Max personal HR: 170
Average personal HR: 142
Calories Burned: 1352
Starting 24 hours prior to this, I kept wondering whether we'd be able have the activity outside with the threat of adverse weather looking like a strong possibility. In the end, it turned out to be a great night. Temperatures cooled off slightly, but not one drop of rain until well after we'd wrapped up. We have certainly been blessed with good weather.
A few of the regulars could not attend tonight, so there were four of us: Keven, Greg, Bill, and Eddie. Bill's wife was nice enough to take a picture of all of us.
Bill was also gracious by allowing us to storm his yard to complete a mock-Duathlon. We didn't pull out bike racks, but bikes, helmets, shoes and the like were scattered in his yard.The idea for the Duathlon was shamelessly selfish with the Oakdale Duathlon this upcoming weekend. Both Greg and I are participating in that race again this year and hadn't made time to get our bikes on the road yet this year, though we've each spent plenty of time through the winter riding our bikes indoors. As with a normal duathlon, we did a run leg, then a bike leg, and wrapped up with another run, which were 5 miles, 9.25 miles, and 3 miles respectively. Bill came up with a good route for each (thanks for that too!).
The first run went smoothly and everyone was strong. More kudos again this week to Eddie who continues to push hard every week and has improved significantly in the very few short weeks he has been a part of the group.
It was great to get back on the bike on the road. The ride did help iron out a few items we'd like to address prior to Saturday plus it was a pleasure just to get out. 15 minutes out and 15 minutes back with a great choice for the primary road on Bill's part. The route was a good mix of hills and flats and the main road was very smooth and clean. I should note that Eddie was a great sport on this leg too, being the only one who hadn't really ever ridden a road bike previously.
Upon our return to the start, we dropped helmets and bike shoes to get back to the run. Two observations for those of you who haven't done multisports before and are contemplating doing so. First, one of the simplest and cheapest ways to save time (outside of training sufficiently) on a duathlon or triathlon is completed in the transition area by having a product like Yankz on your running shoes rather than laces. My helmet was off and running shoes were back on in a few seconds. Some of the others had to work at their laces and that consumed time that would be very valuable on race day. Second, I am always astounded by the feeling of running after biking. The pace nearly always feels snail-like. Don't panic, just run through it. The feeling eventually passes and you realize you are running at decent clip.
No other observations for this week. We'll be back to longer runs again next week. For those interested, we'd be open to doing another duathlon between now and when the Duluth Running Co starts their triathlon nights in a month or two. Make sure to let us know if you are interested.
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