Allison, Emily, and Kyle competed in a triathlon on Saturday. Emily did the 400m swim, Allison did the 12.5 mile bike ride, and Kyle did the 5 k (3.1 mile) run.
They have been training for this for several months and they did very well.
Emily started us off with the swim. We had a cold front move in this week, so it was a little chilly for a swim. I think it was about 50 when Emily started. Luckily the pool was heated. Emily looked so cute standing in the start line with all these adult ladies. She did very well and passed several of them while swimming.
You can see the timing chip around her ankle. After she got out of the pool, she went to the transition area and handed the chip off to Allison who took off on her bike.
Emily is the one without a swim cap. Some minor collisions at this turn.
Allision and I came out last week to ride the course. It was a windy day, and it took us over an hour to do the course. At the race, it was a lot colder and still a little windy, but Allison dug deep and finished in under 55 minutes, including the transition time.
Watch Kyle give the announcer 'high 5' as he goes by.
Kyle's run started next. He passed a lot of the ladies (the relay teams go at the same time as the ladies, so there were hardly any guys on the course). We were standing around after and heard some lady say "yea, well I got passed by some 10 year old kid", then she turned around and saw Kyle and said"there he is", then congratulated him. Kyle has been doing a lot of running at school and at home.
April, Carter, and I served as support team. Besides just cheering on the sidelines and taking pictures, we also helped in the preparation. I went out on bikes with Allison a lot. I've been taking Emily in the evenings or early morning for lap swimming. April (and sometime Emily or Allison) would go out running with Kyle.
April, Carter, and I served as support team. Besides just cheering on the sidelines and taking pictures, we also helped in the preparation. I went out on bikes with Allison a lot. I've been taking Emily in the evenings or early morning for lap swimming. April (and sometime Emily or Allison) would go out running with Kyle.When we compared their times to April's race on the same course last year, it was pretty close.
The differentials for swim/bike/run were 0:08/3:58/2:59. The kids beat her in all 3. But it is totally different doing only one than all three, so maybe a challenge for next year?
In the relay category, they placed 5th out of 8 teams. Considering all the other teams were adults, that is pretty good.
swim 10:12
bike 54:59
run 27:15
total 1:32:26
Good job guys.
2 comments:
If only we lived in Arizona-Eric would totally want to put his girls in these events. Heck, he would probably be competing with them:) Way to go Havey Kids!!
We are so proud of you guys and we know how hard you've each been training for this event. Way to go!
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