Seeing as this was my first duathlon, I wasn't really sure how fast to go out on the first run and not blow up. I wanted to be under 23 minutes, and finished at 22:53, so I was satisfied with the first leg.

Nothing.

I didn't realize I was moving this slow in the transition area. My T1 time was 20th out of 33. Can definitely improve on this.

Move with more urgency.

For whatever reason, I didn't have much on the bike. I was passed by way too many people, including a number of duathlon folks who had finished behind me on the run. My biking needs a lot of work. Adding to this, the road was quite bad, as there were uneven creases and potholes everywhere.

Ride more.

This wasn't a bad transition. 12th out of 33, so not too bad. Still could have been a bit faster.

Again, more urgency.

The second leg of a duathlon is considerably harder than the first. I felt like I didn't have a whole lot left for this run, but I still managed to catch most of the duathlon athletes that had passed me on the bike; but not all of them.

Do a few more run/bike/run bricks. I felt like I should have been a lot stronger on this run.

Chatted with a few BT'ers near the finish line area. Ate lunch with Mike and Dudley. Hadn't seen them for a while, so it was good seeing and hanging out with them again. Looking at the posted results, I saw that I had taken 2nd in my age group, so hung around for the award ceremony where I received a nice plaque.


My weak bike leg. Definitely need to spend more time in the saddle.


This is my first time competing here after jockstrapping the previous two years. The run is pancake flat, and the roads for the bike are terrible. Paint around the potholes would be nice. The lunch after the race was very good. I will do this race again next year.