Virtual Fugitive Triathlon event(sprint distance duathlon) 😲🏃‍♀️🚴‍♀️🏃‍♀️

[linda9389]

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 👍)

[Run46 Half Marathon]

Get you...pressing the buttons and entering on a hot chocolate high 😉

Sounds fab, and exhausting, I'm sure you'll ace it 😅👍

[linda9389 Administrator Marathon in reply to Run46]

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

[Run46 Half Marathon in reply to linda9389]

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

[linda9389 Administrator Marathon in reply to Run46]

i didn't always cycle 😜

[Cantstopmenow Half Marathon]

You are prepared. Go, smash it! 😊

[linda9389 Administrator Marathon in reply to Cantstopmenow]

So prepared I don't know what I'm doing 😅 I'll message them today.

[Cantstopmenow Half Marathon in reply to linda9389]

It certainly breaks any lockdown monotony 😊

[linda9389 Administrator Marathon in reply to Cantstopmenow]

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 Half Marathon in reply to linda9389]

Exciting, challenging and fun! Have a great weekend 👍

[linda9389 Administrator Marathon in reply to Cantstopmenow]

Thank you 😊

[Dexy5 10 Miles]

Very impressive Linda, do keep us posted. 🏃‍♀️🚴🏻‍♂️🏃‍♀️

[linda9389 Administrator Marathon in reply to Dexy5]

My impulsiveness? yeah, that can ve impressive 😍

[cheekychipmunks Half Marathon]

Brilliant Linda, you go for it! 💥 Can’t wait to hear how you get on. 🏊‍♀️ 🚲 🏃‍♀️ 👏👏👏

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

[linda9389 Administrator Marathon in reply to cheekychipmunks]

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 👍

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Ginger beer and hot chocolate!!

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

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

[linda9389 Administrator Marathon in reply to Hidden]

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 🤣

[Irishprincess Administrator Half Marathon]

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

[linda9389 Administrator Marathon in reply to Irishprincess]

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

[Irishprincess Administrator Half Marathon in reply to linda9389]

I remember the days when doctors prescribed Guinness for lack of iron 🙀

Seriously though, well done Linda, you’ll be fab 🏃‍♀️🚵‍♀️

[linda9389 Administrator Marathon in reply to Irishprincess]

Stout for tired pregnant women too

[roseabi Ultramarathon in reply to Irishprincess]

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 😊

[Irishprincess Administrator Half Marathon in reply to roseabi]

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 🥴

[roseabi Ultramarathon]

Oops!

Looking forward to seeing how you get on xx

[linda9389 Administrator Marathon in reply to roseabi]

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

[linda9389 Administrator Marathon in reply to roseabi]

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.

[roseabi Ultramarathon in reply to linda9389]

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

[linda9389 Administrator Marathon in reply to roseabi]

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 🤣🤣🤣

[roseabi Ultramarathon in reply to linda9389]

Aw xxx