3rd duathlon in Dachs including the champion title...

Finally the time arrived, for the 3rd duathlon in Dachs and it was as well the first duathlon ever for Heike. Heike was really nervous, already a week before the start, she couldn´t thought about to run and to cycle at your limit and all in one. I trained very hard with her in the last 5 weeks, because she was ill for along time and hadn´t so much time to exercise. We did soft, hard ridingd, intervall-training, device units and we even trained on the race course. But she had still this bad feeling in her stomach. For sure we knew, that she wouldn´t ride on her time machine, she doesn´t got the feeling for this bike already, but she ride at least 30km/h average I guessed on the windy course around the lake. Thought about good weather??? No way, we had rain, it was really cold and stormy, so Heike became more and more nervous and so I decided to run the first run part with her, change together for the bike, to calm her down a bit. The start of the duathlon was at 10:45o´clock by a good fried of us, Peter Borsdorff. The guys of the marathon club of Eschweiler ask him, if he would give the starting signal. Than we started on the first part with 5,4km to run seperated in 3 rounds thru the forest. Now , we knew, than you would become dirty as well on the running course. We had really deep mud on the course, because of the rain. While we were running in the 2nd round, we had to slow down a bit, because Heike couldn´t breath enough because of her cold.  And so I ran only a few meters before, everytime in sight, to attend her in the first transition area. I wanted to start with the race at the beginning of the bike section. After we had a good change, it was time for two round around the “ Blausteinlake”. And soon bad things happened to me, my tacho went out, just when I left the transition area. That means, no speed, no cadence and no pulse for me. Normally I don´t need it during a race, only at the beginning to find my rhythm. The course was like a catastrophy, really wet, and because of the rain dirty and slippery and the wind and the temperatures were still really bad´n cold. Than we began the 2nd round, and I hoped to myself, that Heike would remember everything I told her about cycling in the rain, curves and more. Just in the moment when I entered the 2nd round, my tacko worked again, don´t know why or what. So, I tried to push it a little bit more in the 2nd round and it worked, but the weather was still bad and cold and it started to rain again, and it was so cold, that I wasn´t able to hold my extension anymore. 28seconds I needed for my 2nd change than I was ready for the last running section with two round with each 1,8km. The first went quite good for me, but during the lat round my legs became heavier and heavier and I had to pay for my fast way of riding in the 2nd round, but I was looking forward for crossing the finish line, to wait for Heike. Than I saw her and knew that she was satisfied with her performance. She needed 1:22h for her first duathlon and under these conditions. Really good work of her, I´m really proud of her Afterall, Heike ended up on the 6th overall and 2nd in her age-group and she rode a 30km7h average on the bike-course. And what about me? This year I needed 36.01min fort he bike course and last year, when the conditions were dry and weh ad cofortable 20degrees, I needed 36:51minutes, so I was 50second faster, it was a straight 35km/h average. I was really happy about this, because I did´nt knew how fit I´m at this moment. Now, something awesome. Heike became also regional duathlon champion 2012, of all towns, cities and villages of the region around Aachen. Really awesome performance of her in her first duathlon. I´m sure, now that she tasted some blood, that she will participate at the one or another duathlon or triathlon as well. I wish you all a good and harmless season of 2012   ATTACK and CHAIN KETTE STARBOARD 2012 Robert

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