Carter all ready with his number written on his arms and leg and his timing chip around his ankle ...
Hanging with Grayson while he waited for his age to go ...
The race was at the Nolensville Rec Center (which is where we would go swimming most of the time this summer).
Carter waiting to jump in the pool for the swim (he's fourth in line here) ...
Go, Carter!!!
Since the swim was 50 yards, the kids had to swim the length of the pool, go under the lane line, and swim back in the next lane.
Carter running from the pool deck to the transition area ...
Carter did AMAZING in the transition. We've never practiced transitioning and he was one of the fastest kids in his age group.
Getting on his shoes ...
And helmet ...
Carter ran his bike out of the transition area and hopped on quickly.
We felt like Carter was gone forever on the bike section. But then we remembered his itty bitty 16" bike was probably a big disadvantage compared to the mostly 20" bikes all the other kids in his age group were riding. We've wanted to go up a size but I just don't know what we want for him (especially if we want gears or not).
Returning from the bike portion ...
Carter was quick through the transition again. He had to take off his helmet and put his number on (he borrowed my belt).
I wasn't able to see much of Carter's run but here he is coming into the finish line ...
We are super proud of how amazing Carter did in his first triathlon. He placed 7th out of 17 boys in the 7 year old age group. Which is great considering the competition - there were a ridiculous number of kids with parents wearing ironman gear. And a lot of them had expensive gear as well.
Here are Carter's splits (in min:seconds) ...
Swim - 1:42
Transition 1 - 1:16
Bike - 13:49
Transition 2 - 0:37
Run - 5:55
Total Time - 23:20
Carter also got a really cool finishers medal to add to his growing collection. Way to go, Carter!!!
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