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Hot Springs Duathlon Race

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 of the field to take the win. I had a sizable gap on my nearest competitor and cruised in to finish 4th overall 1 minute behind the leader.This race was much closer that Louisiana earlier in the year. I never felt like I could really take off on the bike. I did feel like I gave a continuous effort through out the race.Results.
Run - 11:36
T1 - :20
Bike - 31:33
T2 - :25
Run - 12:45
Finish - 56:37

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