Notes
Appleman Duathlon - Run #1
First run leg of the Appleman Duathlon! Run-bike-run. First time I've ever done a bike race of any sort, and possibly the first time I've ever done a sustained hard effort on the bike.
Mark suggested to get out hard (5k pace) for this first leg so I trusted his advice and did so. At this point it felt comfortably hard, and I was surprised to see 5:33 for the first mile which had a good bit uphill. Still felt comfortable though, so just kept the same effort for the rest of the run.
The end of the run was a bit of a mess. I thought we were supposed to enter at the bike exit, but instead it was the road before, to the beach where we started. Then, the volunteers pointed me the wrong way on the beach, to the swim start instead of the run start. So instead of a firm path and a short distance to my bike, I was forced to run all the way around the beach and parking lot and loop back into the transition zone. Luckily it didn't affect my overall placement but frustrating nevertheless.
Transition was easy, just needed to throw on my helmet and glasses and run the bike out of the zone. Continue reading my race report in the bike entry.