{"id":385,"date":"2009-09-02T20:39:22","date_gmt":"2009-09-03T05:39:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.talus-and-heavner.com\/blog\/2009\/09\/02\/i-am-aukeman\/"},"modified":"2009-09-02T20:39:22","modified_gmt":"2009-09-03T05:39:22","slug":"i-am-aukeman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.talus-and-heavner.com\/blog\/?p=385","title":{"rendered":"I am Aukeman"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>OK, not really, I&#8217;m not THE Aukeman, but I finished the first <a href=\"http:\/\/aukeman.weebly.com\/index.html\">Aukeman Triathlon<\/a>.  It was so much fun!! I think (by virtue of no other UAS faculty participating) that I was the fastest UAS faculty to finish!<\/p>\n<p>Thanks to Tracy and John for making it happen.  Thanks to Sherry and Bob for lifeguarding, thanks to Cathy for helping a newby figure out triathlon &#8220;zone etiquette&#8221; and how to avoid getting run over in the mass swim start, thanks to Carrie, Torsten, and Rob for cheering and supporting, thanks to Nathan for the loaner wet-suit.  I had a blast and I&#8217;m looking for the next triathlon!<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<table style=\"width:auto;\">\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/picasaweb.google.com\/lh\/photo\/y_JJvQlubybCjnMec5QDDg?feat=embedwebsite\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/lh3.ggpht.com\/_4lBSLRtr6ls\/Sp9U36c0-kI\/AAAAAAAACAQ\/JHfXzRuV7iU\/s400\/Picture%201.png\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right\">From <a href=\"http:\/\/picasaweb.google.com\/matt.heavner\/AukemanTriathlon?feat=embedwebsite\">Aukeman Triathlon<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p><\/center><\/p>\n<p>And here I am, preparing (along with about 60 other participants) to get in the Auke Lake for the swim start.<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<table style=\"width:auto;\">\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/picasaweb.google.com\/lh\/photo\/TFQ_BbeQa1n_uFZXf0edaA?feat=embedwebsite\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/lh6.ggpht.com\/_4lBSLRtr6ls\/Sp9U21bbF0I\/AAAAAAAACAM\/TRkpW9Jpssw\/s400\/Picture%203.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:11px; text-align:right\">From <a href=\"http:\/\/picasaweb.google.com\/matt.heavner\/AukemanTriathlon?feat=embedwebsite\">Aukeman Triathlon<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p><\/center><\/p>\n<p>The whole race, Carrie, Torsten, and I would keep singing, &#8220;I am Auke man, duh nuh nuh nuh nuh nuh nuh nuh&#8230;.&#8221; \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>OK, not really, I&#8217;m not THE Aukeman, but I finished the first Aukeman Triathlon. It was so much fun!! I think (by virtue of no other UAS faculty participating) that I was the fastest UAS faculty to finish! Thanks to Tracy and John for making it happen. 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