I wanted to give you all a race report from my first race of the year, as well as my first-ever multi-sport event. This weekend I raced in the White Sands Duathlon, held at the White Sands Missile Range near Las Cruces, New Mexico. It is a race in the Southwest Triathlon Racing Series, the oldest series of multi-sport racing events in the US. The race had a wide range of age and ability categories, and there were some strong early-season racers to contend with. Racers from El Paso and western Texas, Albuquerque, and southern New Mexico participated in the event. The race consisted of a 5K run on a rough dirt road with some sandy sections, followed by a 30K bike on nice paved military base roads: flat to rolling terrain. and some crosswinds.