Today was my first multi-sport event at the Dunham Massey Sprint Duathlon. This race was organised by MCA Fitness, which is a small event company focusing on grass roots multi-sport around the South Manchester area. The sprint event was held alongside the Go-Tri shorter event. These races are great training to hone the form and get some race scenario transition practice done. I knew I’d been running well and went off reasonably hard. I was towards the front of the field as the pack stretched out into the housing estate. The course was really twisty with lots of sharp corners and a good amount of compacted trail surfaces. So I was please to clock 18:53 for just over 5k. By my reckoning that gave me a leg 1 finish in 4th place.
I knew that there was a strong cyclist in my age group behind me on his TT bike. So I expected to be caught somewhere on the first lap of 2. The pot holes were everywhere; the roads were truly appalling. But I felt quite strong. No idea where others were behind me. As it was, my age group colleague past me with about 2k to ride. If I could stay in contention I may be able to retake the age group lead.
I actually had a decent transition and the 2 of us headed into the second run together. Holding a pace if 3:50 per k was enough to maintain my 4th place - I 🤔 think.
So a good race and I’m happy. The new NB Fuelcell SC Elite race shoes were great; really like the cushioned but springy feel. Had a slight rub on the inner lace cord which is inside the sock liner. I will look to sort this before the next Duathlon as the shows are good for fast transitions and speedy too.
Next up is the Clayton 10k, which I may mix up as a big training session 5k easy, 5k hard.
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