Hi Han,

I just completed my very first duathlon- a women's only duathlon!

Check out www.multisportcanada.com, or www.trisportcanada.com

Both have some events coming up this fall.

I'm participating in the Windsor Triathlon weekend in 6 days!
This one will be the ultimate test of my endurance - 3 K run, 30K bike and a 6 K run.

The biking is my strength. I fully expect to walk/slow jog the final 6 K! But - I am not going to quit!!

I also am going to do the Niagra-on-the-Lake Duathlon coming up in September.

I too, just started running last fall, but didn't keep it up over the winter, and basically had to start all over agin this spring. I did the run 1 telephone pole, walk to the next, etc...

Yesterday I ran 10 K. The first 5 k I cut 5 minutes off my fisrt 5 K run in April!! I'm still very, very slow, but I refuse to give up! Everyone's a coach - telling me to take longer strides, swing my arms more, etc., etc., but rare are those who will run with me!

I find great solace in my running and biking. I figure I'm already a winner, no matter what my times are, because I have gotten my self off the couch!

Good luck Han! Maybe we'll meet at a duathlon sometime!