Newbie Again: Pre-NYC Duathlon

My first duathlon is tomorrow and first raw open powerlifting competition is in a week -- no pressure?

Tomorrow morning, I will be in Central Park like most of my races but this one will be different.  I'm doing my first duathlon.  Maybe you think that I said TRIATHLON; nope -- duathlon.  For anyone who isn't familiar with the term, a duathlon is a multi sport event that's typically comprised of running and cycling.  Despite my loving pseudonym Running Fat Chef, I am a neurotic little adventurer who enjoys a good athletic challenge that makes my uncoordinated rhythmless nation body twinkle. And if I didn't give myself enough pressure, I quite literally woke up one morning and expressed interest in power lifting "one day" to a power lifting bad ass by the name of Morit Summers.  Within a few days, I woke up freshly signed up for the Iron Maiden's Raw Open with only seven weeks to train versus most people's ten to fourteen weeks.  Maybe I forgot to mention that these events are literally six days apart AND I have about 10 - 20 road and trail running events left on my calendar.  I think it's safe to say that I'm a bit impulsive and extreme.  This admirable quality has me shitting bricks as I nurse myself in Vicks Vapor Rub and a bunch of CBD based products from iKOR Labs because I'm sick.  It's only been a week since I finished the Hood to Coast Relay.  No pressure -- no pressure at all kids.  Since I'll be limited in my fitness after Sunday, I'll blurb about my ridiculous anxieties about power lifting on another day.

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