Calavera's Duathlon (San Antonio)

I got up at 5:30am to drive to San Antonio last Saturday morning in the rain. I got on the road at 5:45am and couldn't help but think, "what in the hell am I doing?". For all of you out there who have had second thoughts about fulfilling a commitment you've made, I have one piece of advice for you... start a blog. Making my goals public was the only motivation I had for not turning the car around to climb back in bed. If you are a person that feels it is important to "put your money where your mouth is", blogging is your solution, even if no one is reading.

The temperature was in the 60's, so the rain was somewhat refreshing, you just had to be careful on the turns while on the bike. I didn't really have a goal for this race, and now I regret that. I really paced myself giving about 75%, and believe I could have placed a few spots higher if I would have given closer to 90%. This wasn't a very difficult race for me, and frankly, I found it rather boring. I will choose more adventurous type events in the future. My idea of a fun race is all about the terrain and scenery. This was pretty bland, and I won't participate in this event in the future. Great T-Shirt though!

I placed 6th in my division with a time of 2:04:13

Miles of Discomfort - Results

The weather turned out better than predicted, and I was content with my finish. I took an unexpected spill about 20 minutes into race on a downhill cruising in the low 20's while hitting a soft spot causing a front tire slide. I couldn't have picked a better runway to make a crash landing on, but I had to move fast before being trampled by the traffic behind. I gave the bike a bear hug and rolled over twice to get out of the way.

My back brakes were trashed after the spill, but I didn't figure that out until the next downhill. After a quick brake tune, I was on my way to a clean finish. I didn't meet my goal of under 3 hours, but I'll let the 3 minutes and 11 seconds slide due to crash.

This is a great race, and I plan to participate in 2012. I need to work on my cardio, as that was the only thing holding me back from being more competitive. In the past I've always trained for an event, and then laid low several months post. I very excited to have the motivation to keep it going this year. My next race is in 17 days.

 

Results:

http://www.tmbra.org/results/marathon_11/comfort/m20.html