5.14.2012

Run. Bike. Run

I participated in my first duathlon and I am HOOKED. I always wanted to try a triathlon, but didn't want to get all the gear for three sports just yet. Since I have running and biking gear I stumbled on a wonderful new thing. The weather did not cooperate and my body from head to toe was pretty much numb the entire time. Like seriously tough to lift my legs off the ground when running or shift gears on the bike. But at least it wasn't raining like predicted...

I am a little bummed that I didn't train as hard on the bike. I am just not very comfortable on the road bike yet and was nervous on the downhills and still figuring out the shifting. So I kind of sucked on that part. But, overall I placed 27th out of all the women and 9th in my division. Not too terrible for my first race. My first run was at a 7:47 pace, my bike at only 13.6 mph average (awful!!) and my second run at an 8:44 pace. I already have my eye on two more this summer that I want to do...

In front of transition before the race
 Bringing my bike into transition
 Getting close to the finish
 And closer to the finish...

3 comments:

Nataluscious said...

Um, maybe its just me but I don't think 13+ mph on the bike is that bad! Was it very hilly? Road bikes are such a learning curve - and being cold and having to shift/break/etc - no fun!

Nataluscious said...

Um, maybe its just me but I don't think 13+ mph on the bike is that bad! Was it very hilly? Road bikes are such a learning curve - and being cold and having to shift/break/etc - no fun!

Jason and Heather said...

You are so AWESOME! I wish I could have been there cheering you on. I totally would have had a poster and been the loudest one there (just like mom!). I'm so proud of you! I don't know anything about biking but way to go on the running times! You rock!