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Come join us for the 3rd Annual VEEP Triathlon, Duathlon and Aquathlon to be held on August 4, 2007 at the Little Turtle State Recreation Area at the J. Edward Roush Lake in Huntington, Indiana. The transition area will be at the beach parking lot.
A large part of the run will be on the Kekionga Trail. If you know The HUFF 50K Trail Run you know the trail.
The biking portions will be onto Highway 5, proceeding a short distance south to Division Road. Riders will then head east on county roads, then north on Simpson Road across US 224. The bulk of the bicycle course will be north of US 224 on gently rolling terrain.
And you might ask what "VEEP" means. Well, it is the nickname given the office of the Vice-President of the United States. It was popularized during the term of Vice-President Alban Barkley, who served under President Harry S Truman. Huntington, Indiana is the home of the America's only Museum of Vice-Presidents and it is the hometown of Vice-President Dan Quayle. Indiana is known as the mother of Vice-Presidents.
Each finisher of all three of the events will receive a medal. On the reverse of the medal is an engraving of a different Vice-President from Indiana. In 2006, the medal will feature Charles Fairbanks. Prior years featured Thomas Hendricks of Shelbyville and Schuyler Colfax of South Bend. Future years will feature Thomas Marshall of Columbia City and Dan Quayle of Huntington.
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