thought this run went well, hit my goal time perfectly, opening mile split was too fast tho, i thought......

pace better off of the gun, hill dictated otherwise however

thought this felt faster, but hey, im pokey in transitions anyway........oh well. had problems clipping in tho after the mount line, wasnt sure what was up with that.......

clip in better i would start with........

was very uncomfy on my saddle, will have to get that adjusted. other than that, i thought i felt pretty comfy with the new fit

not listen to people when they say the course is flat and somehow get the saddle taken care of!

again, thought this felt faster than what it was, but hey, it was remarkably consistent with T1!!!! was going to do the ride on the shoes and jump off thingy but for some reason i didnt......what up with that???

do what i thought i was going to do!!!

off the bike i felt pretty good so worked the hill some, not too much tho. during the first run i was planning my second run, so that did help out lots. that hill at the two mile mark is one of those "hidden" hills that can hurt.......noticed that on the first run and decided that would be the spot where i would really attack. worked as i passed about five people on that spot and my last mile split was 5:58.

not much to be honest.

walked around, stretched, at a nana and had a terrible tasting mountain dew


not much here but did make a few mental tactical errors:
1. set up a turn on the run really really bad and felt a very very minor tweak in my left knee on the first run, but that went away quickly and is a non-issue.
2. set up (or lack of a set up) a turn on the bike. good downhil leads into a sharp right turn, over bumpyness........almost lost it on that one!


overall a very awesome experience. my second duathlon ever (dousman '07 was my first). very happy with how the race went for me. this is going to be in the running for a yearly event for me in the future!

great way to start the season for me and a pretty good confidence builder too!