Kid's Triathlon

Arrival

Orientation

Swim

Gavin (Derek's teammate)

Gavin finishes the swim - now it's Derek's turn on the bike

Adam enjoys a muffin with his teammate Ryan while they wait their turn

Derek on the bike leg

Derek finishes while Adam looks on in the background

Erin finishes her swim and touches Ryan to start the bike

Adam helps Ryan swing into action

Ryan finishes the bike and touches Adam to start the run

Adam gives a little wave as he runs towards us

Adam shows us his medal

Cole, Gavin, and Derek

Trophies

The kids participated in a triathlon at our swim tennis club. This is the fourth year that our club has hosted a kid's triathlon, but the first time our kids have done it.

Ages 7-10: Swim 100 yards (4 laps), Bike 3 miles (2 loops), Run .75 miles

Ages 11-15: Swim 200 yards (8 laps), Bike 6 miles (4 loops), Run 1.5 miles

Adam and Derek were pretty excited about it and rounded up teams on their own. Most of the participants were individuals with only a few teams. It was impressive to see the kids that weren't on teams doing all three events. Some kids were serious with racing bikes, etc but most were just having fun. There was even a little girl who still had pink streamers on her handle bars and was tentatively breaking the whole way down the big hill in front of the club.

Derek and his friends signed up thinking they would be competing in the young division, but Gavin was just old enough to push their team into the older division so their distances doubled. They were all a little worried and it was a little bit of a struggle. I don't think any of them is ready to sign up next year to compete as individuals.

Adam did great on his run and seemed to have a lot of fun.