The Life and Times of Sam Luna

Hot Springs DuathlonRace morning. Didn't sleep too well and still not psyched up for the race. Looks like it will be a hard training day. The weather turned out to be very warm and humid! The race was going to be closely contested. In attendance besides Wes and myself were Race Favorite Dwain McDuffie, Rick Rosales, Marius Maianu, Todd Hink, an unknown local and a couple of other "sleepers".The gun went off and all of the above mentioned did the first two miles in 11 mins. I was off the pace at 11:37 and new I would be chasing a pack trying to drop Dwain and Marius. I chased for the first half and only caught a couple of people as the packed kept its distance. On the return trip Rick new that a surge was need to drop Dwain in order to have a gap coming off the bike. Local Ted Herget went with Rick as I caught the remainders of the pack. I went into the second run 3rd place with a fast Dwain on my heels. He passed me within a quarter mile and went on to run down the rest o

Since the TT last weekend I have been battling with some serious allergy problems plus not getting much rest. On my drive up to Dallas Fri afternoon I lost my voice and spent all Saturday in bed resting and talking Claritin and flo-nase. Sunday morning I woke up with my head pounding and my nose and eyes a watery mess. I went ahead and went to the race and gave it a go. All through the swim crap was coming out of my nose and my goggles were filled with mucus crap too. On the bike my nose just kept running and all the meds were affected my heart rate. By the time I got to the run I just wanted it to be over. My eyes were all teared up affecting my vision and I puked liquid around mile 2. I was definitely sick. I finished the race and pretty much collapsed. I didn't even stick around for awards. I crashed the rest of the day Sunday and I am driving back this morning (Monday) feeling a bit better. Results. Swim - 6:50 T1 - 1:00 Bike - 46:58 T2 - :51 Run - 17:56 Finish - 1:13:33