I'm a bit disappointed in the 2 mile run times. I think maybe the course was longer than that. It did include a lot of hill running, so that would have slowed me down. There was also the heavy rain, cold, and mud and mud puddles to run through. Anyway I know the run was stronger for me than normal and I felt my run pace was 7:20-7:35.

I also pushed the first run a bit more than in any of my previous 3 duathlons.

I ran in my sweats because it was so rainy and cold I did not feel like taking them off. I ended up very quickly carring a lot of dead weight because they were soaked even as the race began. I shead the extra clothes in T1 (added a bit more time). Differently: I would choose not to run in those extra clothes.

I am really really really angry about how bad I screwed up the bike mount. I honestly spent at least 40 second getting clipped in on their up hill bike mount zone. I wasted about 25 seconds trying to get clipped in three times, then ran to the top of the hill with my bike and took FOUR fricken times to get my left shoe clipped in. But the results are fair in showing I was not that fast since I can't clip in worth a crap.

I can calculate that I lost 45 seconds. That is about how far ahead I was of the dude that finished just behind me after T1. I finished the first run and T1 37 seconds ahead of him, but by the time I started riding, he was 100 yards ahead of me. We would finish the ride together and I beat him out of T2 and the final run. His bike time was 48 seconds faster than mine but I rode the course at his rate.

Can't wait until my next race so I can do a bike without loosing that time.


Run in socks to the top of the hill then mount and clip in correctly.

My T1 exit screw up took a big bite out of my bike time and overall results. On a good note, in two weeks I get to erase these results and put up another time on a flat course. I can't help but restating the race presuming I mount the bike correctly. It would be:

1:01:35, 20th place overall, 1st in age group, 23.5MPH on the bike in a wet rolling hill course. I race again in two weeks, and I will not screw things up, and I will post a bike time over 23.5MPH.

I rode well. Dry conditions would have allowed me to corner quickly which I think I do better at then most due to my ex-criterium days.

I took of my cycling shoes at the top of the steep hill I screwed up before the bike. I was able to run down the hill fast because of this (though this is all still part of the bike time).

Other dudes are still a lot faster, but this was my fastest transition to date.

I'm a bit disappointed in the 2mile run times. I think the course was longer than that. It did include a lot of hill running, so that would have slowed me down. There was also the heavy rain, cold, and mud and mud puddles to run through. Anyway I know the run was stronger for me than normal and I felt my run pace was 7:20-7:35.

Beat my first run by 2 seconds.

I did well for me.

Ran to the car with stuff. Ran back to the bike. Ran to the car with the bike, was out of there in 5 minutes.


The rain, the cold, and the bike mount fiasco. At least all the competitors had to deal with the rain and cold.


HFP really needs to spend time ahead of the race going over rules like UltraFit did. I suggest they skip the prayer and bible quotes and provide rules and reminders instead. Way too many slow cyclists were riding all over the road. But hey, HFP gave the a chance to pray so that's good! As I rode by the worst offenders I would say (without a rude tone), "stay to the right". On guy responded "fu** you". So again, a USAT official talking about drafting, safety, rules, and staying to the right I think would be more useful than a pre-race prayer where one of the HFP dudes opened, then the participants were encouraged to pray, and the HFP owner then closed. I am serious here, a guy warms up and then his warm-up can get ruined because the promoters invite almost 200 participants to pray??? Offer a prayer group 20 minutes before the race off to the side!!