by Shane Molyneux

Des Moines Dirty Duathlon
2.2 mile trail run, 10 mile mountain bike, 2.2 mile trail run
Greenwood Park, Des Moines, Iowa
Saturday, November 10th, 2018

I have competed in many competitions: 5Ks, Market to Market Relay, IMT Des Moines Marathon Relay, Taming of the Slough, Annawan Canal Ambush, Trestle Hustle Duathlon, and the Above and Beyond Adventure Tri.

Many of these were trying races that make you push yourself beyond where you have been before. The Des Moines Dirty Duathlon would prove to be test I had not come across before.
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by Christian Baughman

Des Moines Dirty Duathlon
2 mile trail run, 10 mile mountain bike, 2 mile trail run
Greenwood Park, Des Moines, Iowa
Saturday, November 7th, 2015

My 2015 race season started with a 5K in sunny Tucson, then a big PR at the Drake Half Marathon, a podium spot at my first Hickory Grove Triathlon, and another huge PR at the Boulder 70.3. My A race behind me, I then rode RAGBRAI with the Bluff Creek Olympic and #BricktheBix on either side. I raced the inaugural Des Moines Triathlon (and cooled down with 50 miles on the inaugural Peddler's Jamboree).

In the midst of it all I fell swoon to the other side of the force and dove in headfirst to the mountain bike scene. Continue reading →