I hate these duathlon's, i never know how to pace myself. This race had the Men40-44 start with the Elites.

I started running at about a 6:40 pace. Had to back way off of that. I wound up doing 7:50 for the remainder.

Very unsure of pacing for this first run. I never know how fast to run. I heard 5k race pace, but not sure if this will cook my legs. So I tried it. It cooks my legs.

Started in the right spot, close to the front. Still not sure of pace for this first run. Since I'm a triathlete and not a duathlete, i'll choose for now to play these by ear depending on event.

Hit the start button on watch, only for nothing to happen. I didn't set it up for multisport mode. I only was at that screen. I practiced that the other day. My mental ability was definetly off today. No idea where my head was.

Kicked off my sneakers, put on my shoes. Put on my sunglasses, and helmet. Hit the lap button for T1, Grabbed my bike, and realized I forgot to put my garmin on my bike clip. I stopped, and had some difficulty putting it on. So considering that, this was a good transition.
Had some problems getting my shoes clipped in. Once I did was fine. Hit the lap button, and realized I was still in run mode. This is when i realized i was not in multisport mode.



Make sure before race, that I put the garmin in multisport mode. I practiced a couple of times before, I did a small brick on friday.It worked fine. Should practice a few more times before Timberman.

had some issues clipping in. couldn't find pedals, again, menatally just not there.

Drinking wise, i felt good. i had about 1/4 of my scratch labs drink. guestimated the distance as the garmin was set to 1 mile laps instead of biking 5 mile laps. My stomach wasn't sloshing around, so I think I drank enough. about half of my aero bottle was gone too.

Felt I could have pushed harder but didn't have it. Not sure what it was. COuldn't tell cadence, so I was going by feel. When I stood up and peddled I had more acceleration. Couldn't put that hammer down in aero position though.

Winds were gusty, I was getting blown around. On the descent on my second loop. I did not need to break going through the turn as a big gust of wind kicked up, and slowed me down.

If I feel I can push when standing, I should be able to push while in aero.

I'm going to get refit in the next two weeks and see if anything has changed.

I felt I could go faster.

Threw helmet down, slipped on shoes, grabbed my nathan water bottle with nuun, and I was off.



GRAB YOUR GARMIN off the bike.

realized 500 yards out of transition I forgot my garmin on my bike when I looked down and saw my black wrist band staring back at me. and i wasn't going back for it.

Fairly good run. I got passed by pretty much everyone on the run that hadn't passed me on the bike.


My legs felt torched at this point. I did not have any extra gears. Two of my teammates passed me with about a mile left. I could not keep up with them for more than 100 yards.

I sipped the nuun about every half mile or so. This seemed to work. I'll try this in some of my longer runs and see if it helps.

not much, other than forget Garmin. mentally I was good on the run for the first time.

I am not sure how i seed running. i had a better run at this race than i did at hyannis. by :30/mile. weird. I passed everyone at Hyannis and got passed by no one. here, i got passed by lots, but I can't remember how many i passed.

I felt strong but not fast. I need to get some longer runs in for Timberman. Going to do some hill repeats at work. hopefully this helps.

ran in with Myles. he got a big cheer from the crowd. he was a little unsure and didn't bolt out like he normally does. he did come out and I had to slow up a bit to let him catch up to me.

walked over and grabbed my garmin as my bike was right next to transition.

grabbed a banana and a bagel. drank water, stretched and walked around.


mental focus was way off. I was drifting on the bike and couldn't focus and find a rythym. forgot my garmin.

need to check my bike fit, schedule a fitting and see if i can get more power.

don't let a cancelled swim ruin my day.