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Austin skyline looms over the swim site at Lady Bird Lake.
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Early morning pre-race wake up stretch in a very expansive transition
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Austin women triathletes are strong
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Super service at body marking
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Super service at body marking
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All systems go.
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The elite wave is off in a mass of churning limbs.
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Intensity in the first 200 yards.
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Rounding the swim turnaround.
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Volunteers help an elite up the steep exit ramp.
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Biking past the State Capitol.
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Elite cyclist heads downhill past the Capitol.
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Flying round a corner at speed, on the edge.
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Congress Street - triathletes ride one mile up and down Austin's famed thoroughfare.
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A wounded warrior competes, on Memorial Day as a cowboy-hatted patriot waves Old Glory in appreciation.
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Nick Sterghos, the 2009 USAT Duathlon National Champion, took 3rd at Cap Tex.
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Riders come and go under a pedestrian bridge
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Rider crosses Lady Bird Lake on the Congress Street Bridge.
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Elite runner runs past Palmer Event Center.
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Air Force Captain James Bales, an orthopedic surgeon who treats many wounded warriors from the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, cools off after finishing second to elite winner Nathan White.
