The day before the big race we attended an orientation. Good thing as it made me realize they both needed shoes and goggles. They had worn flip flops all summer so actual shoes were not something we had around ...
We were all up and eating a good breakfast when Randy realized our sump pump was not attached and water was being pumped from the well and then shot out of the pipe directly onto our eclectic fuse box. In case you are wondering ... this is NOT good. So, Randy had to miss Chris' race to attend to the water issue.
I got both kids down there and got their staging areas all set up. They were both ready to go.
Chris' start time was 8:07:30 am. He was so ready to do that the second he jumped into the pool he started to swim. (they are supposed to wait for the ready set go so that they each start at their exact start time. He swam and then had to go back and start over ....
It did not take the life guards long to realize that Chris would require a noodle for the duration of his swim ... He had to swim 50 yards ...
He then biked for a mile ...
He ran for one half mile.
He crossed the finish line in 17 minutes!!
Everyone got a metal.
Time to call Dad and tell him all about the big race!!
I thought it was really cute how they did the numbers on their legs ... like a real triathloner!!
Acacia started a little bit after Chris had finished! Randy was able to make it down at this point. She had to swim 100 yards (no noodle) ...
Out of the pool and onto the bike!
She biked for 4.4 miles!!
She had to run a mile and crossed the finish line in about 50 minutes!
After the race Chris asked if we could sign him up for next years and Acacia asked if she could go home and take a bath ...
Acacia looked like a real runner with mud all over back and legs!!
Acacia's friend Rachel ran the race too! We stuck around to see her cross the finish line!!
