It was a good weekend for Sal's runners/duathletes. Eileen and Jan won their age groups at the Rochester Spring Classic Duathlon at Mendon Ponds. The trash talking by Jan on how she was going to beat me on the bike fortunately didn't work as I rode a bit faster. Probably me letting the air out of her bike tires didn't help, but all is fair in love and duathlons. During the first 2 mile run I'm thinking how hard I have to go to get a lead on the ladies. The Bear came out in the last half mile going up the sledding hill. On the bike I tried to keep aero and hoped they didn't pass me. Then during the last 1 mile run I see Eileen! She was only 2 minutes or so behind, then I saw Jan, but I knew I was far enough ahead at that point. Still, I had plenty of motivation to keep pushing. I think I won the ugliest face award while running the last 200 yards downhill to the finish.
My bike leg wasn't as fast as I hoped. What if I had a $2,000 bike (or more) and I still rode the same speed I am on my $800 bike? That would be sad. Maybe it's not all about the bike?
The next day Mike W and Pete (Father Time) Leonard ran the Lilac 10k. Both of them had great races, MW running a 45:19, 8th/47 in age group and Pete 49:52, 6th/19 age group. Mike was top 15% overall and Pete top 25%. Not bad for a couple of old guys.
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Showing posts with label Spring Classic Duathlon. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Spring Classic Duathlon. Show all posts
Monday, May 20, 2013
Tuesday, May 25, 2010
Weekend of Races
Dick W. and Frank Q participated in the Spring Classic Duathlon at Mendon Ponds on Saturday. Frank won his age group and Dick finished second in the Formula 1 distance, 2m run/10m bike/1m run/10m bike/2 mile run. They were led around the bike course by an excellent lead driver (me).
Saturday was also the Aurora House 5 mile race in Spencerport. Mike W and Al V. finished way up in the standings with 46 runners in the race. It was a tight race between the two training buddies until MW stopped for a Barton's Hot Dog at the 3 mile point. MW still came close to catching Al but had some indigestion from the extra hot sauce he lathered on his dog.
Sunday was the third race in the RROY series, the Lilac 10k. New Roger (Roger O'Dell) won his age division with Pete in second place. Jen K. picked up a few points and finished in the top 10% of her age group, 6th place. Jan finished 9th in her group and got 2 points. I finished the race. So glad I didn't work as much as usual at the Duathlon on Saturday so I could run 4 minutes slower than expected. I was able to continue my streak of non-scoring in this year's RROY series with my 12th place age group finish.
I think the heat (70+ degrees at the start) and high humidity effected many runners. Going up Elmwood Avenue felt like running inside an oven, no shade, little breeze, hot roads. I thought it would never end.
Saturday was also the Aurora House 5 mile race in Spencerport. Mike W and Al V. finished way up in the standings with 46 runners in the race. It was a tight race between the two training buddies until MW stopped for a Barton's Hot Dog at the 3 mile point. MW still came close to catching Al but had some indigestion from the extra hot sauce he lathered on his dog.
Sunday was the third race in the RROY series, the Lilac 10k. New Roger (Roger O'Dell) won his age division with Pete in second place. Jen K. picked up a few points and finished in the top 10% of her age group, 6th place. Jan finished 9th in her group and got 2 points. I finished the race. So glad I didn't work as much as usual at the Duathlon on Saturday so I could run 4 minutes slower than expected. I was able to continue my streak of non-scoring in this year's RROY series with my 12th place age group finish.
I think the heat (70+ degrees at the start) and high humidity effected many runners. Going up Elmwood Avenue felt like running inside an oven, no shade, little breeze, hot roads. I thought it would never end.
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