Triathlon!

750 meter swim, 14 mile bike, 5 k run......

The White Lake Sprint Triathlon was AWESOME!!!

The Tri Gang (left to right):

Laura, Jon, Me, Andrea and baby, Jeremy, Heather, Walter

Andrea and I had done a triathlon in '06 and really enjoyed it, and I was able to talk some buddies into another one.  Andrea was originally planning on doing the Tri too but she has a much more important job of growing our baby right now :-)  Walter, Jeremy, Jon and I did the White Lake Sprint Triathlon on Sunday, May 4 and had a blast.

That's my beautiful Baby's Momma!

The race was in White Lake North Carolina.  It is a rural area east of Fayetteville.  White Lake is actually managed by the prestigious North Carolina Division of Parks and Recreation.  It is a Carolina Bay with a sand bottom, is perfectly oval and only eight to nine feet deep at the deepest point.  It made for a great swim course.  The bike was two loops of a nice seven mile course around the lake, and the run was an out and back into a development adjacent to the lake.  

We all had a great time in and out of the race.  Some of the more memorable moments were Laura and I laughing uncontrollably and hysterically at nothing during dinner, some drunken guys trying to get into our hotel room at midnight, and the beautiful weather and scenery.

Pre-race trying to decide if the Cliff Shot will be worth it.... It was!

I love this picture!  Walter, Jeremy and I are

starting our watches while Jon is already going :-)

Our swim wave on the way to the first turn (the pyramid).

Transition to the bike, a great time for some energy goo!

Transition to the bike.

Walter and I running out of the 

transition area to start the bike.

Our group of guys did great!  We all swam 750 meters, biked 14 miles and ran 3.1 miles.  Jon finished the swim first out of all of the Novice Men, and Walter finished the run third out of all of the Novice Men.  I came in 19th overall out of 37 Novice Men.  I am really happy with my times.

The next four pictures are of us finishing and in the order that we finished.

Walter victorious!

Jon victorious!

Jason victorious!

22:25 Swim, 3:05 Transition, 45:00 Bike, 

1:46 Transition, 26:57 Run

Jeremy victorious!

The Four Triathletes!

Who is in for the next one?

October 4, 2008 all are welcome and there is plenty of time to train!

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