More races

Another weekend, another race. So it would seem at the moment.

Yesterday I competed in a duathlon at Runaway Bay. Normally an duathlon is run-ride-run but this one was an "Enduro" format, which was run-ride-run-ride-run. The distances were 2km-10km-2km-10km-1km, or at least they were supposed to be. The run legs were on the short side and the ride legs were too long (by about 2km per leg). Apart from a couple of people who did not finish, I came second last. I really didn't want to come last, and maybe I would have enjoyed the race more if I hadn't been worrying about that. The woman I beat I was ahead of after the first run, she didn't overtake me on the first bike leg, but somehow was already running when I started my second run leg. I was spewing, she'd skipped one of the ride laps (it was up to each individual to keep count for themselves). This made me more determined to not come last to her. I overtook her during the second ride, but kept an eye on her to make sure she didn't skimp on that one too. She didn't. I really would have been fuming if she had. Anyway, my time was 1:21:50. The fastest male did it in 55:29 and the fastest female in 1:00:59.

My brother, Andrew, also raced yesterday, but he did the Capricorn Half Ironman (1.9km swim, 90km ride, 21.1km run) at Yeeppon. He did it in 5:14:42, coming 16th in his age group and 162nd overall (out of almost 400 competitors). Not bad for his first race of this distance!

On Sunday next weekend, Simon is doing his first marathon at Mudgee. I'm going to Mudgee with him as his support crew and photographer, but on the Saturday, I'll be doing the 5km fun run. It's not exactly an important race, but it will give me my first 5km time, as I haven't raced over the distance before.