Green Bay Duathlon

[mtbdarby]

Well folks, I did my first multi sport event - the Green Bay Duathlon. It was a 3.1 mile run, 32.6 mile bike and 1.3 mile run.

I registered as an Athena (still not sure how I feel about that but it is what it is ). I was pretty much clueless about how this was supposed to go and I hadn't run in weeks. For those that remember, I have a bunion on the right foot and got custom orthotics which aren't helping. Plus my house is for sale so I've spent my time working on little projects and was getting over a flu bug. But enough with the excuses - I had a blast and beat my goal: to finish is less than 3 hours and not throw up!

It was 62 degrees and windy - 15-25 miles per hour. I did a combo of run/walking and finished last in my wave (6). Oh, there were 700 people signed up for this event. At least it was easy to find my bike T1 was 2:09.

Hit the bike course straight into the wind. Yeah gads! They called the terrain rolling hills but I would say it was flat. There were only a couple of rollers so I was happy with that. And sweet revenge on the bike - I passed a lot of people who blew past me on the run. I found it very interesting that except for the triathletes, most people were either strong runners or bikers and kind of stunk at the opposite sport. I even passed a tri guy from wave 1 all decked out and wondered why. Come to find out he was the oldest participant at 77 years young! I finished the bike in 1:56 - 16.87 ave which is a PB for me! One minute faster and I would have had my coveted 17. I biked for all I was worth and my lower back and hamstrings were killing me when I finished. My right foot was numb for over half of the ride. T2 was better at 1:40.

The final run was tough but I did it uneventfully in 11:18. I finished 7th out of 11 in the Athena division.

The organizers did a fantastic job! It was very well organized and marked, intersections manned by either local police or volunteers, people cheering throughout the whole race, free massages after, great food and even free beer and food at the end. My only disappointment was personal. My sister was watching my son while I raced and was supposed to be there before I hit T2 to cheer me on heading into the final run and at the finish. They got there late and I had already finished I did this with fellow TE'er from Milwaukee, SJCzar. Here's a couple of pictures (my son was being shy and hiding behind me in one picture). Maybe if I can learn to run I can move up to a tri someday Thanks for all your support!

[crazycanuck]

AV strikes again

Good job Dar!!! Great to see you managed to race after weeks of feeling icky!

C

[Tri Girl]

Nice job, Dar!!!!
Congrats on your first ever multi-sport race! What an odd combination... 3.1 run, 32.6 bike and 1.3 run. That's one loooong bike in between!
I did a race this year as an athena (and if it makes you feel any better- you don't look like you could be an athena). I felt funny registering that way (like it made me this huge bohemoth or something), but I figured that's why they have the category- for those of us that will never be 100 lbs. and rail thin. Be proud!

Sounds like you had a FANTASTIC race! Most of all, you enjoyed yourself (and didn't throw up- woo hoo )! Very nice avg. on the bike btw!!!!

Thanks for including the pictures! It's always nice to put a name with a face and you look WONDERFUL in your race day wear!

CONGRATS!

[Xrayted]

Great job Dar!! Woohoo!

[btchance]

awesome job for your first time - glad you enjoyed it!!

[mtbdarby]

Thanks Ladies!

Thought you'd get a kick out of an interesting piece of swag. Where else but Wisconsin do you get a brick of cheese shaped like Brett Favre in the goodie bag?!

[kelownagirl]

Yay Dar!!!! Congratulations on a great race! I agree that IS a long bike in between. I guess there is no standard in duathlons? The one I want to do next spring is 3 m. run, 18 m. bike, 3 m. run.

I still can't believe you and Wahine are Athenas...

[LBTC]

Wahoo, Dar! You rock!!! You're the best!!

{{{{{{{{Dar}}}}}}}}}}}}

Hugs & butterflies,
~T~

[KSH]

Congratulations! You did an amazing job. Especially considering you didn't get in alll the training you might have wanted to.

Ah yes... the duathlon... and being good in one sport and not another. I have sworn off duathlons for life. Why? Because I SUCK at running. I always end up at the end of the pack, with MAYBE 2 or 3 people behind me. It's kind of depressing. At least with a tri, the swim is first and I'm good at that. HA!

That was a fast bike and runs! The bike was long though! Most of the du's I have done have been around 10-15 miles.

Nice pictures too... thanks for sharing!

[Zen]

I wonder how Brett Favre feels about his portrayal as a piece of cheese

Way to go, Dar!

[Tri Girl]

The cheese swag is HILARIOUS!

[Zen]

Which part of Brett are you going to bite off first?
Gives a whole new meaning to 'break me off a piece of that"

[divingbiker]

Thanks Ladies!

Thought you'd get a kick out of an interesting piece of swag. Where else but Wisconsin do you get a brick of cheese shaped like Brett Favre in the goodie bag?!

Now this is just bizarre. Why would anyone think of making cheese in the shape of anyone?

Congratulations on the duathlon!

[mimitabby]

Great pictures~! congrats Dar and SJCzar!

[chickwhorips]

Congrats and great job!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


Yup.... only in WI do you get a brick of cheese of a Packer in your "goodie" bag....