Race Coverage

Devon's Double...

Saturday, 24 May 2014 00:10

By Devon Palmer (palmertri.wordpress.com)

RACE REPORTAGE - It was a mixed weekend. After Falls Duathlon and another du the weekend after I took a full week to train. This weekend I tried a double, racing a sprint tri Saturday and the Gear West Duathlon Sunday. In the past the only double weekends I’ve done were with the Firehouse 50 team time trial on Saturday then a tri on Sunday. That went poorly the first year I tried it in 09 and fine the second year in 2010. The double was a nice push and I felt really strong a couple weeks later both times.

Saturday the sprint tri was fun but frigid. The swim was 51 degrees. That’s brisk. I felt like throwing up the first few minutes. The rest of the swim I just wanted to get the heck out of the water. I did not swim well at all. Heather...

Lendway absolutely demolished me. I was a mess in the first transition and it took the whole first lap of the bike to get myself sorted out. It was a straight forward bike with two laps of eight miles. I couldn’t even catch Heather until mile 6! I made up a bigger gap to Brian Sames at the Falls Duathlon within 3 miles. Maybe Brian should get some bike training tips from Heather. The run weaved through the local neighborhood and I swear we had a cop at every corner. The cop to participant ratio was the highest I’ve ever seen! It is always weird to be running through a quiet neighborhood with no one around. At one point I went by a guy kneeling on the sidewalk just working on the edges of his lawn. Oh, hello sir, good morning. Don’t mind me. It was nice to get a win to start the weekend off right. Since winners get gold medals, my sponsor The Gold Guys prefer I win races for better synergy with their brand. I agree and am trying to build as much synergy as possible this season. READ MORE