Monday, September 27, 2010

Meat Pie Tri





The Eighth Annual Meat Pie Tri took place Sunday, September 26 on the downtown riverbank in Natchitoches. This race served as the South Midwest Regional State Triathlon Championship and attracted athletes from Oklahoma, Missouri, Ohio, Arkansas, Texas, and Louisiana. The race covered a one-half mile (800 yards) swim in Cane River Lake, a 20 mile bike ride and a 5K run. Sheila Taormina, three-time Ironman Champ, competed along with over 400 athletes including TEAM FSR's Dana Lyons, Rodrigo Abascal, and Marshall McInnis.

Dana won the Grand Master's title and came in 8th overall. His splits were 15:37 swim/50:12 bike (23.9mph pace)/18:12 run (5:52 per mile pace) for a total time of 1:25:44.

Rodrigo came in third in his 15-19 AG and 48th overall. His splits were 13:15 swim/59:02 bike (20.3mph pace)/21:35 (6:58 per mile pace) for an overall time of 1:35:23.

Marshall came in ninth in his 40-44 AG and 54th overall. His splits were 13:44 swim/56:32 bike(21.2mph pace)/24:03 run (7:45 per mile pace) for an overall time of 1:36:36.

Afterwards, the race served up the famous and totally decadent deep-fried meat pies to participants. It's a Natchitoches delicacy!

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