Powerman Duathlon

Duathlon
Originally uploaded by ion009.

This is my first race this year. A Duathlon which is a Run-Bike-Run Competition. I actually never plan to join any of Duathlon events before. But my colleague Shawn asks me to go and try Duathlon. I agreed, but because I am a first timer so I want to try the short distance first, which is 3km run-20km bike-3km run. The distance was quite short but long enough for a beginner like me. However when I reached Lumut-Malaysia, which is more than 9 hours drive from Singapore, I reconsidered to change to a long distance, which is a 10km run-60km bike-8km run. I do not want to waste my time and journey to come all the way to Lumut and only do a short distance, but my concern is whether I can do that long distance which I never tried before. The furthest distance that I ever try was a Triathlon 750m swim-30km bike-5km run and Half Marathon 21km. After contemplated with myself and persuasion from my colleague Shawn, I finally decided to change to a long distance. So without any preparation and training I just go ahead and challenge myself with the distance and timing. Throughout my race I was suffered from leg cram and was so tired. I even ran out of water in 3L my camelbag after my second 20Km round bike. It was very torturing moment. But it was really unforgettable when I saw the finishing line. I managed to complete it after all. So far this is my longest race distance I have ever experienced. However, I still feel that Triathlon is more fun compare to Duathlon or Biathlon or even Marathon. So anybody interested in the next Singapore OSIM Triathlon?