Duathlon 1
F3 Events Duathlon 2
Location : Dorney Lake
Race Type : Duathlon (5km/20km/5km)
Result : Embarrassing
Rejected the wearing of my new tri-suit due to lack of padding and the fact I think the medium could be too small (although I've since been informed there is an element of 'give'), chucked everything in the back of the car and headed off.
Got to Dorney stepped out of the car and got my first taste of the lovely wind that happens to blow every time I race there. (so much for an easy session)
Got registered, racked and then waited for the off, the run was a 2 lap course down one side of the lake and then bike was a 5 lap out and back with dead turns, also great for the maximum head wind (out) / tail wind (back) looked at the various speed machines already racked and thought how out of place mine looked, at least with no aero bars I'd have some excuses for my crap bike time....
A quick race briefing describing the course, availability of drinks / St. John's Ambulance and the fact there were to be some snappers lurking around the place and we were lining up for the off....
Run passed ok, although my heart rate was higher than I would've liked and my pace not as fast as I'd hoped (so same old same old) and as ever, as I headed back into transition finding my bike was pretty easy...
The cycle, set out for the first of the five laps knowing I needed to put some effort in and to try and make the most of the tail wind on the out, again I was no where as quick as I'd hoped and was certainly expending a lot more effort, I'd like to say the 5 laps passed quickly, but that would be a lie.... back into transition and I'd made a few places (including going past the granny with the shopping basket on the front with her dog in it, although she took a while to reel in), rack the bike, into the running shoes and head out for the 2 laps of the run... (at this point some people had already finished - and they were on the main race like me, not the shortened novice race)
The one part of my training that seems to have made a difference the fact I always do brick sessions now when I cycle at the gym, had none of the problems with my legs that I experienced last year in my triathlons so that was a small plus.
Slogged around the two laps determined to go faster than the first 5k, and in the last 100m it started to piss down. Nice touch.
Times were (for your amusement)
Run 1 : 27:04
T1 : 1:04 - clearly stopped for a chat with the locals or something ?!
Bike : 44:36
T2 : 0:46 - to rack a bike and change shoes ?!
Run 2 : 26:34
Total : 1:40:06
Comments
hard on yourself?
I think you are being a bit hard on yourself - just completing a duathlon pretty much stops it being embarrassing! I am pretty impressed that your second 5k was faster than your first - and of course they are both faster than my single 5k result!! ;-)
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But then I also think my swimming is going really badly as well until I realise that this week I've so far swam 2.5km (with one more session to go tomorrow) and Feb last year I couldn't do more than two lengths of crawl without a quick case of drowning....
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Y'think?
Your first proper multisport race of the season ... you should feel GREAT for getting it done. And spring races are full of hardcore folk who've trained through winter too. I think you did really well ... especially in your consistency with your 5k pieces. And now you have something to build on for the coming season. Just think what position you were in this time last year, and what position most people you know are in at this time of the year, and give yourself a pat on the back. Good luck with it all. x
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