Tuesday, September 12, 2006

3S takes on the callenge at Ft. Desoto

The Tri-Strong members took the challenge and travel the distance to the Ft. Desoto Coca-Cola sprint event. According to Adam Parks, the conditions where beautiful -- ”While I was walking out to the start I saw a couple of dolphins swimming around. The water so warm, like a bath tub, and almost no wind made for calm flat water [for the swim].”

The 3S racers made a great effort since some had just completed the Huntington Olympic Distance Triathlon the weekend before, but the extra effort was all worth it. Boris Fernandez though tired from a strong effort at the Huntington’s race settled on the bike to take a 1:30 lead for the 5K run after an un-stellar swim. Boris said his leg did not respond that day and he finished 2nd overall, good enough to take the lead in the Elite series point standing.

Sandro del Bosco had a break-through race. He had an amazing swim for the 800m distance to get out of the water in 13 minutes, very good for his weakest link. He had one of the fastest bike-split of the day to finish in a well deserved 16th in the 40-45 age group against a very strong field. Adam Parks finish the day in a great note. He had the fastest bike split of the Fat tire division to finish 3rd in that category.

Ft. Desoto race results can be found at http://www.familyfitnessweekend.com/FFW-2006/Results/FtDesoto/FtDesotoTriDuSplits.pdf

Boris.

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