New Duathlon just North of Rochester

Bring a Running Room to town and look what happens.

I'm amazed!  I grew up in Roch and as I may have complained about before, that place really sucked when I lived there.  Glad they are getting their act together.  Oronoco is a pretty area, that will be nice.  But why, oh, why must they put the long run at the end?  Don't they know that the second run in a du is just about survival?  Hmm.  Well, I might have to try this one out. 

I will probably volunteer since I would have the unfair advantage of not having to steer my bike because it has been on those roads so many times. That course is just over a mile from my house.

Dude!  Why wouldn't you do it for that reason?  It's a great opportunity to shine.

There is a 20k in town the day before, so I could race that then volunteer. I'll wait and see. The idea of just riding my bike to the race does have a certain appeal to it.

Aww... too bad it is the same day as the Ironman Century ride, I would have totally done this otherwise.

Small world, the course goes right by my house(75th st NW) too. Although it will be an accomplishment for me to finish so I don't think that I will have any unfair advantage.

Thanks for the heads-up everyone.

This race (the long course) will be the start of my IM WI '08 official training season.

Hello Everyone! I am the Race Director for the Winter Begone! Duathlon you all have been talking about. Now to answer some of your questions. First I need to say that we have recently added a short distance to the duathlon, it is 2 mi Run/ 12 mi Bike/ 2 mi Run. We added it for participants not ready to handle the longer distances. When I chose the course length for the long distance duathlon, I was targeting the Olympic Distance Duathlon distances of 5K/40K/10K, but I had to limit the bike course to a 30K. There are so many duathlons around that are the 5K/20mi/5K style. Most of them have the run be the same course a second time. Well, those events are fine, I just wanted to do something different and create a challenging event. The 10K Run at the end requires the duathlete to pace themselves on the bike course. I live very close to the venue and I can tell you the bike course is quite nice. The roads are mostly new with plenty of shoulder on most of the course. The course is a mixture of small town area, open road, wooded areas, rolling hills, flats, and a residential area. So, anyway, come on over to Oronoco (10 miles north of Rochester) to have some fun during one of the seasons first multi-sport events. If you have any questions related to this event, please don't hesitate to contact me. You can reach by the website: www.winterbegoneduathlon.com or via email. Check out our other key event the 1st Annual Rochesterfest Triathlon on June 29th, 2008. This event will be a big one for us. You can find out more information about the tri at www.winmultisportevents.com.

Take care,

Bill Nevala
Race Director
WIN Multisport Events, LLC