Unfortunately I am out, f'ed up the hamstring last weekend during the run before 24HOP when somebody ran into my back. I will be out there spectating, heckling and assisting in post race beer drinking.

Kevin

I'll be spectating as well. Look for me parked at the corner where the bike makes a left turn out of the park. I'll have my camera in hand. I've done that race and it is awesome.

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I'll be there racing. What's everyone planning on wearing? I have the feeling I'm going to be juggling between being too hot on the runs and too cold on the bike. I was out riding the course Sunday morning in the rain and it was definitely cold.

I'll be there for the second year and getting my a** handed to me on a plater. I'll be fine on the bike but the run will s*ck, I hate running : )

I'm bringing the beer, since my run is slow for a 55 year old!! I drive a Jeep Cherokee and of course ride this. Look me up and we can meet afterwards.

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I'll be wearing a 2XU skinsuit with armwarmers. For the first run I'll be wearing a light nylon Timex jacket. I'll take that off for the bike and second run.

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I have done this race 10 or 11 times and in every year but one arm warmers for the bike were enough. One year (maybe 99?) was very cold - mid to low 30s at night and low 40s for the bike at 8:30 or so. I wore a long sleeve jersey for that one because the long downhill can be cold. If the race had been today it would have been a cold one. It was 37 at my house at 7 and probably 34 or so at the park. The weekend might be wet so I would bring some extra clothes to be safe.

I'm there. Coming over from So Cal. First time I've done this one. Usually start off the season with the LaQuinta tri. I'm looking forward to it!

I was wondering how that was going to work out with Ragnar using the same road.

Ragnar is done Saturday.

People on that road though are going to be tired of seeing people actually exercising on
it all weekend.

-Jot

I will be in my TriSports/Accelerate3 kit and will take arm warmers along just in case. Will be riding a yellow Felt B2R.

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I'll be one of those RAGNAR guys! My leg doesn't run McDowell Mt. Rd. though, shame as I live here in Fountain Hills.

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Are you doing the normal or ultra w/ Durapulse?

-Jot

I'll be there slow brining up the rear with my out of shape self. But I'm all up for a beer or three after the race.

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Actually I'm on a normal Masters team called Endurance Planet, I didn't even know Nick had two teams going. I already yelled at him about that :). But our team has some GREAT runners on it and we are trying to win the Masters Div. and finish in the top 5 OA.

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Wow, you got no Nick love, eh? ;)

I'm on a corporate male team. I feel confident that for the 4th straight year we will achieve
our goal of not being last. :)

-Jot

Very lofty goals!

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I road the course last weekend and there was a ton of washed out gravel a few miles in the park in the wavy up and down part of the course like 3 inches deep in some parts. Do they usually get the course pretty clean from gravel? I am just wondering on what tubes I should glue up for the race.

I'll be there!

Any other pros/elites heading out?

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I'm in. (Not a pro or elite though, just an out of shape AGer).
Weather forecast doesnt look good.

Read all these posts. Theres' not one person "in shape" for this race. Everyone is bragging about being "out of shape".......someone is sandbagging and will need to bring lots of beer : )

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Man duathlon is painful! I didn't believe the hype. That was a wet, cold muddy race. I couldn't feel my feet coming into T2 all the way through mile 1 of the second run. Pretty sure I saw 1:39:xx as I crossed the line.

How'd everyone do?

I didnt stay for the results. I think I came in 1:44 ish (female). I put on dry clothes, chatted with friends then all I could think about was getting to Starbucks, LOL.
That was my first DU and I overall enjoyed it. I was pretty miserable ont he bike but loved the runs. My first run pace was under 7, the second run was 7:15 pace but I think the 2nd run course was more challenging? The weather was awful, I was freezing off the bike and couldnt feel my feet. I thought there was something worng with my shoes because it felt like I had rocks in them, then I heard 2 guys commenting that their feet felt "like they were running on rocks" so that made me feel a bit better. I just about lost my shoes a few times in the mud. That was only my 2nd ever trail race, I definitely love running on the trails but not when it's a river, LOL. I would love to do that race again on a better day when i could enjoy the beautiful course.
Now I have to think about cleaning and drying everything that is caked in mud :-)

Yeah that second run wasn't too bad until you hit that damn climb!

I was out there for spectating and heckling fatty errr desert dude.....
A lot of frozen feet and hands coming in from the bike, lots of people struggling in transition. I helped my friend Tim get his bike back to his car afterwards as he was too hypothermic to properly function!
Definately the day to get yourself into something dry and warm ASAP after the race. Good job to all the participants.

Kevin

1min 15sec course PR! 23rd overall/4th AG.
I have done this race for the past 7 or more years...this was the worst weather ever. First time it has rained and only 1 year I can remember it colder (but it was dry). I had arm warmers and gloves on for the first run but was sweating and heating up so I ditched them in T1. Thought it was a good idea until about 7 miles into the bike. Hands were so cold at T2 that undoing my helmet was a bit interesting! I love the trail runs (90% of my training runs are on trails) but the mud soup was pretty slick in a few places.
The kids Du had great weather though!

