Queensland Duathlon Championships - Race Report

Race: Queensland Duathlon Champs
Distance: 5km/20km/2.5km 

It was a freezing morning and a early start of a 3:30am wake up. Arrived at the venue at 5.30am for transition opening. 

Warm up:
20 minutes with run drills and run through. Legs felt good. Body was freezing. That was the reasoning of the long warm up. 

1st run: 5km
Had a very fast start with the girls going out full gas, they started to slow down, but I had power and legs felt good to keep my pace and get on the bike first. 

Transition 1
Was a good mount onto the bike, however I was a bit slow with getting my shoes on. 

Bike: 20km
Lots of hills, my gearing was alright, however I think I could of chosen better, as the laps went on my knowledge of how to ride the course improved. Legs were super tired at this point.

Transition 2
Shoes on and went, straight out in 1st with a 40 sec lead on 2nd place

Run: 2.5km 
Legs felt really heavy, but mentally I was feeling amazing which kept me going. 

Result:
Race Winner – fastest Female
18-19 years Queensland Champion

What I have learnt from this race: 
Riding the course at least once before the race. And my turning down the hills on the bikes were sloppy. The run, I know I went out to hard, so I need to know my pace. Other than that I am very happy with race.