Du the Bear Duathlon

Abascals, Barrons, and Lyons teamed up for a wonderful showing for Team FSR on Sunday, October 10 at Du the Bear Duathlon in West Houston.

Dana came in 2nd overall and claimed the master's title in 47:37. His first run was 11:04 (5:32 pace), followed by a 24:31 bike (24.5 mph pace) and 11:01 final run (5:31 pace - achieving a negative split.)

Hannah and Katherine Barron both won their age groups. Hannah, age 13, won the female 14 and under group with an overall time of 1:00:55. Hannah cruised through the first run with a 13:51 (6:56 pace), held on with a 32:16 bike (18.6 pace), and did a negative split on the final run with a time of 13:17 (6:39 pace).

Katherine won the female 15 to 18 age group by clocking a 1:02:15 duathlon. Her splits were 15:23 (7:42 pace) run, 31:05 bike (19.3 pace), and a very strong finish with a negative split 14:47 (7:24 pace).

At only 11 years of age, Lane Barron took on older boys and placed 4th in the 14 and under age group. Lane ran a 13:51 (6:56 pace); biked a 30:04 (20.0 mph); and finished with a 14:12 (7:06 pace) final run.

The Barron parents got in on the action, too. Carolyn finished 6th in her 40-44 AG with an overall time of 1:04:57. Carolyn ran a fast 16:32 (8:16 pace), biked a solid 30:22 (19.8 pace), and finished her last run in 16:55 (8:28 pace).

Husband Randy put in a solid performance finishing 1:01:22. His first run was 14:08 (7:04 pace), biked a 29:32 (20.3 pace), and ran the last leg in 15:30 (7:45 pace).

The Abascal family was well represented by Rodrigo and his dad, Manuel. Rodrigo took 4th in the 15-19 AG with an overall time of 54:12. His first run was 11:53 (5:57 pace), his bike was 27:42 (21.7 pace) and his final run was 13:39 (6:50 pace). And this was one day after he ran the ten-mile Ten for Texas race!

Manuel finished in stayed under one hour with an overall time of 59:11. He ran 14:15 (7:08), biked a 28:50 (20.8 pace), and ran 14:42 (7:21 pace).

Great job!