Willard Triathlon & DuSeries

I did the DuSeries duathlon as planned with my good friend Don. It was a 2 mile run 11 mile bike 2 mile run event. I had a great time and with Don pushing and coaching me, I did fairly well. With an average speed of 18.5 for the eleven mile bike, it was faster than I usually do. We were really cranking on the downhill curves before we reach the crushing stairstep hills up the dam on the west side of the lake. My legs were shaking when I got into the transition area. The 2nd 2 mile run was a booger. Much slower than the first but we finished strong. They had popsicles at ther end and I believe they were the best I've ever had. There are usually four races in the series, I think I'll try to do them all next year.



Well, I got another race under my belt. The Frisco Runaway Triathlon was yesterday. My wife's stepbrother, my sister in law and myself participated. It was my sister in law's first tri. I had a terrific race. The swim was a snake swim without ropes which caused me no less than two head on collisions. My time suffered as a result, but better training could have helped even more. The bike course was challenging to say the least. The first 5 miles were okay and it would have made for a very nice ride if the rest of the course was flat. The middle four were a terror, lots of curving uphills that chewed up the legs. The run was fairly flat being on reclaimed railroad bed. I can't really say I had a PR, because my last race had different distances, but I was thrilled to see that my average speeds were significantly better for the bike and run portions. Some improvement is exactly what motivates me to do more and do it better. I'm considering The Concreteman in July which is an open water swim, and I'll definitely do the TigerTri in Republic in August. This race was a great little event that will make my schedule next year as well.

The Results

Duathlon Tuesday

Tomorrow I'll run a 10k training run and then rest on Monday. Tuesday, I'm running 2 mile run 11 mile bike, 2 mile run duathlon. I think my friend Don is going to do it with me. He's a much better runner and cyclist than I am, so I expect to be pretty far behind him. I'm hoping the heat isn't unbearable. The event is at 6pm on a Tuesday, so at least the sun will be low in the sky.

I'm not really ready to run in the heat. Biking isn't so bad, you get a little breeze. I am going to have to do something about all the sweat. It stings my eyes when I wear sunglasses.

Got my swim back pretty quickly. I think I'm on schedule to do about a 7 minute swim for the Willard triathlon. That event is coming up quickly. I'm ready to get another event behind me.

I'm already thinking about some longer events for next summer. I'm thinking the long version of the Concrete-man triathlon may be a goal to attain for next summer. A half Iron Man...I think that's a little further down the road.