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Thanks for that! I came through with flying colors, setting a Personal Worst time on that course by about 5 minutes. Someone owes me a lot of beer.

I was still 2nd in my AG so I've heard, which is just a sad comment on the quality of racing in AZ in the M35-39ag imo.

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Well I was DNS, on my books that still beats PW time! That means you owe me the beer, I will have to collect when I am down in Tucson next. Lets see, drink beer, drink another beer, install new aerobars, admire, drink more beer, adjust, more beer. By the time we are done they will most likely be facing backwards!

Kevin

p.s. just tried Alaskan Winter Ale, brewed with spruce tips, very tasty...........

well don't bother with the Guiness 250th anniversary beer, a little to not sure if vanillay is a word but too unstout for my tastes.

aerobars point forward, I'll write a note now to be safe.

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nice! come out to Richmond in April and you and I can suck up the field at Nats!

BTW, I am staying with you in 2011, FYI.

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Sweet!!
Now I just have to buy a house with an extra bedroom. No pressure.

You still coming out in March?

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I was still 2nd in my AG so I've heard, which is just a sad comment on the quality of racing in AZ in the M35-39ag imo.

Now I'm almost sorry I wasn't there to bring the average down even more. :)

-Jot

This race was a lot more fun now that I'm home and have had a hot shower. After seeing some serious road rash on one of the college dudes, I'm really glad I took the big turn like a grandma.
Chad

Ditto! My tire hit the white line at one point and I felt it slide, after that I was riding like Grandma too!
I left right after the race, but was surprised to see that I took 2nd female, 1st in my AG :)
Results are up at: http://results.active.com/....jsp?eventID=1827222
I have a laundry room full of muddy clothes but I have to say it was a blast! Cant wait to do that course in nicer weather.

Thanks for posting the link to the results. Apparently I was looking at the wrong clock at the finish line. Finished in 1:45:26, 47th overall 6th AG (M25-29). My goal was 1:45 so I'm pretty happy with the time.

Can't wait to do this race again in (hopefully) nicer weather.

How did you do?!

We need to email and catch up.

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I was a DNS , too. I woke up at 5:00am in the hotel, looked outside, saw wind, rain and temps in the low 40s's. It was VERY easy to go back to sleep. it was still raining at 8am when I woke up. I've been raicng for WAY too long to have to race in weather like that. Besides, I ain't taking my new bike out in that weather : )

I ended up at Casino Arizona and won my race entry fee back at the poker table : )

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Yeah, that was one of my teammates from NAU. He wiped out on the left hand turn going onto Fountain Hils Blvd. The good news is his bike appears to be okay haha. I took that turn super slow too, especially because I was borrowing a Zipp disk and a Hed3c front.

We camped out at the race site the night before. The second run course actually went right by our tents. The rain started around 10pm pouring on and off, then from 1am until after the finish it didn't let up. I felt more like I got an okay nap instead of a decent night's sleep. I went with just arm warmers and a standard tri suit and regretted it the whole second half of the bike and most of the second run. Had a hell of a time unsnapping my helmet with my practically paralyzed hands, plus I jammed the tongue of my shoe all the way to the front of the toe box in T2 haha. Said screw it since my feet were numb anyway. The mud was fun though! Reminded me of high school cross country in Ohio. I ended up 1:36:20. Not a course PR, but a bike split PR for that race. Unfortunately our second guy got a flat, otherwise I think we would have given UofA a run for their money! Our guys most likely would have been 1, 2, and 5 in the collegiate wave.

I have to figure out what all of you look like for when I see you at the races!

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You bastard. I walked through the transition area 2x in the rain and cold, uphill both ways looking for your bike. I wanted to fondle it ;-).

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It was much easier to spectate when I was watching all the sodden hypothermic finishers shivering around the finish line. I was also watching out for you and your bike, quite a few tall guys in 2XU skinsuits and arm warmers, no 596's to be seen.
Will have to catch up at another race.

Kevin

My son and I camped across the way from you in the grey truck. When it started raining at 11 pm it woke me up and I never really slept the rest of the way. Then the camper shell started leaking on my head and feet. The funniest moment came when my son said "You should have jumped up here with me. I was comfy and warm." Then he spent the next two hours telling me I need to go put my bike in transition. "Dad, we came all this way. You need to go do the race."
I finally did at 7:15, but my enthusiasm was low.
I couldn't get my helmet off either and decided that I didn't want to pull on my dry shoes since they are not as easy to put on as my first-run shoes, so I ran in my soaked run-1 shoes (which have the tongue cut out).
Not a pr for me either, but a solid race.
Chad

Sorry guys. I hadn't done a race in the rain for over 10 years, and at the age of 54, I ain't starting now : ) The last race I did in the rain was 1998 Florida Challenge 1/2 IM. Rained nearly all day !

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