City Duathlon 2008

First fun race in 2008 on 8-Jun. It was a last minute participation, which Sean's friend withdrew from the race, and I took the place. I was Vanessa (Bib No 0908) on that day ;)

Started with a slow paced run, but my left knee muscles started to get stiff and a little painful after 2nd loop of the 10km run. Took it even slower, coz I just wanted to complete the race.

Bike leg was like a breeze, and surprisingly muscles were not making fun of me. Finished the bike leg faster than I expected, thought that my timing had improved tremendously, but only then I realized the organizer shortened the bike route by mistake on that day!

The last run leg was disappointing.. could not run, just walked, as the left knee muscles decided not to cooperate for the day..

Many funny things I encountered on that day:
* While coming back on the last part of the 1st leg, one of the ushers (who are school kids) cheered at me "Da Jie, Jia You!!" I thought I should be angry, but I laughed!
* The DJ joked on my Team Turtle jersey that says "Slow cyclists please overtake" which I was coming back for the bike leg.
* When I was changing into my cycling shoes, my neighbor 0907 came back from her bike leg.. it was soooooooooo motivating, haha!! :P
* My shoes were soaked with muddy water before I started my bike leg, as we had to pass by a muddy patch before biking out :(
* Saw a bad bike crash.. the bike flew off quite high.. hope that guy is ok now.
* The bike route is extremely dangerous this year.. hope there will be improvement next race.

Overall, it was fun to try out the whole race alone. Have decided to train more on the run to equip myself for next year!

My timing: 1:25:39 (Run 10km), 1:00:53 (Bike 22km), 0:50:30 (Run 5km), 3:17:01 (Total) - Run, bike, walk actually ;p

Me in action with new hairstyle ;)



(Photos from sportsphotox.com)