Sport	Duathlon
Event	Discovery Duathlon
Date	25 October 2015
Where	Sandton, South Africa
Distance	32.5 Km
Finishing Time	01:41:04
Race Number	4135
Result	85/679
Top %	13%
Pace	3:07 m/km
Speed	19.29 km/h
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My experience at the event:

First duathlon race ever for me. In the incredible heat of Sandton (which I thought was way less hilly!), Curtis and I run the Sprint Event (5 km run, 25km bicycle and 2.5 km run at the end). 

The race, organized by Discovery, was definitely a success, but starting the last race at 3 in the afternoon it ended up not being such a great idea, especially in an unforgiving weather.

Curtis and I started together, but soon he dropped back, due to issues with bladder and hernia. I tried to push on the run, and keep a good pace on those hills in my bicycle, and my final time was more than decent: 21:47 in the first run, then 1.03 in the cycle and 10:02 in the last section of the run. I was hoping for a quicker cycling time, but since I'm still carrying too much weight, it was not bad.

Some pictures from the race: 

At the start

All ready

Ready to go

On Sandton's hills

FInished!

With Curtis

The medal

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