Shins hurt a great deal. Started out way too fast and had a hard time keeping my breathing. I was at the turnaround before I knew it and paced myself coming back in so I wouldn't completely screw up the bike.

More running in general. Put my pride in my pocket and start out a little slower.

Really hard to decide what to wear. Ended up wearing everything I had, which was the good decision. Didn't take any nutrition or water. Didn't untie my running shoes, bad idea which screwed me up later on.

Need to start practicing transitions.

Rode enough so far this year that my butt didn't hurt and I didn't need to walk up the hills. That said, I am OK with the result considering the wind and cold.

Ride more, as this is only my second race of the year...

Now what do I wear? Took off the vest and changed from skull cap to hat. Took some water. Ended up not being that cold since I had a snug tri-top under my long-sleeve tech shirt.

Untie my shoes in T1. Practice transitions.

Had to take off my hat and several times felt like I was going to blow over. Also, I usually sprint the last 1/2 mile and the combination of the wind and heavy breathing was very uncomfortable.

OK with my effort in context. Tighten my hat before I left T2? Couldn't do it while running.

Had some bananas, oranges and had a family photo with Senator Scott Brown, who passed me like I was standing still on the run.


Fighting some tonsillitis and somewhat under-trained (got that career thing, you know ;)



I chose to sign up for the duathlon because the weather is iffy around Mother's Day here and I am not a strong enough swimmer to do this race in this kind of weather. I think Tim's races are very well organized and he pays great attention to the athletes and the details. In the individual results, I show as 3/4 in my AG, so despite the lack of tangible hardware (they calculated the leader results some other way - who knows?), I will score this as a win. Despite the cold weather and wind, I had a good time. Plenty of racks, the check-in was efficient, plenty of water and potties. Caterer was OK, food was good but he was understaffed and insisted on tea-spooning the food out himself.

Smarter minds than mine will figure out what the heck happened out there in the water.