parkrun #19, a wedding and a duathlon...

had an even better ride home on Friday night...

the stats:
start temp/humidity: 16.3/53% (apparent temp same)
start time: 4:56pm
total distance: 17.66
total time: 42:59 (including 0:26 stopped time)
avg speed: 24.7kph
total calories: 358
avg HR: 128

I de-commuterfied my bike in preparation for Sunday's duathlon...

Saturday Hodge and I were the "tail" runners for parkrun...we were last across the line in 260th position in a time of 1:02:53, an age % of 25.26%...I can safely say that this is my slowest official 5k ever!

then it was home for a quick breakfast before a road trip to Sydney for the wedding of Tammie's eldest niece...the ceremony was held at St John's in Camden at 1pm with the reception at the Grand Royal in Granville at 6:30pm...it was a Lebanese style reception and it was very loud but fun...we ended up leaving at 11pm and made it home at 2:10am...

today was the day for my first official duathlon with my participation in the Stromlo Sprint Duathlon...

despite a very late and tiring night I was up just after 6 and in place at Stromlo Forest Park at around 7:30am...I had a chat to Ewen....mum and dad arrived in supporter mode and I also spoke to Ruth and Dave...

the race got underway right on 9:15am...I managed a really good run to have a 23:00 split for the 5k...my fastest 5k in quite some time...

the cycle leg was undulating and to top things off the turn was at the bottom of the longest hill...luckily for me I could plug away in granny gear, thanks to my MTB, to get back to the top without having to get off the saddle...

I didn't pass anyone on the ride as you would expect but got passed by 18....three of who were female and passed me in the last k or so...I could keep them in sight and this gave me added incentive for the final run...

in the end I reeled those three back within the first 100m or so and then pegged back another female to finish in 57th place overall...

my plan originally was to finish in under two hours although I guess I was hoping to be under 1:45...I finished in 1:26:55!

now for the stats!

run leg 1 (5k)
start temp/humidity: 11.5/67% (apparent temp same)
start time: 9:15am
total distance: 5.02
total time: 23:01 (official split 23:00)
avg pace: 4:35
total calories: 353
avg HR: 166
splits: 4:13, 4:43, 4:36, 4:35, 4:50, 0:04

cycle leg (20k, recorded as 20.79)
start temp/humidity: 13.6/63% (apparent temp same)
start time: 9:38am
total distance: 20.79
total time: 49:58, measured mount to dismount lines (official split 50:10)
avg speed: 25.0kph
total calories: 600
avg HR: 151

run leg 2 (2.5k, recorded as 2.6k)
start temp/humidity: 15.9/49% (apparent temp same)
start time: 10:29am
total distance: 2.60
total time: 12:11 (official split 12:10)
avg pace: 4:41
total calories: 184
avg HR: 165
splits: 4:23, 4:58, 2:49

total time in transition for two transitions was 1:35...T1 was good, T2 I lost my balance putting my right shoe on!

• 98 entered including three teams / 83 started and finished including one team
• fastest male was Rob Skillman (open) 59:10
• fastest female was Janet Martin (W40-44) 1:09:23
• W45-49: 8 entered, 6 started & finished
• W45-49 winner was Michelle Crawford in 1:09:36 (2nd female overall)
• my time was 1:26:55, 57th overall, 14th female out of 31, 4th W45-49
• run 1 split 23:00 - 52nd overall, 12th female, 3rd W45-49
• cycle split 50:10 - 70th overall, 23rd female, 5th W45-49
• run 2 aplit 12:10 - 48th overall, 13th female, 3rd W45-49
• Dave finished 44th in 1:18:31 (23:30/41:28/12:25)
• Ewen finished 55th in 1:25:51 (24:50/46:28/13:01)

Jodie and Lisa arrived to see me move from bike to run and Jodie got some cool photos...

we hung about and watched the rest of the Sprint field finish as well as the two TryStar races...

now I'm just relaxing!