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Gear West Duathlon - Duathlon


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Orono, MN
United States
68F / 20C
Sunny
 		Total Time = 2h 00m 41s
Overall Rank = 307/430
Age Group = M 40-44
Age Group Rank = 33/33
Pre-race routine:

Saturday: Drove down to pick up my race packet and check out the bike course. Good job I did too. That is one hilly course. I don't think there was a level 1/4 mile anywhere. Road surface is a mix. There is some very good level freshly tarmaced surface. But also some sections that are in quite bad shape. Made a mental note of those
Event warmup:

Bad nights sleep.50 minute drive to race site. Go there in good time to pick a nice end of row site for my bike. Loosened up with some stretches and a jog. to check out the steep hill that you run up at the finish of both run legs. Something just didn't feel right while running. perhaps it was the shortness of sleep
Run
  • 26m 5s
  • 3.1 miles
  • 08m 25s  min/mile
Comments:

Oops went off too fast as usual first mile 7:17. Did finish pretty strong though.
What would you do differently?:

Not go off so fast. (fat chance of that) Sun decided to come out part way round it felt rather hot. Should have taken liquid with me
Transition 1
  • 01m 16s
Comments:

Perfect.
What would you do differently?:

Nothing.
Bike
  • 1h 05m 1s
  • 17 miles
  • 15.69 mile/hr
Comments:

Climbing up the first steep hill I got out of my seat and changed gear accidentally. The wrong way. I had to get off and run my bike up to the top of the hill. While 1/3 of the course was tailwind correspondingly 1/3 was a headwind. This was very tough. Kudos to the local police forces though. All major road juctions we crossed had police on them and traffic was stopped for us. Excellent!
What would you do differently?:

Get a new bike
Transition 2
  • 00m 52s
Comments:

Got to my bay and some bastard had taken my space. I wasted anything up to 30 seconds to rack my bike and go back to where it should have been to pick up my running hat and get a swig of gatorade. I also forgot to take my Powergel in all this which was to have repercussions later
What would you do differently?:

I would have removed the person who stole my space's bike and thrown it away.
Run
  • 27m 29s
  • 2.8 miles
  • 09m 49s  min/mile
Comments:

I started off pretty well. I even passed a few slower runners. Then about half a mile from the finish I bonked. It was then I realised that I had forgotten to take my second Gu. Curses! Nothing to do but grit my teeth and bear it.
What would you do differently?:

Taken that Gu
Post race
Warm down:

Stretching and a cool down jog.

What limited your ability to perform faster:

The wind was very hard in places. The T2 debacle made me forget my second Gu which meant I bonked

Event comments:

Excellent race organisation. Excellent post race food. Several tousand dollars worth of equipment up for raffle. Superb.
Would I do it again? Probably not. Not until I become a better hill climber.




Last updated: 2005-01-25 12:00 AM
Running
00:26:05 | 03.1 miles | 08m 25s  min/mile
Age Group: 0/33
Overall: 330/430
Performance:
Course: Half mile or so on road then onto Orono schools property to frun around their extensive sports field. Some of which was nice and firm underfoot some of which was muddy. Sun decided to come out part way round it felt rather hot.
Keeping cool Below average Drinking Just right
T1
Time: 01:16
Overall: Good
Run with bike? Good
Jump on bike? Good
Getting up to speed and into shoes: Good
Biking
01:05:01 | 17 miles | 15.69 mile/hr
Age Group: 0/33
Overall: 0/430
Performance: Below average
Wind: Strong
Course: Rolling. Some rather steep sections too. Road surface generally average. Some good sections though some were very bad.
Road: Smooth Dry Cadence:
Turns: Good Cornering: Good
Gear changes: Bad Hills: Bad
Race pace: Hard Drinks: Just right
T2
Time: 00:52
Overall: Below average
Riding w/ feet on shoes
Jumping off bike Good
Running with bike Good
Racking bike Bad
Shoe and helmet removal Average
Running
00:27:29 | 02.8 miles | 09m 49s  min/mile
Age Group: 0/33
Overall: 0/430
Performance: Bad
Course: Run around the school sports field as before
Keeping cool Below average Drinking Not enough
Post race
Weight change: %
Overall: Below average
Mental exertion [1-5] 2
Physical exertion [1-5] 2
Good race? Ok
Evaluation
Course challenge Too hard
Organized? Yes
Events on-time? Yes
Lots of volunteers? Yes
Plenty of drinks? No
Post race activities: Good
Race evaluation [1-5] 3

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2005-05-22 7:56 PM

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Subject: Gear West Duathlon
As soon as I get more timing details I'll post them

Edited by lincsguyus 2005-05-22 7:57 PM

2005-05-23 9:00 AM
in reply to: #161441

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Dayton, Minnesota
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Subject: RE: Gear West Duathlon
Way to hang in there Ian. Good race! I'd have died on the hills, so kudos to you for sticking with it! After this, you'll fly in Buffalo, if the course is anything like last year!
2005-05-23 10:44 AM
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Princeton, MN
Subject: RE: Gear West Duathlon
Thanks Kelly;
But I'm pretty bummed about the whole thing. Finishing last in my age group is not what I was aiming for.

Ian
2005-05-23 10:50 AM
in reply to: #161751

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Dayton, Minnesota
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Subject: RE: Gear West Duathlon
I'm sure it wasn't, but you still did well overall. As I said, Buffalo was pretty flat last year, so you will sail past all kinds of people there! Chin up!
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