Victoria's Duathlon (23-May) Thread

I am in again - for the third year.  I am always impressed by the level of cyclists there for such and early season event.  I, personally, have been passed by several 50+ AG women on the bike.  I don't have any issue with it - it's just one of the things I notice when being passed so constantly - i hope I finally get to be that speedy one day! ha!

Fun one though - definitely get different weather each year!! And the sandwiches last year were good!

Who else is racing Victoria's Du in Waterloo?

For me this race signifies the annual *start* of the multisport racing season. Its the first real gage of how ready (or out of shape) I've  become in the off-season.

Last year the weather was horribly hot. But with the way this spring is going I just hope for it to be warm enuogh for short sleeves.

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I belive this is a Trisport (Subaru Tri Series) event not a Multisport Canada event.

I may start the season with this Tri but I haven't been training much lately ( in the past six months).

He doesn't say it's a MSC event, he said it's the start of the "multisport racing season".

Only a few days away, and so far the weather is looking like.....rain. ;(  So what else is new.

But temps look to be up there.

How did it go for ya'll.

I had a fun day. The wind really made the bike ride a challenge for me - I had my aero-disk on the rear wheel and was really feeing the wind. But I took 10min15sec off last year's time so I'm feeling good about that.

I'm just glad the heat wasn't as bad as last year.

Wow that's a great improvement Mark, and it was nice seeing you again.

Unfortunately, I was 3 mins slower than last year so I consider the day a failure...lol.  But I think I've narrowed down the causes.  I ate like crap the 2 days prior to the race, and I'm carrying 23 lbs more this year than I did last year.  Something really weird happen on the 2nd run....almost seems like I might have bonked, but that shouldn't technically happen in a short race, especially when I didn't push the bike that hard....actually according to my HR data, I could have pushed a little harder.

I also did not improve my time - in fact, it was my slowest year yet but I am not unhappy with that. It wasn't a 'A' race, i had a new bike to get used to and the weather was pretty challenging.  I was actually kind of dreading the race -  i was feeling slow and out of shape (for what reason, I don't know) and the weather forecast wasn't helping.  So, i just told myself to go out and have a 'supported training day'.  And i finished happy that I did it - so that's a success.

My run splits felt good - pushing enough but also made sure to chat to a few people. I loved seeing Lisa Bentley out cheering with her dog.  Talked to a girl for a while about her training for a HIM and I think i pulled her along faster than she intended.

The bike was on my new TT bike and i think i need to adjust my aerobar length because i have to reach pretty far to change gears - and once we turned into the wind and the rain then changing gears meant some instability for me so i just went with it.  I did find the hills easier this year than last year and still though the bike course was fun!

The last run, I set out too fast but reined it in.  Near the end i started talking to a guy in VFF's who was struggling a bit and found out it was his first race ever and i'd like to think that I helped him up that last hill.

I watched the race, and did see a few of you guys out there on the course.

I thought it was pretty crazy seeing a relative unknown (Lionel Sanders) come out and crush the field, beating Bechtel's time from last year by quite a margin. I expect this new Pro will be quite a contender in any race, and I hope to see him race more in the Subraru Series events.

Most friends of mine who raced found the conditions manageable, and enjoyed the day!

I am itching to get out and race now!