Race Coverage
Sartell's Apple Duathlon Opens Summer Season...
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Saturday, 22 May 2021 00:10
ED. Love on the St, Cloud Times! Just moments after the final finisher crossed the line, Brian Mozey posted his race coverage, along with some awesome photos. MTN's coverage will post on Monday.
By Brian Mozey (sctimes.com)
SARTELL — The Apple Duathlon starts the summer for many racing athletes.
Andy Zabel, a Sartell native, has been competing in the running/cycling event since 2010, but missed last year, along with everyone else, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Zabel isn't the only one excited to have the race back; race director Evin Haukos was looking forward to the 39th annual Apple Duathlon. ...
"It's great to see everyone back on the course and competing once again," Haukos said. "It was sad to see everything being canceled last year, so there was a lot of excitement today."
Zabel competed in the elite group on Saturday and finished second overall on the long course - a 5K run, 33K bike route and another 5K run. He recorded a time of 1:26:30, which was just behind the first-place finisher, Ted Treise, with a time of 1:22:00.
This year was special for Zabel because his son, Hudson Zabel, competed in the short-course race, which consists of a 5K run followed by a 15.5K bike ride and another short run. He finished third for the men with a time of 55:31.
"It's special [to compete with Hudson]," Andy Zabel said. "You only get so much time to do this and hopefully I can teach him some good things for the future. READ MORE
