This was a trial event for a three race series early next year. It was different from the usual duathlons in the forest, in that the bike section was on loads of singletrack instead of just fire roads. The course used quite a bit of the Dusk ’til Dawn course, which was lucky for me – I knew it well!
The winner was Sam Gardner, who’s just recently won the Japanese edition of the Xterra World Tour (basically an off-road olympic distance triathlon). He was way ahead of the rest of us! After the first run I was sitting in about 12th, but managed to pull myself all the way up to 2nd place by the end of the bike. I thought I’d lose a place on the 2nd run, but managed to hold off the 3rd place man.
Sarah had a storming race, leading the field from start to finish.
Sarah in winning form
1st Lady, and 2nd Male
