The swim accross the lake, the first leg of the event, is only about a half mile if a straight course is followed. Several of the athletes showed off their swimming skill/love of the water/poor navigation by deviating from a straight course and adding hundreds of extra feet to the water divide of the race. The calm water lead to surprisingly few drownings this year.
During the running part of the race the knott lane speed limit was not violated nor was the speed reduced. I lost interest shortly after this picture and did not get any of the biking leg of the race, sorry. Some Joe guy won and all finished.
