Pace off the hook! Depending on who you talk to, either myself or Chris was pushing the pace. At every mile we'd look at our hr monitors and say "We're going too fast", then it would get quiet and nothing would change. I think our pace actually increased towards the end of the run.

Nothing, it was an exceptional run for me.

Need to work on the crank arm thing.

An exceptional bike for me, average cadence was up, average speed was up, managed to do well on the uphills on the first lap, hung in the aero bars for the downhills with no speed wobble. Actually managed to stay aero for almost the entire ride. Second lap suffered. The course is a very hilly two lap cours with strong winds. Apparently the winds are normal for this event.

Need to spend more time training on hammering in the aero position - half way through the bike glutes started really hurting and had to stand and stretch

Paid for the ridiculous first run and bike on this run. Was a struggle to keep going but managed to run the entire way. Not much of a pace, though.

Not sure I would make any changes. I think I just need to train harder so that my second run can be more comfortable after the first run and bike.

Ate free food.


Lack of training


This is considered one of the premier duathlons in the world and attended by many international pros. For me it was an exceptionally fast race, I just need to work more on being comfortable in the aero position and being able to put in a strong run after the bike.