Jada's First Triathlon

Our community Rec Center held their first annual triathlon for 3-6 year olds.  It was probably one of the most adorable things I've ever seen. They had to ride their bikes around a loop, then run a short course, then run through the sprinklers for the "swim" portion. They even had race numbers to pin to their shirts.  It was set up pretty much like a real race, except they didn't time the kids.  It was so cute.  When I saw the advertisement, I asked Jada if she wanted to do a race, she said, "I get to do a race like mommy and daddy races?" She was so excited.  

She was the only girl in her heat, and the only one on a trike, but I was impressed, she did really well.  She had a very serious "race face" that was just adorable.  And notice her little camelback!  When I saw that at the store in her size, I couldn't resist. And of course she wanted to wear it to the race. Ha ha... Afterwards they gave all the kids medals and t-shirts and they even had a "refuel" station with kids power bars and apples and drinks.  So, I guess this year, our whole family did our first triathlon... and come to think of it... even the new baby went a long with me when I did mine. ha ha.. :)

Her friends Nathan and Cami also raced and she was sooooo happy to have them there. We went out to dinner with some friends later that evening, and she couldn't stop talking about how she and Nathan and Cami all "won" the race and got medals! :)

Check out the serious race face.

A natural runner.

So proud!