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Oh dear! I just succumbed to temptation. A chance email. A slip of the fingers ...

A virtual Duathlon organised by F3 events. Sprint, Olympic or Middle distance. There was no information as to how far those distances actually are. I do know the distance definitions vary in indicidual races, so I checked F3s other events - sprint distance being the shortest at 5k, 20k, 5k.

My only previous attempt at a duathlon was 5k, 20k, 2,5k (on my own for fun, not an event) so that's not much further I thought, I should be OK I thought. Card details entered, buttons pressed.

Confirmation email received.

Distance 35k!!!! Not sure if that's 10k, 20k, 5k or some other combination. But it's certainly further than I've done before. Hey ho. Looks like I'm racing this weekend (that's right, no time to prepare) 😍 ... and before anyone says anything, all I've had tonight is ginger beer and hot chocolate 🀣.

Edit: I have looked at last year's event. It was 5k run, 24.5k ride, 5k run. Yay! I can do that (I think)

Edit 2: just received an email - 5k, 20k, 5k (not sure how that adds to 35k, but hey, I'm back where I thought I started πŸ‘)

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Run46 profile image
Run46Half Marathon

Get you...pressing the buttons and entering on a hot chocolate high πŸ˜‰

Sounds fab, and exhausting, I'm sure you'll ace it πŸ˜…πŸ‘

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linda9389AdministratorMarathonβ€’ in reply toRun46

... and now it's morning , the sugar rush is gone! Still excited to try something different though πŸ˜€

Run46 profile image
Run46Half Marathonβ€’ in reply tolinda9389

Sounds fun and as you say, achievable (to those runners who cycle) 😊

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linda9389AdministratorMarathonβ€’ in reply toRun46

i didn't always cycle 😜

Cantstopmenow profile image
CantstopmenowHalf Marathon

You are prepared. Go, smash it! 😊

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linda9389AdministratorMarathonβ€’ in reply toCantstopmenow

So prepared I don't know what I'm doing πŸ˜… I'll message them today.

Cantstopmenow profile image
CantstopmenowHalf Marathonβ€’ in reply tolinda9389

It certainly breaks any lockdown monotony 😊

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linda9389AdministratorMarathonβ€’ in reply toCantstopmenow

I'm quite excited! You can do the events separately over the entire weekend, but I'l give it a go as a continuous thing. Will no doubt be in the lower rungs of the leaderboard, but no worries 🀣

Cantstopmenow profile image
CantstopmenowHalf Marathonβ€’ in reply tolinda9389

Exciting, challenging and fun! Have a great weekend πŸ‘

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linda9389AdministratorMarathonβ€’ in reply toCantstopmenow

Thank you 😊

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Dexy510 Miles

Very impressive Linda, do keep us posted. πŸƒβ€β™€οΈπŸš΄πŸ»β€β™‚οΈπŸƒβ€β™€οΈ

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linda9389AdministratorMarathonβ€’ in reply toDexy5

My impulsiveness? yeah, that can ve impressive 😍

cheekychipmunks profile image
cheekychipmunksHalf Marathon

Brilliant Linda, you go for it! πŸ’₯ Can’t wait to hear how you get on. πŸŠβ€β™€οΈ 🚲 πŸƒβ€β™€οΈ πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘

What on earth would you have signed up for after something stronger than hot chocolate? πŸ˜…

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linda9389AdministratorMarathonβ€’ in reply tocheekychipmunks

That's a scary question 😍. I always feel such a marketing victim when I get suckered in by these emails, but I've been keen on doing a duathlon for ages now. This way I don't have to endure the humiliation of publicly mucking up transition πŸ‘

Ginger beer and hot chocolate!!

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This sounds so exciting! If anyone can then you can!!! Da da daaaaaaa!

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linda9389AdministratorMarathonβ€’ in reply to

Hmmm does sound a bit iffy I guess! Not all at once though. The ginger beer keeps me off the prosecco. The hot chocolate is an attempt to up my calcium intake since the stress fracture. It's medicinal honest 🀣

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IrishprincessAdministratorHalf Marathon

You need to ease up on the hot chocolate and ginger beer ..... just saying... 😏

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linda9389AdministratorMarathonβ€’ in reply toIrishprincess

Back to Prosecco and peppermint tea then .... πŸ€” Wonder what you have to drink to turn into an Ironman ?

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IrishprincessAdministratorHalf Marathonβ€’ in reply tolinda9389

I remember the days when doctors prescribed Guinness for lack of iron πŸ™€

Seriously though, well done Linda, you’ll be fab πŸƒβ€β™€οΈπŸš΅β€β™€οΈ

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linda9389AdministratorMarathonβ€’ in reply toIrishprincess

Stout for tired pregnant women too

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roseabiUltramarathonβ€’ in reply toIrishprincess

When I was about 18 I had a horrid summer temp job in the kitchen of Milton Keynes General Hospital. We stood at a conveyor belt putting the patients' food onto trays, and on some of those trays would get put a little tiny can of Guinness 😊

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IrishprincessAdministratorHalf Marathonβ€’ in reply toroseabi

Those were the days... my most horrible summer job (but also the most fun) was in an old peoples’ home where I cleaned up after their breakfast and for years afterwards I couldn’t eat porridge. It got everywhere, they use to wipe their hands under the tables πŸ₯΄

roseabi profile image
roseabiUltramarathon

Oops!

Looking forward to seeing how you get on xx

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linda9389AdministratorMarathonβ€’ in reply toroseabi

Failing at the first hurdle as still can't find any info 🀣

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linda9389AdministratorMarathonβ€’ in reply toroseabi

Aha! Just cleared the first hurdle (I think!). Last year it was 5k, 24.5k, 5k. That should be OK, I have to say 10k run then 5k run with a ride in the middle seemed a lot more daunting than 5k and 5k. Still waiting for a reply from them, but I'm hoping it will be the same as last year🀞. It's mad that there are so many variations of distance.

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roseabiUltramarathonβ€’ in reply tolinda9389

That makes sense, maybe it's 25k on the bike, which would make it up to 35k as they mentioned in the email.

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linda9389AdministratorMarathonβ€’ in reply toroseabi

Last year's results only show 20 people doing that event/distance. Only three people took more than 2 hours. I may be able to do it quicker than the slowest person, but I won't be faster than the other 19! I am going to be very slow it seems .... 😍. My bubble just burst 🀣🀣🀣

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roseabiUltramarathonβ€’ in reply tolinda9389

Aw xxx

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