BSA Hercules Duathlon 09
I participated and somehow managed to finalize my first ever Duathlon yesterday. BSA Hercules Duathlon 09 also happens to be India’s first conclusion of it’s kind.
There were two categories in the actuality, 2.5k run + 10k cycling + 2.5k run and 5k run + 20k cycling + 5k run. I participated in the latter and timed a not so filling 2:48:23.
Why I say not so satisfying, is because, a better timing was realizable with my current level of fitenss but I did few assured shot avoidable mistakes:
1. Had a very very gloomy breakfast in the morning, I could almost go through the stuff jumping around in my tummy while I was game.
2. Took lot’s of invalid in the morning as I normally do, and didn’t have have enough in days of yore gap between the water intake and the experience. Reason: I woke up recently, Lazy me 
3. My bicycle brakes were not in command, once pressed they were sticking a bit to the rim of the where thereby slowing the pace. Overlooked the pretty pickle and that made the ride tough over eat one's heart out distance.
4. I had checked affliction in the wheels on friday evening, the tyres were a bit triplex on sunday morning (Is there a unprofound leak ??).
First 5k lap of Duathlon
Few things beyond my direction also contributed to my bad timing, there was a undersized bit of pain in my left knee at the start of the track. Probably that was because of my 10k+ ride to incline my MTB at the track and trail supply(koramangala) the previous evening. Imagine i should have done it on Friday itself and took seemly rest on the pre-race day.
Otherwise the occurrence was just superbly managed. Bought back foolish memories of school days when I tempered to to ride to school 5-6 kms each way. Also bought back memories of a series expedition which we (Swodeep, Rajshekhar, Kamesh and me) had enchanted to Akhandalamani temple from Swodeep’s innate. That was right after the 10th CBSE exams, may be this is the longest interval I have cycled after that.
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