Du the Bear

Finish Strong Racing's Tommy Behe, Winston Cervantes, and Rip Reynolds braved the cold temperatures adn triumphed at the Du the Bear duathlon held Oct. 7th at Bear Breek Pioneer Park in Katy. 

Winston reports, "Solid performance put up by the FSR athletes with all their total times at sub 1. Tough field of contenders this year looks like, judging from the finishing times compared to the previous years. The weather was cold and windy, which nevertheless made the closed, flat course fast and furious. Or, short and sweet. This is definitely a sprinter's race, that requires T1 and T2 skills i.e. putting in and getting off shoes while riding. Or, having a caged pedal for running shoes!"

Here's the results for FSR athletes:

Thomas Behe
Run 1: 13:08.8 • Bike: 30:12.9 • Run 2:  13:31.4 • Total Time: 58:28.7 •  Age Group Rank: 4th

Winston Cervantes
Run 1: 12:35.0 • Bike: 27:33.0 • Run 2:  13:46.1 • Total Time: 55:40.8 • Age Group Rank: 7th

Rip Reynolds
Run 1: 11:31.4 • Bike: 28:00.9 • Run 2:  11:47.8 • Total Time: 53:22.7 • Age Group Rank: 4th

Winston on the run!

 Rip on the bike!

Tommy and Winston congratulating each other after the race.