Reforestration Camp Duathalon race report

This was a fun race to do. The weather was beautiful. 70 degrees and sunny in November? It was warmer than ur race here in August. Also the first race I have done with a MP3 player. That was nice some tunes while I tore it up. I thought this would be a good course for me and it was. I am not a runner but, I managed to finish the 5k in 23 minutes. I started out fast and had to back it down a little after the first 2k. I was averging 194 HR and hitting 196 on the hills. Still not many people passed me on the run. So I must be getting faster. I averged 192 HR for the run. I averaged a more normal 182 HR for the bike portion. This still left me a huge hole to try and make up. I sat down changed my shoes and grabbed my camelbak and jumped on the TOP FUEL. Immediately I started passing people that passed me in the run. By the time I hit the first signletrack I passed about 10 people. Later on in the singletrack I caught 2 faster guys. I got too excited trying to catch them and wiped out. I still managed to catch by the next doubletrack and hammer past them. I was really pushing hard the whole way. My legs started to cramp about half way thru the first lap but, I just spun the cramps out every time it happened. I saw Dan thats on the Flyers with me, at the start of the second lap but, it took me half a lap to catch him. I really had to hurt myself to get in front of him before a section of singletrack. That was halfway thru the second lap and we rode together till the end of the singletrack and then I got a gap and took it to the finish. So I finished 3rd overall which was also 3rd in my age group. Out of about 58? I should have had 4th but Ben Neubauer had a mechanical while leading the race. The race was fun and well set up with live music and great free food. The cheering was loud and and appreciated. I only wish they had time splits for the run and bike. I must have had close to the fastest bike split in the race. I never saw the guys who finished ahead of me, they finished the run before I did. They beat me fair and square though. I managed to lose one of my ergon bar end grips during the race. I had adjusted them before and must not have tightened that one enough. I was going back to where it fell off and a nice couple gave it to me. Big Thank You. I also won a good jar of salsa which I already ate some of. Before the race I managed to take Family down to the playground by the Zoo. I think the kids enjoyed it. It was some nice down time before the race. Hopefully I can find some pics later...