HEAT Kids Triathlon

Carter did another triathlon yesterday morning.  This one was the HEAT Kids Tri and it was up in Hendersonville (about 45 minutes away).  Brian went to Chattanooga yesterday so I had all the boys and we left the house just after 5 am to get up there on time.  Thank goodness the boys are early risers so this wasn't too ridiculous!  There was a lot of lightning on our drive up to Hendersonsville but luckily it stayed away from the race site!

Carter catching the swim ahead of him.

This race was a great length for Carter because it had a longer run (his strong suit).  The swim was 50 yards, the bikes was 2 miles, and the run was 1 mile.  And Carter rocked it.  He placed 4th (out of 16) in the 8 year old boys division.

Running his bike through the transition.

Carter getting on his bike.

Here are his times:

Swim: 1:20 (Rank - 3rd)
Transition #1: 1:39 (Rank - 2nd)
Bike: 10:57 (Rank - 7th)
Transition #2: 0:23 (Rank - 2nd)
Run: 9:10 (Rank - 3rd)

Total: 23:32

Starting the run after coming out of transition.

Go, Carter!

Carter's "cheering" section!

We are so proud of this awesome triathlete!  One of these days he's going to place too (he's so disappointed every time when he doesn't but he is one of the youngest in his age group with his mid-November birthday).

Carter started sprinting when he was close to the finish.

Look at the agony on his face!

Done!

This race was run really well and we hope that Carter (and maybe Rylan?!?) can do it next year.  They also secured enough donations that all the kids got door prizes.  They did the door prizes before the awards ceremony and when a kid's name was called, they got to pick from 3 random prizes put on a table.  It took almost an hour but the kids were really happy to all get something.  Carter got a mini-basketball.