Run
Comments: The pace started high with a large group all running the same pace; I was a little worried as I know that I am faster than several of the athletes so I waited for the pace to settle in. Finally Jay and Ty were off the front and I was running with Eric and Trevor. Stayed with them through the first run and tried to put some space on the remaining athletes. What would you do differently?: Be prepared for a duathlon :) Transition 1
Comments: When I took off my running shoes I kicked them too far and had to go under the bar to get them so I had them for the second run. Beyond that it was pretty good except that I had a brake rubbing that I had to stop and adjust just after the start of the bike. What would you do differently?: Think through a duathlon transition and double check my brakes. Bike
Comments: Felt pretty good after I got the brake adjusted (where I had to get off the bike :(). My goal was to settle into a hard effort and keep pushing; I knew I would be caught by some athletes but I worked to hold people off as long as I could. I stayed aero and really focused on strong effort and small tuck throughout; I was just on the edge of my fitness as my calves both twitched a couple of times during the ride and my left hip did as well. Overall it was much like other rides; try to limit my loses and use anyone who passes to pace as they go by. What would you do differently?: More biking leading into race season. Transition 2
Comments: Quick T2 Run
Comments: Trevor was just ahead of me off the bike and I tried to go with him; however he was just a little stronger than I was today. Once he started to pull away I worked hard to lose as little time as possible and use him to push me up towards Harry. I tried to focus on staying relaxed, staying lose and pushing the pace as high as I could. I was putting time into Harry but like last weekend, just not enough. Again, this 3km was long and includes T2 so pace looks low. What would you do differently?: Some more race efforts in prep. Post race
Event comments: The pool was closed when the second last wave was in the pool and resulted in changing those waves to a duathlon. Unfortunate but at least we got to race. This was my first duathlon and it was hard! Last updated: 2009-06-03 12:00 AM
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Canada
Navy Tridents Triathlon Club
21C / 70F
Sunny
Overall Rank = 7/31
Age Group = M30-39
Age Group Rank = 5/12
Spent yesterday at the Provincial Track and Field Meet and then was up at 4:30 this morning to help setup the race. Was supposed to race at 12:30 (ended up 1:30) so a very long couple of days.
Short run once it was switched to a duathlon (this was after sitting around for an hour after the expected start time).