Completed my first duathlon
Wow! I did it. I finished my first duathlon – no heart attacks, no long term injuries. The table below shows my times for each segment and for amusement I included the times for the second place finisher (top in my age group). All in all I thought I did awesome. My runs were slow, but I’m not a long distance runner and I really didn’t have the stamina to go much faster. My cycling segment was much better (I even moved up 14 places), but I was on a hybrid touring bike not a road bike, which slowed me down compared to the other racers. In spite of that, I still managed to set a 30 km/h pace on my bike. Not bad, I thought. My transitions were terrible, but I was actually resting for a minute or two — lazy me!
| Me | Best in Age Group | |
|---|---|---|
| Rank (/82) | 66 | 2 |
| Rank, Age 35-39 (/10) | 10 | 1 |
| Run #1 | 27:02 (66th) | 19:16 |
| Transition #1 | 2:57 | 0:35 |
| Cycle | 59:55 (52nd) | 47:26 |
| Transition #2 | 2:21 | 0:41 |
| Run #2 | 31:51 (70th) | 20:17 |
| Total Time | 2:04:03 | 1:28:13 |
The weather was actually pretty good. It threatened to rain the whole time, but it only managed a few sprinkles during the cycle segment. It did thunder a few times during the awards ceremony.
Olivia ran a triathlon at the same time and managed to complete it in 1h59m. Awesome! The timing of the races worked out that Olivia and I ran together for a few minutes just prior to the first transition.
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