2008 March Madness Du
I finished my first race of the season the prospect park duathlon last Saturday. 5k run, 14 mile bike, 5k run. I was last AGAIN (I kinda suck at duathlons -- I need the swim to get an edge). BUT I finished before they closed the race so that's new. I placed 104 out of 140 that signed up so I like to think I beat all the people that wussed out. I ran a 12 min mile on the first 5K. I am pretty happy with that time since I wasn't able to train all February because of the shingles and bronchitis. I placed 66th in the bike (14 miles with 4 killer hills) so the new bike and professional fitting really helped. I did a 4 min mile. I was able to pick up some ground there. I'll get faster as I get used to the bike. It was FREEZING I couldn't feel my toes after the ride. I ran a 17 min mile on the last 5K. Which is not exactly accurate. One, I started my run with my helmet on... NO ONE SAID ANYTHING!!!! Until mile 2 some guy said "better safe than sorry huh!" and I was...