Sunday, August 26, 2012
Just finished the Minneapolis Duathlon
They claim it is the world's largest duathlon. I finished in 2:09, which was 110/123 in my age division, and 540/630 for the men. My goal was 2 hours. My first run was 34:02, the 18 mile bike was 54:18, and the last run was 36:54. I hit a wall at the 2 mile mark of the second 5k and while I HATE to admit it, I had to walk. I had nothing left in the tank. There was one major accident on the bike course, and it did look very bad, at least 10 bikes were piled up and a cyclist was down and not moving. I am pretty sure I was the only competitor with heart failure and a LVAD so all things considered I think I kicked butt. On to recovering...............
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I just did the same race! I am sad to say I had to walk for a while too, but I am glad to hear you did finish. I wish the best to you and the cyclist who went down. Everyone's hearts seemed to collapse when we rode by the scene...
ReplyDeleteI have been off from blogging for awhile, but I just saw you as a follower of mine. You are crazy!!! Wow! Good job, that is awesome with the VAD. I trained for a century ride a year after tx.
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