I completed my first Sprint Duathlon in the Phoenix Park2.7 Km Run followed by 13 Km cycle followed by 2.7 Km run
I was quitely hoping to do it in under an hour, I actually made it round in 54 minutes.
It was an ideal event to get started with. Familiar area, flat circuit, well run and a good mix of serious and not so serious competitors.
Competing in the duathlon although a success in itself was only a stepping stone to Gael Force West. What did I learn from the event?
- Get familiar with your route, it gives you confidence and allows you to establish split time goals.
- Register early, reduce the stress.
- Eat appropriately and at the right time. Stuffing a cereal bar into yourself as you cycle up to the event is not ideal. A late pasta lunch would have been more in order.
- Hydrate properly. I need to learn more about this but I could feel my body lift when I drank on the bike. Obviously that was too late.
- Prepare for a change in the weather. On the cycle up it was nice but it got cold and wet very quickly.
- Run your own race. There will be a lot of adrenaline at the start, ignore it.
2 comments:
You had better develop a taste for the energy bar P as they will be your friend on GForse when you facing into Croagh Patrick after 4 hours of running and biking ! Have to say, the fig rolls at the transition stop on the base of Crough Patrick were seriously tasty the last two years I was there - think I devoured about half a pack !
I'm trying to get a taste for the energy bars. They keep getting stuck in me. I guess I'll just have to keep trying different ones
As you say, after 4 hours I'll probably be happy with a cabbage sandwich or even marmite :)
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