I think I finished DEAD last!

I finished dead last in a cross country race in high school once, and it actually felt special in a way. If I was 2nd to dead last, it wouldn't have had that much of an impact on me, but being DEAD last gave me the opportunity early on in my racing career to realize that it doesn't really matter what place you're in. Every race you do will have different people in it that are at different levels, so it's kinda pointless to compare yourself to anyone else, and rather you should be more concerned with your own times and even more importantly, enjoying it! So I say cherish your dead last, learn from it, and realize that in every single race, someone has to come in dead last

My Grandpa once told me, after I got my arse handed to me in a track meet as a kid, "f you can't be first, be last, nothing else matters".  

That's a tough duathlon distance, be proud of your finish!  Take what you learned and keep moving forward!

In the Tour de France, they award the last rider to finish with the "Lanterne Rouge" (trans. "Red Lantern"), representing the light on a train's caboose.  It's actually a coveted award.  Even professional athletes finish last sometimes.  You conquered a tough race and didn't quit.  Good job!

it is an honor to finish DFL.  Take pride in your accomplishment.

You were out on that course longer than anyone else.

(er... I don't need to explain the acronym, do I?)

Concur...the resurrection of some of the zombie threads is a neat feature of the update that included the "related" threads at the bottom... and that specifically is really cool!