North Carolina - noncoastal waters?

At the end of our recent vacation, we spent two days with my aunt outside of Albemarle, NC. For 40 years, she has lived on a reservoir created when Kaiser (I think) damned up the Pee Dee River, the reservoir now falls under the jurisdiction of CP&L. Anyway, there has been plenty of development there, houses all along the river. The lake/river has public access, and there is a lot of boating and jet skiing going on.

She didn't know of any triathlons held on the river though. The surrounding terrain is very hilly, not a lot of altitude but constanly rolling, like to killed me to run six miles. Might not be conducive to tri-ing, but training would be awesome.

Albemarle is ~50 miles from Pinehurst, about halfway to Charlotte.

Hmmm evidently there is a lake (200 acres? hah - a spitting pond!) in Pinehurst where a triathlon occurs. I've been to Pinehurst, didn't know they had a lake. Interesting...

This might be doable.

"Probably most importantly, the Pinehurst Triathlon is the crown jewel of the NCTS when it comes to race venues. Very simply, Pinehurst is blessed with a beautiful race venue (the Pinehurst Marina), a gorgeous, clean, calm lake for the swim, a challenging bike course, and a great run course. Pinehurst has it all – undoubtedly the reason why Pinehurst is the largest international distance race between Washington DC and Florida."

i know a guy in Charlotte who absolutely loves it.  He's a sailing freak.  He has said he can do a tri in his neighborhood- swim in the lake, get at least a 20K by doing a couple loops in the neighborhood, and a smaller lap for the run.  All without leaving his area to a major road.  Nice, huh?

and I'm geographically challenged- I have no idea where Pinehurst is in relation to Charlotte.

Now, next question- why the move?  Just 'cause?

Roughly halfway between Charlotte & Raleigh.