Two White Dogs Duathlon
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Two White Dogs Duathlon - Duathlon
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Comments: Started out a little faster than I should have. First mile was 7:45 and second wasn't too much slower which is pretty good for me. Not what I should have done the day after a 75 mile bike race though. What would you do differently?: Slow down, or don't do a bike race the day before. Transition 1
Comments: Good transition. Nearly lost my balance putting on my bike shoes, but overall it wasn't bad. What would you do differently?: I can always go faster. Bike
Comments: Started passing people as soon as I left T1 and never stopped. Must have caught 4 dozen people on the bike leg. There were a handfull of riders who didn't stay on the right which got annoying because I already had to avoid plenty of non-racers on the course. I could definitely feel the soreness in my quads from yesterday in the beginning, but my legs warmed up nicely after a few miles. I knew that I would do well on this leg, but never thought I'd be 4th overall the day after a 75-miler! Makes me wonder just what I could have done if I had rested properly. What would you do differently?: Come into it with fresher legs. Transition 2
Comments: Finally got out of my shoes before T2 for the first time. Started to balance on one foot but my shoe caught the ground as I hopped off and my bike nearly flipped end-over-end. My shoe went flying and I grabbed it as I ran in. After the shoe mishap I couldn't get my flag pole together and had to stop for a second to get it lined up. Running out I tried to turn my race number to the front and tore one end. Despite it all it was still a pretty fast transition. What would you do differently?: More practice getting out of shoes. Remember to turn my number around before I have a flag pole in my hands. Run
Comments: Slowed down quite a bit but maintained my lead over most of the people I passed on the bike. Kept a good steady pace and was running sub-9:00 miles. Not bad at all. What would you do differently?: Take a cup of water in T2 so I'm not so thirsty as I head out. Post race
Warm down: Put my flag and race belt in my bag and went off to find the food. Had a banana, 2 cups of Gatorade and 2 cups of water. What limited your ability to perform faster: Stupid mistakes in transition. Exhaustion and sore muscles from the day before. Event comments: Easy race with lots of beginners. Nothing but bananas, water, Gatordae and Coke at the finish. Give me a bagel at least. It's a small race so I didn't expect alot anyway. Still a fun race, but I won't run it next year if I can find another race that same weekend. Oh, and a note on the overall results: these are for the men only. The combined results weren't posted so that's what I have to work with. However, I still would have been 4th overall on the bike even with the ladies' times mixed in. Last updated: 2005-08-04 12:00 AM
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Thurston Racing
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Overall Rank = 29/69
Age Group = 20-24
Age Group Rank = 3/3
Alarm went off 2 hours before the start. Took a quick shower to wake myself up and had a whole wheat bagel w/ peanut butter and some water.
Setup my transition area and jogged around the parking lot. My HRM didn't want to work for so I ditched it in my bag before the race started. I think I finally need a new battery. Did a short stretching routine in the few minutes I had left.