On Sunday I participated in a little race called a duathlon. For those of you, like me, who pretend to be much sportier than you really are (or are totally over denying the truth) a duathlon is not the same thing as a biathlon. Most people know that a triathlon is a swim-bike-run event. A biathlon is just two sections, either swim and bike, bike and run, or swim and run. In the winter, I hear, a biathlon can also mean things like ski and shoot at targets. A duathlon on the other hand is two sports in three segments, typically run-bike-run.
Like everything else I sign up for that is not a marathon, training, for the most part, seems optional. Continue reading “First Duathlon: What to Expect”
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