Indoor sprint duathlon

My yesterday wasn’t day I thought it will be.
It started very normal – 5am alarm, to get ready for 6am Trifactri ride. My bike was at cycle shop in Broadacres, they assured me that they cycle every morning and that someone will be there to open shop and get my bike. So there I was at 6am….but no one in the shop. Oh well, luckily triathlon has three disciplins, so I said to guys: enjoy your ride and went to change to my running gear. I even found my ipod in my bag, so i went to discover Broadacres suburb. I found very nice offroad and end up running almost for 2h. Not too bad.
Just i didn’t have any gels or bar with me so end up really starving. Well, I ordered BIG breakfast at Europa and at the moment when I finished I got call from Andrea Steyn. It was 9:30am and she phoned me that one of the girl cancelled night before her appearance at Momentum I-Flex Indoor duathlon which start at 11:30 in Centurion and if I would like to come instead.
Hell no was my first thought, I just finished long run and breakfast and legs not ready for this. But about minute later I changed my mind, thinking it might be fun and I committed to it. Now race to Centurion started because I had only 2h to the start and I was on other side of the city. First I had to make quick stop at home to get some racing gear and then drive to Centurion.
Direction I got was – drive to Pretoria and take this off ramp. Sounds easy, unfortunately no one told me that there are 2 highways to Pretoria not only one. And with my (non)sense for direction I choose wrong one. Well first blonde moment 
Race itself was HARD. It was invitation only, fully televised and it was only 5 of us. Except me – all speedy youngsters.
Distance was – 10laps on the track around the gym =1,2km run / 10km on the indoor bike (higher cadence means more distance) / 3km on the tredmill / 2 laps around the track to finish.
Well, here you can see, there was nothing I am good in – I don’t have speed at this moment, I push big low cadence on the bike and I can’t run on the tredmill.
From the very start I suffered, it was fast and furious and my poor lungs and legs hurt. But I also had so much fun doing something different. I finished 4th from 5th which I was in the end very happy about.
My next blond moment came when I got back to car – after 4h. My boot was half open and you could see it from far distance. I had my bike, my wallet, sunglasses and lot of other stuff there. When I saw it my heart just sink…and when I came closer I realize that everything was still there! I couldn’t believe it. This just show that South Africa is not as bad as many people think!
So thank you Andrea for late notice and Monet I-flex duathlon for the race. Even if I went out of my comfort zone, I had day full of laugh, hurt and dumb moments 