virginia duathlon

Virginia Duathlon Men’s Relay

Last year, in atrocious weather conditions, I was fortunate enough to team up with a great biker and pick up first place in the Men’s Relay. All I had to do was run 2 x 5k’s while Chris battled the elements and the road conditions for 23 miles. About a month ago at one of [...]


Crazy Day For Virginia Duathlon

The 2008 Virginia Duathlon held at Chippokes Plantation State Park has to be one of the most bizarre races I’ve witnessed. Everyone expected the temperature to be lower than the end-of-week 76°F, but no-one anticipated a crazy cold front that brought icy winds and showers of rain and sleet. The 60 mile drive to Surry [...]


2008 Virginia Duathlon – Change Of Plan

Way back in December I signed up for the 2008 Virginia Duathlon with every intention of getting bike fit and ready to return to the local multi-sport scene. Despite several enjoyable indoor bike workouts in January, I got carried away with marathon training (which I have to be honest is, and always will be, my [...]


2008 Virginia Duathlon Will Mark My Return To Multi-Sport

I was making several edits to the Virginia Duathlon web site this afternoon and decided to sign up for the 2008 event at the end of March. I’m keen to incorporate biking into my training and one way to make sure I follow up with the good intentions is to actually sign up for a [...]