Yesterday was my first time running the GORD (Go OffRoad Duathlon) in Prescott. I've had my eye on it for a couple years, but finally decided to do it. It was pretty fun, if brutal at times.
The race is set up as a 1.5 mile trail run, then an 8.1 mile mountain bike, then a 2.2 mile trail run to the finish. Whenever I start out running with a big group, I always seem to run too fast out of the gate... and this was no different. About a half mile in to the run I had to start walking, I was super out of breath, and would basically stay that way for the rest of the day.
I finished the first run in a pretty quick time, around 11 minutes a mile. The bike was fun but difficult... there were a few steep uphills that I had to walk up, and some fun downhills. I almost ate it a few different times, mostly washing out in sandy turns, but at one point I was flying down this hill and got my shoelace caught on my sprocket, and nearly went right off the side.
I struggled quite a bit throughout the race... a number of times thinking about just stopping. About halfway through the second run I was just thinking about how in trouble I was going to be at Wildflower. After thinking more about it, this wasn't really a good measuring stick for that. Like I mentioned before, I started off too hot, and this had a lot to do with how I felt the rest of the race. Overall, my time was 1:42:11, which I'm pretty happy with.
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