Today was a blast. Corrine and I did the Des Moines Dirty Duathlon as a relay team. I did the mountain-biking and Corrine ran. The arrangement was: 2mi-run, 12mi-mtb, 2mi-run. The course design was difficult, tiring, and just generally great. This is definitely one to look forward to doing again.
We'd discussed beforehand that this was the type of event which no one is trying as their first race just to see how it goes. Finish result: better than expected - second from last but not last :)