I came into this racing having very high expectations. First and foremost, I had wanted to race last year, but this race had fallen on the same morning I was graduating college on. The year before that, I was still coming off divison I track and I wasn't in shape enough on the bike to race by that point in time. This time around, I felt different, ever since the BX biathlon, despite the rainy weather, I have never felt as strong as I have been feeling this season. I think its a combination of the right training, right recovery, and the right intensitys.
Being that this particular year, the race held cash money, I didn't find out till race morning, more elite competitors came than I thought. The distances of the duathlon were as follows with a 2 mile run, 10 mile bike, and a 3 mile run. My splits were: 13:20, 1:50 T1 apx, 29:12 apx bike, 1:30 T2 apx, + 21:20 apx R2.
This put me in a 7th place female overall and a 1st pl in my age group who gave me $100 bux. I had such a great sprint to the finish, not quite battling it out like @ tati, but I did pass a woman at the tail end who beat me last sec out of no where in my bike... lol and trust me, I was flyin in the bike portion and passed about 15 pp who passed me in R1. Sorry, I wasn't gonna do a 10 min 2 miler...
This kid who was only 19 named conner stayed w me in Run 1 and he was brave enough to confess to me at the end that he threw up on the bike. I decided to motivate him to keep it up, as I saw myself in him for a moment because I started these races when I was just 19and it changed my life, and I was never ever the same. And they so say, "A woman who starts a race isn't the same woman who finishes.' and it holds so true. Thanks Doug for the money + the narly Sweatshirt Werq!
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