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Does triathlon favour runners over cyclists?
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by benlondon on March 9, 2010
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I did an Olympic triathlon last year with a mate. We are both bad swimmers and flopped out in about 35 minutes. Then I put 6 minutes into him on the bike which he failed to pull back on the 10k run and finished 3 minutes behind me (we both finished in around 2 1/2 hours). We've since done a duathlon (very hilly 5.5k run, 20k bike, hilly 5k run). This time I was so broken after the first run that I only pulled back a minute on him on the bike and he pulled away even further on the run. I realise that distances vary but is it generally true that Duathlons favour runners over cyclists and that if I want to beat my mate next time I need to do more running!
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RE: Does triathlon favour runners over cyclists?
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by jimruns on March 9, 2010
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Depends on the distances.. look at it from the time running to the time biking. The international distance duathlon is a 10K/40K/5K format. A good runner will do the 15K of running say an an hour to 1:10. A good cyclist will do the 40K bike in a similar time. So a pretty even test.
The duathlon you mentioned was more running weighted so the runners would have an advantage. Others are more cycling weighted and that is how the results often go.
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