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Gear West Duathlon - Duathlon

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Orono, Minnesota
United States
Gear West
41F / 5C
Overcast

Total Time = 1h 01m 30s
Overall Rank = 288/345
Age Group = Clydesdale
Age Group Rank = 16/18

Pre-race routine:

Woke up at 6am. Did all the pre-morning stuff. Drank some yummy drinks and some toast with peanut butter!

Event warmup:

1 mile warm up. did some stretching but it wasn't enough (as you will read later).

Run

27m 26s
6 kms
04m 34s min/km

Comments:

had a good pace going into the race. Wanted right around the 9min mile.

What would you do differently?:

I would have not taken 2weeks off before the race, but I have been in the process of moving!!!

Transition 1

02m 22s

Comments:

First tranny!

What would you do differently?:

Speed up a little bit...every second counts!

Bike

59m 50s
17 miles
17.05 mile/hr

What would you do differently?:

I want to push it more on the bike and gain speed for going up hills. That is my strong point. I worried too much about saving my legs for the run!

Transition 2

01m 24s

Comments:

Faster 2nd tranny

What would you do differently?:

Speed it up a little!

Run

29m 37s
2.65 miles
11m 11s min/mile

Comments:

OUCH!!! Didn't warm up enough, right calf cramped up bad!!! Still very sore! I had to slow down and strech it out a lot. Thanks to Kelly, she kept me going when I wanted to stop and walk it off a little bit! I was disappointed in this run due to lack of stretching!

What would you do differently?:

Stretch and warm up more.

Post race

Warm down:

Walked around and stretched

What limited your ability to perform faster:

My calf was horrible! Damn. I also had poor training for the 2 weeks before the race due to moving.

Profile Album

Last updated: 2007-05-23 12:00 AM

Running
00:27:26 \| 06 kms \| 04m 34s min/km
Age Group:	11/18
Overall:	0/345
Performance:	Good
Course:	Very hilly and off road course. Ran on grass nearly the entire way. I felt that the course was very hilly and fun!
Keeping cool	Good	Drinking	Just right

T1
Time:	02:22
Overall:	Average
Run with bike?		Good
Jump on bike?		Average
Getting up to speed and into shoes:			Average

Biking
00:59:50 \| 17 miles \| 17.05 mile/hr
Age Group:	15/18
Overall:	0/345
Performance:	Average
Wind:	Strong
Course:	Very hilly and beautiful. Kept a higher cadence to make sure my legs were okay for my 2nd run!
Road:	Smooth Dry	Cadence:	85
Turns:	Average	Cornering:	Average
Gear changes:	Below average	Hills:	Average
Race pace:	Comfortable	Drinks:	Just right

T2
Time:	01:24
Overall:	Average
Riding w/ feet on shoes
Jumping off bike
Running with bike		Average
Racking bike		Good
Shoe and helmet removal		Below average

Running
00:29:37 \| 02.65 miles \| 11m 11s min/mile
Age Group:	16/18
Overall:	0/345
Performance:	Below average
Course:	Same as the first!
Keeping cool	Average	Drinking	Not enough

Post race
Weight change:	%
Overall:	Below average
Mental exertion [1-5]	4
Physical exertion [1-5]	3
Good race?	Ok

Evaluation
Course challenge	Just right
Organized?	Yes
Events on-time?	Yes
Lots of volunteers?	Yes
Plenty of drinks?	No
Post race activities:	Good
Race evaluation [1-5]	4

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hundoracer

2007-05-23 12:51 PM

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405

Shakopee, MN

Subject: Gear West Duathlon

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Johnny Bee

2007-05-24 8:12 AM

in reply to: #813723

Extreme Veteran

502

Woodbury,

Subject: RE: Gear West Duathlon

Sounds like a pretty and challenging race route. I'd rather run on grass than asphault any day, I may have to check this out next year.

It took a week for my calves to recover from the Oakdale Du, and I warmed up and stretched a lot. At least in my case I suspect it was lack of brick work more than stretching that caused the issues.

BTW - your total race time shows 8.5 hours. I suspect that may be a bit off, based on your splits.