Prospect Park Duathlon
The first race of the season. It was a decent race. The folks over at City Tri and Slope Sports did a bang up job as usual. The start of this race is at the Prospect Park Carousel, zoo and the Old Lefferts House (three Brooklyn landmarks you shouldn't miss). It was a frigid 34 degrees at 7am and by the time I had my bike set up I couldn't feel my toes. There were lots of guys in nothing but spandex and compression socks with blue lips and chattering teeth. I was like, "dudes get some body fat" but they didn't find me funny. My snarky comments didnt go over well. Shocker. The start of the race was good lots of blaring music and a nice bunch of people set up correctly. I of-course started at the back of the pack since I seriously think I can skip faster than I can run. The first 3.5 miles were nice. Through the rolling uneven paths of Prospect Park. Under bridges, through dog parks, around ponds and beside waterfalls. That Olmstead guy knew what he was doing. I felt...