simplyputsi 0 #1 July 30, 2007 So I didn't sign up for a Duathlon, but due to a thunderstorm in the area they had to call the swim portion of the triathlon off. At first i was like sweet. Then I was like no, I don't like this. My knee hurts, I was just hoping to struggle through the run and now I have to run TWICE. Boooooooo. Whatever though, I went to race and so whatever race they threw at me I was going to take. After an hour an a half of rain delay we finally got started. I managed to end up 11th out of 19 in my age group. Looking at the results running twice did not help me. I ran 8 minute miles while the guys in front of me basically ran 7 minute miles. So if you run 6 miles at that, well you get beat by 6 minutes. Thus the reason the race is won in the run usually. So It was a 5k run, 12 mile bike, 5k run. I completed it in 1 hour 26 minutes. Overall i was 86th out of 288 for the triathon participants. Because there was a duathlon being run as well if you group me in with those losers I was 91 out of 327. I have to be happy with it, as during the last run I was able to pass people that had passed me earlier in that run. Not sure if I sped up or they slowed down. I like to think i sped up. I'll post the pictures when I get them.Skymama's #2 stalker - Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BillyVance 34 #2 July 30, 2007 I was gonna say, nice job so what's next? A Decathlon? Then I read the post, ah... no swimming in a thunderstorm. "Mediocre people don't like high achievers, and high achievers don't like mediocre people." - SIX TIME National Champion coach Nick Saban Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
