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...