Cycling has consumed my exercise and adventure desires in the recent past.  Once in a  while something comes along that just peaks the curiosity: Can I Do That?  Last year I happened along the South Lake Trail to Lake Minneola and over the horizon I saw a major event taking place.  Was this a ride that I didn’t know about?  Well kind of.  It was a 5K Run, Duathon, Aquabike, and Sprint Triathlon.  Hmmm…I bike now, I recently used to run, and I do swim.  I marked it on the virtual calendar in my brain and planned six weeks before Father’s Day to begin training.  During the week it was a run or bike with  a swim and on Saturday it was all three.  Father’s Day came and I was anxiously ready to go.  The minute I set foot in the water for the first event all memory of what to do and the importance to maintain a sensible pace just flew out the window.  I struggled with my stroke with so many other swimmers around, it was as if I never trained! I rolled over on my side and did the side stroke the whole quarter mile.  In practice I never did the swim in less than 16 minutes…the warm waters of Lake Minneola yielded a time of 11 minutes!  So that is where all my energy went….so much for conservation….too much excitement!  The 10 mile bike ride went without a hitch in my typical 14-15 mph pace.  The 5K run is where I noticed that I left too much energy in the Lake.  I got through without a problem, just slower than I thought my training indicated I could do.  In all it was fun, I enjoyed the activities and vast number of people, it was nice doing more than just a bike ride and in the end I now have a memorable experience.  Would I do it again….yes, but under more run training and control of my excitement of the swimming event startup.