C and I participated in our first Duathlon today. It was so fun! My running friend who has been running for YEARS suggested we do it and I'm glad we did.
It was at the sportscomplex in Orland Park. There were several heats and we were placed in the first heat which started at 7:15am. We got there early so stopped at Starbucks first to wake us up! Then we arrived and got our stationary bikes and set them up to our correct height. We were each assigned a high school honor student that cheered us on and recorded our times. We were first to run 1.5 miles on the track, bike 10 miles, then run another 1.5 miles on the track.
My times were
1.5 miles - 11:26 minutes - 7:37 pace
10 miles bike - 15:02 - 40 mph
1.5 miles - 11:36 minutes - 7:44
Total time : 38:02
When I left I was 2nd place in my age group! I feel like I did good. I didn't push myself to the point of feeling sick. But it was a workout. C did great too. We will do this again next year. It was a fun experience and different than your regular race. The competition was good. I liked that there were about 10 people in our heat so enough of competition to push you on. But small enough not to get intimidated.
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