Well my wife Debbie completed her first duathlon on Saturday.  I had convinced her to enter the Memaid in Fremont with basically no notice.  She had been working out but not training.  And that is the pattern I'm trying to break.   Training is different then working out. 

She did really well.  I'm proud of her.  First because she finished.  But mostly because she had fun and said she would like to do more.  She finished the 15 mile event in 1:15.  1.5 mile run, 11 mile bike, and 2.5 mile run.

I should note though that I did not feel like the even was very organized.  I'm not sure if I'm biased from larger events, but they had no one at certain corners on the run so I saw people go the wrong way.  They also had no timing mats at certain points allowing for course cutting.  But most important they had no bike security.  Simply grab anything and leave!

Other then that it was fun to support all the women out there.  My daughter Melinda and her friend also finished the event.  Their first as well.

Good job to all the women competing.