After an off season that focused more on healing a hamstring and less on fitness the expectations for this weeks race a huge question mark to say the least. The result 3rd place. The answer to the question, was to be expected, as I feel that my run fitness is about a month behind and my bike is suffering from a lack of cycling specific strength training. This said, surviving the day on a solid aerobic base I was able to best last years run times by 30+ seconds and 1:18 (with the fastest closing run split) and all the while riding 3 seconds faster. And in the end bested great athletes such as Tim Deboom, David Thompson, and Greg Remaly. Lastly, hats off to Chris Foster who showed great early season fitness and made a statement that he will be a force in the '09 race as torched the course just missing the course record.
Congrats on the Desert Classic Duathlon! Wish I could of been there too. Glad your hammy is doing well...just make sure its ready for Du Worlds!
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