Thunderbolt Triathlon

The kids participated in another triathlon in Sierra Vista. Megan and Matthew's race was a 50 yard swim, a 3.3 mile bike ride and a 0.5 mile run. Sarah's was a 200 yard swim, a 6.3 mile bike ride and a 1.0 mile run. I think it's an amazing thing for them to do. 

Megan and Matthew each improved their time by over a minute and Sarah got a personal best as well (since she's never done it before).

Matthew: 28 min 33.4 sec

Megan: 28 min 2.3 sec

Sarah: 36 min 55.4 sec

Megan and Matthew setting up their transition area before the race.

Sarah with her transition area.

Megan, Sarah and Matthew before the race.

Matthew waiting to start the swim.

Megan waiting for the horn.

Swim Megan!

Go Matthew!

Megan getting her bike from transition.

And she's off!

Matthew running to the mounting location. Love the tongue action.

A few pictures from the bike ride. They did two lap on the road so we saw them come by 4 times.

Megan starting her run.

Matthew hurries out of transition.

Run Matthew!

Smiling Megan comes into the finish.

Go Matthew!

Next up: Sarah's race. She was excited to participate and pretty confident in her ability especially for the swim since she's swimming distance on swim team. She did a great job on the swim--nice, steady pace--and was the first girl out of the pool in her heat.

Onto the bike ride. She did four laps so we saw her pass 8 times. A friend let her borrow a road bike which was super fast.

Racking the bike after the ride.

Starting the run.

Run Sarah, run!

Coming into the finish!

Me and Sarah after her race. She was pretty tired!

Megan and Matthew enjoyed playing at the park after the race.