2008 Mothers Day Duathlon
It was a beautiful day. The sun was shining and the wind was blowing giving the 10.5 mile bike segment the notorious "Hecksher Hills" (the course is flat but the wind makes it feel like you are going uphill). The runs were a beautiful 2 miles each through the woods.
I came in 184 overall out of 207 finishers. I was 18th out of 20 in my age group (since the last time I did this race I was last, was a huge improvement) I was 199th on the first run, 145th in the bike and 198th on the second run. Finishing with a total time of 1:22:07 31 minutes faster than my fall time!
First run - 2 miles - 19:34 - 9:47 min mile - 6 mph average
Bike- 10.5 miles - 3:55 min mile - 15.3 mph average
Second run - 2 miles - 10:43 min mile - 5.5 mph average
I am looking forward to my first Long Island tri of the season on fathers day. It is the Gold Coast Tri in Port Washington 1/2 mile swim, 12 mile bike, 3.1 mile run. My goal is to do it in 1:28:00.
Training is going well for the Mighty Hampton Olympic Distance in September. I start open water swimming (with wetsuit) next week. brrrrr. Just in time to swim in the Bellport Bay at the mouth of the Carmans River as the alewife (river herring) come to spawn. If you have never swam in open water with alewife, you have to be aware that right behind them are stripers — not small fish— it's a little freaky at first getting hit by a big fish in the dark cold water! They don't bite (me at least) so we swim upstream together. When I swim downstream I prefer to do a Tarzan swim (head out of water) so i don't end up kissing one. For fear of getting a black eye or fat lip!
I came in 184 overall out of 207 finishers. I was 18th out of 20 in my age group (since the last time I did this race I was last, was a huge improvement) I was 199th on the first run, 145th in the bike and 198th on the second run. Finishing with a total time of 1:22:07 31 minutes faster than my fall time!
First run - 2 miles - 19:34 - 9:47 min mile - 6 mph average
Bike- 10.5 miles - 3:55 min mile - 15.3 mph average
Second run - 2 miles - 10:43 min mile - 5.5 mph average
I am looking forward to my first Long Island tri of the season on fathers day. It is the Gold Coast Tri in Port Washington 1/2 mile swim, 12 mile bike, 3.1 mile run. My goal is to do it in 1:28:00.
Training is going well for the Mighty Hampton Olympic Distance in September. I start open water swimming (with wetsuit) next week. brrrrr. Just in time to swim in the Bellport Bay at the mouth of the Carmans River as the alewife (river herring) come to spawn. If you have never swam in open water with alewife, you have to be aware that right behind them are stripers — not small fish— it's a little freaky at first getting hit by a big fish in the dark cold water! They don't bite (me at least) so we swim upstream together. When I swim downstream I prefer to do a Tarzan swim (head out of water) so i don't end up kissing one. For fear of getting a black eye or fat lip!
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