Another triathlete is born! His take. My Take.

Terron's take

3,2,1 and we're off swimming 4 lengths of the pool. 1......2...3....and.....4. We're off running for our bikes. With the wind in my face i'm biking as fast as i can 1 loop,2 loops, 3 loops and my final loop, and i'm off running.After 3 loops i ran through the finish with my arms in the air. My friends and family cheered me on the whole time. I'm already looking forward to my next one next year.

The Proud Mommy's take

Hmmm, he talks a lot more than he writes... ah well. LOL

I wish I had known about triathlon and events like this when I was a child. 500 kids under the age of 16. Gotta give it to the race organizers of Tri Kids, they did an amazing job! The only thing that was a little disappointing was that Terron was in wave 40, which had a start time of 1:13pm. Instructions read that his transition had to be setup by 11am, and with the race about an hour away with the potential for bad traffic at the best of times (and my incessant need to arrive EARLY to everything cuz I hate being late or rushed), we had lots of time to kill. Is it weird that I woke up before the alarm clock, no longer able to sleep even though it wasn't even me that was racing? I was so looking forward to this day. Having become a triathlete myself less than a month ago, to think 'like mother, like son' felt awesome.

Luckily we were standing close to the swim start entrance to the school, because with about 30 minutes before his anticipated race time, his wave was being called to line up, and most of his cheering section had yet to arrive -- they were AHEAD of schedule! His uncle and grandmother ended up showing up just as he picked up his timing chip and sat on the bench to watch the 39th wave swim.

Some very strong 10-11 year old swimmers! WOW! Terron did his 4 lengths, hopped out of the pool, and headed out to transition.

He dried off quickly, put on the race shirt we made together, helmet on, bike unracked...

Yes, the following is a blurry pic... lemme explain. Notice he's still in transition! Major oopsie, he should have run with his bike out of transition to the mount line, which I went over with him a few times prior to the race, but understandably with it being his first race and with the excitement, easy to forget. So it was blurry cuz I was shouting at him to jump off the bike :)

By this point, most of those that had planned to watch him had arrived, a little bummed to have missed the swim portion, but Terron's face brightened with a smile with each pass of his loops to us screaming his name!

6k on the bike done, back in transition...

And finally the run! It was funny to hear some of Terron's cousins comment about the exercise they were getting going from spot to spot to watch him! The event was held at a large highschool, the bike portion on campus roads, the run on the track behind the school. Perfect venue.

Jay even did a lap with him as he started to slow a bit... awwwww.

His uncle (Terron's dad's brother) ran with him to the finish line... My son, the triathlete :)

He TRI-ed and made us all VERY proud! Way to go Terron! I love you!