Ambivalent Results/Spring Classic Duathlon

2007
23:02 Run
1:00:13 Bike
24:56 Run
1:50:03

Last Week
24:29:00 Run
52:30 Bike
27:20:00 Run
1:47:39

And the reason I say ambivalent is because my time did improve this year, but in 2007 I had a flat and someone actually had to loan me tire gear. The distances were a 5K, 15 miles on the bike and another 5k run.

There are lessons here, though. Rest can work wonders on your time and I'm sure that eight minute difference on the bike were good rest minutes. So while blaring through a transition on a sprint or olympic distance tri might make sense, on the half or full irons, it makes sense to take your time, sit down to put on your shoes, grab a bite to eat and then mosey on to the next event. Not to the point of napping, of course, but rest is rejuvenation.

I will discuss the race further later on, but it was a pretty routine event with excellent weather.