Scott Mages and Andre Kocher were “informal leaders” that everyone in the Frisco Triathlon Club looked up to, their friends and fellow triathlete Jeff Beckley said.
On Saturday morning, Mages and Kocher were hit from behind by a pickup truck while on an Ironman training ride just east of Pilot Point. They both died from their injuries after being transported to hospitals.
Mages, 55, and Kocher, 60, had come to the sport about 10 years ago and created lasting friendships from it. When you’re training three disciplines, you end up spending a lot of time together, Beckley said. But the bonding comes while you’re on a bike, he said.
A humble volunteer and avid outdoorsman
It was riding bike paths and quiet roadways that Beckley got to know Mages as an independent spirit and true outdoorsman…