Monday, August 6, 2012

River Cities Tri

Finish Strong's Scott Pinkston, Steve Hardy, and Kent Morris tackled the River Cities Tri!

Team Finish Strong Racing members Steve Hardy, Scott Pinkston and Kent Morris traveled to Louisiana along with 1,000 other athletes from 20 states to take on the River Cities Tri on August 5. 

Steve's overall time was 1:35:33.  His splits were 17:00 for the 800m swim, 18 mi bike 50:06 (21.8 mph) for the 18 mile bike, and 24:20 (7:54 pace) for the 5K run.  He finished 10th in his 45-49 Age Group.

Scott placed 2nd in the 40+ Clydesdale division. Scott's splits included a 14:59 swim, 53:26 bike (20.4 mph), and 27:06 run (8:44 pace) for an overall time of 1:40:19.
Kent had a PR of over 4 minutes with an overall time of 1:28:25 but the competition was tough! Kent placed 5th out of 52 men in his 50-54 AG. He was #2 on the bike by only 7 seconds at 23.9 mph for the 18 miles which had a few hills. Kent managed a strong finish with a 7:00 minute/mile pace on the run. 

Well done!

 

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