Lake Logan

The annual trip to Canton, NC and the Lake Logan Triathlon seemed to sneak up on us quickly this year. Since Ann Stien is 8 months prego, we only had four of us participate in the race. After a rainy night, the was weather astoundingly perfect and provided a great day to celebrate Todd's memory! 

We stumbled across this video that one of the participating triathlon clubs put together. They did a nice job and the first part really shows the beauty of the location.

  Bonus points for those of you that can spot Ann and Steve on the bike portion of the rather long video... don't blink!

The girls are proud of their mom and always cheer her on during the race. Unfortunately, that also means Mom gets no peace before the race! 

As usual, Ann had one of the fastest swims and then cruised on her flashy bike.

Stiv has not had a good wetsuit swim all year, but it did not matter as he had a race PR both on the bike and run.

After a season working hard with coach Suzann @ SRM Performance Training, Stiv PR'd every race he entered this year. Next year he is looking to go super fast!!!

Ann has been battling injuries for the last nine months that have kept her from running.  The good news is that she is finally able to run again, even if at this point it is slower than her usual speedy self. 

How many people do you know that can sit around eating with their pregnant wife all summer (John claims he is semi-retired from triathlons),  train for a few weeks and then win their age group? His name is John Stien....

The kids always have a blast horsing around with the McGee's during the races, even if Jax and Matthew spent the entire day on the Nintendo DS.

Stien Mountain Tri Team hanging out waiting for the awards. Congratulations to Donovan and John!

We had a big day! After the race was over, we drove back to Atlanta, quickly cleaned up and got dressed for a wedding that night!  The kids were so excited to see their buddy Kelly get married. The girls could not wait to see her "marrying dress."

Here's Dad, keeping Jax and Abster focused during the beautiful outdoor ceremony.

Catie was bound and determined to have a piece of the wedding cake. Mom & Dad ran out of gas well before the kids, and after a fun evening, we were finally able to depart shortly before 10 PM!

  Everyone was in bed and out cold within minutes of walking in the door for the night!