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Spring Thaw Duathlon I
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Comments: The trail is narrow so it's hard to pass people. It was very hard to advance on the first loop. I felt I was being held back and could not run my pace. What would you do differently?: Be more aggressive and run much harder for the first half mile. However, to run hard form the start from the start I need a proper run warm-up.  Transition 1
Comments: I don't know what my transition time was but I felt I spent too much time in the transition area. I had a tough time to get my shoes off. The laces were tight and I struggled with them for awhile. My bike had two almost full water bottles in the cages so I had to remove those. Two bottles of water is not needed for a 9.6 mile ride! Lastly, I never reset my bike computer... WTF? What would you do differently?: Get speed laces for my shoes and have the bike READY. Why in the world did I leave both water bottles on the bike. Next time I will bring one of my small bottles from my fuel belt. It contains enough water for such a short ride.  Bike
Comments: Since I had not reset my bike computer I spent the first 30 seconds of the bike leg concentrating on that rather than picking up my pace. Very freaking annoying... I had no idea until I saw the turnaround point how much further I had to go. What would you do differently?: Reset the computer... Transition 2
Comments: Very smooth. I did not spend much time here. What would you do differently?: Get speed laces. Run
Comments: The transition to running feel pretty good. Not as bad as I expected. What would you do differently?: I should have ran harder on the first lap of the second leg. I ran harder on the second loop, oh well.... Post race
What limited your ability to perform faster: Inadequate run warm-up and a poorly executed T1. Event comments: $25 is too much for a race like this. I did not get a water bottle as promised and they ran out of food before I got any. Also, why would you serve chips and salsa at a race? Maybe I am sounding too negative. I did have a good time and it was fun to see some Blaze people out there. I will probably do it again next year just because it is a good way to kickoff the season. Last updated: 2007-04-16 12:00 AM
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 2007-04-16 12:08 PM |
Regular  116  Spokane, WA |  Subject: Spring Thaw Duathlon I |
| 2007-04-16 12:17 PM in reply to: #763175 |
Expert 709 | Subject: RE: Spring Thaw Duathlon I Don't be so hard on yourself Jon, it was the first race of the season. You'll be ready for the next one! Nice job! |
| 2007-04-16 1:43 PM in reply to: #763175 |
Pro 3715  AZ | Subject: RE: Spring Thaw Duathlon I I would kill to run and bike that fast. But I can't.....because you know.....I am OLDer!!! Great job!!! |
| 2007-04-16 2:28 PM in reply to: #763175 |
Expert 783 Spokane, Washington | Subject: RE: Spring Thaw Duathlon I Well, sounds like a good learning experience. Definitely go for the speed laces - its just one less thing to worry about. Even with being held back on the run and the bike issues you posted some fantastic times! |
| 2007-04-17 8:44 AM in reply to: #763175 |
Master 1588 San Francisco | Subject: RE: Spring Thaw Duathlon I nice race! looks like you were flying on both our runs as well as the bike. awesome! |
| 2007-04-18 2:15 PM in reply to: #763175 |
Veteran 277 Los Angeles | Subject: RE: Spring Thaw Duathlon I Very nice race! 7 minute running mile and 21mph on the bike, not all shabby for your first of the year! |
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Rolled out of bed at 5:30am and had a large bowl of oatmeal with raisins and walnuts. One cup of coffee and a glass of water. Got dressed and packed my transition bag. Brett (Blaze teammate) and I planned on biking out to the race. LA was scheduled to volunteer at the race so she was going to meet us at 8:30 and give me my transition bag.
Left home at 7:30 and biked out to the race at an easy pace. It's a 15 mile ride and Brett and I arrived at 8:15. Perfect bike warm-up. The plan now was to run one loop of the run segment, however, LA did not show up until 8:45 and the race started at 9:00 so there was no time for a good run warm-up.