Race Coverage

Duo Repeats Pattern at Apple Duathlon...

Sunday, 29 May 2016 00:10

(Photo by Steve Diamond Elements)

By Frank Rajkowski (sctimes.com)

SARTELL — This is getting to be a familiar pattern for Mathew Payne and Patrick Parish.

For the second year in a row, the 39-year-old Payne was first and the 31-year-old Parish was second at the Apple Duathlon.

The race, now in its 34th year, began on an overcast Saturday morning at Sartell Middle School and drew about 270 entrants. Competitors ran 5 kilometers, biked 33, then finished with a second 5K run....

Payne, a mechanical engineer from Golden Valley, finished in a time of 1:22.28. Parish, who resides in Minneapolis, crossed the line in a time of 1:22.56.

Last year, Payne won in a time of 1:20.45 and Parish was second with a time of 1:22.18.

"He's a much-faster runner than I am, so I knew I had to go as hard as I could in the bike portion," Payne said. "That's my usual strategy. Sometimes it doesn't work. But it did today."

Cycling is indeed the strong suit for Payne, who commutes to work by bicycle and is even known to pick up his kids at day care with a cargo bike.  READ MORE

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