CONTRIBUTED BY CRAIG CONBOY
A total of 500 triathletes will be motivated to take the plunge into Lake Monticello early Sunday morning, May 2. Fluvanna County will welcome back the 2021 Cal Tri Lake Monticello Triathlon to the area again after two years due to COVID-19. Athletes from 20 states, the District of Columbia and U.S. Armed Forces Europe will be competing in 18 separate events throughout the day ranging from a 5K to a 70.3 mile triathlon. Fluvanna County has 12 racers registered in the event: Susie Abramson, Emily Baker, Paul Crowther, Paul Hahn, Kelly Hipskind, Heidi Hull, Karen Lavezzo, Michael Luniewski, Matthew Stancil, Joshua Wright, Frank Nathan, and Kevin Denman. Triathletes are legendary for having some of the best physiques in the fitness world. That is because cross-training shapes the body in many. Running de-velops long, lean muscles; cycling builds strength and tones the lower body, and swimming increases flexibility and sculpts the upper body. Spectators are w