all until 12 miles in when 3 women got past me and I couldn't keep pace with them. I ended up missing 20mph by 13 second, probably lost it on the dismount and run over the timing mat. My legs were totally trashed at this point and run2 was a real suffer fest and I was so glad when it was over. The bike ride was SO much fun, everything else not so much. The whole race and race weekend suffered from logistical problems and I won't be repeating this race! |