View Full Version : WR junior wins first Tri
waterrockets
07-19-08, 09:58 PM
My 6-year old son did his first tri today and won the 5-6 age division :D
16th in the water (just like Dad, there), 6th in the run, 1st on the bike (by 2:00). He averaged 10.8mph on his MTB, and the next closest was 9.7mph. Smokin' :beer: <--root beer ;)
On the bike, he was chasing the lead moto all the way. Great sight there. Really just rode away from everyone. It seemed like they had closed the course behind him or something when we were waiting for the next bike.
Brings a tear to my eye.
ericcox
07-19-08, 09:59 PM
Congrats to WR JR. I didn't even know they had age groups that young in tri. I knew BMX went that young, but not tri.
ilvwhtgrls
07-19-08, 10:20 PM
a machine!! congrats!
ridethecliche
07-19-08, 11:35 PM
Awesome!
rankin116
07-20-08, 07:07 AM
What, no graphs? :)
Congrats!
dave342
07-20-08, 07:16 AM
Congratulations to WR JR. Great job.
wanders
07-20-08, 09:03 AM
It's the genes. In 10 years Taylor Phinney will be his b1tch. Congrats to you and your son.
BananaTugger
07-20-08, 09:22 AM
Your kid is a beast.
BigSean
07-20-08, 09:25 AM
By the time he's 12 you will be leading him out.:giver:
I read the thread title as "World Record junior wins his first Tri". Maybe in a few years ...
waterrockets
07-20-08, 12:36 PM
He's back there, chasing the moto.
http://img165.imageshack.us/img165/476/cimg8252dj4.jpg
How's my TT postition?
http://img296.imageshack.us/img296/6862/cimg8255tk9.jpg
Guads. Tan Lines.
http://img176.imageshack.us/img176/9708/dsc01848gs0.jpg
He was far enough ahead for some photos of an empty finish :Dhttp://img521.imageshack.us/img521/8052/cimg8260am4.jpg
JayhawKen
07-20-08, 12:41 PM
Congrats!
Soon we'll be seeing a new contributor to the RBR forum with the login "WRJR"...:D
permanentjaun
07-20-08, 01:04 PM
When's his first drug test? You never forget your first.
mollusk
07-20-08, 02:16 PM
Rockin' a steel bike with heavy wheels, too. The apple doesn't fall far from the tree. ;)
wanders
07-20-08, 02:34 PM
How hard is it to get a powertap on an twenty inch wheel?
That's freakin' awesome. Good to see that he's having a lot of fun with it too.
bostongarden
07-22-08, 05:56 AM
Very cool....
king-tony
07-22-08, 05:22 PM
The force is strong in that one it is.....bet he can already lace up a wheelset too.
Bob Dopolina
07-22-08, 05:37 PM
How hard is it to get a powertap on an twenty inch wheel?
:D Beat me to it. :D
Congrats WR Jr!
I can't wait to get my son on his first trike so he can kick some local butt at the park!
pjcampbell
07-22-08, 05:54 PM
haha dude how many hours is he putting on the bike with tan lines like that!!
youknow they make shoes for clipless pedals in velcro ;)
patentcad
07-22-08, 07:16 PM
1st on the bike (by 2:00)
Duh. He has the WR genetics.
Do you have him doing WR Intervals?
waterrockets
07-22-08, 09:02 PM
Do you have him doing WR Intervals?
No, Mrs. Rockets is actually responsible for the training. She goes on several 5 mile runs during the week, and he follows. Even more impressive, his 4-year-old sister follows (off training wheels). If she was old enough, I think she'd have gotten 2nd in this race ;)
The force is strong in that one it is.....bet he can already lace up a wheelset too.
Since he was 2...
http://img59.imageshack.us/img59/8242/1393915imgkj5.jpg
bostongarden
07-22-08, 10:02 PM
Since he was 2...
http://img59.imageshack.us/img59/8242/1393915imgkj5.jpg
I'm not sure whether I should feel deficient in my parenting or....:)
(2 of my kids go to the same elementary school as Lance's kids and I bet the school would create a cycling class of some type if enough parents indicated interest...bike repair for kiddos??)
waterrockets
07-23-08, 07:13 AM
I'm not sure whether I should feel deficient in my parenting or....:)
(2 of my kids go to the same elementary school as Lance's kids and I bet the school would create a cycling class of some type if enough parents indicated interest...bike repair for kiddos??)
Yeah, Kevin Livingston's daughter is the same age as WRJR here and they go to school together. My wife organized a huge bike festival, and Kevin was an amazing help. He got us all kinds of handouts from BSS and the Tour of Georgia, and he led group rides to the Veloway. I think we had 200+ kids with their families. I ran a workstand to do tune-ups, there was a rodeo, a couple bike cops had a booth, it was awesome.
The week of the festival, they promoted biking to school, and they had to bring in triathlon racks to hold all the bikes that came in that week. They had like 5x as many bikes as racks, and now the principal is ordering a bunch more racks to be installed permanently. It was really something (Kevin got us those tri racks from a local promoter too).
You should totally get Lance involved in something there.
Parsnip
07-23-08, 08:10 AM
Looks like some wind tunnel time is in order tbh.
In all seriousness, thats cool. I work with kids (climbing instructor) and if half the kids were as active and enthusiastic as yours my job would be a hell of a lot easier.
bostongarden
07-23-08, 02:01 PM
Yeah, Kevin Livingston's daughter is the same age as WRJR here and they go to school together. My wife organized a huge bike festival, and Kevin was an amazing help. He got us all kinds of handouts from BSS and the Tour of Georgia, and he led group rides to the Veloway. I think we had 200+ kids with their families. I ran a workstand to do tune-ups, there was a rodeo, a couple bike cops had a booth, it was awesome.
The week of the festival, they promoted biking to school, and they had to bring in triathlon racks to hold all the bikes that came in that week. They had like 5x as many bikes as racks, and now the principal is ordering a bunch more racks to be installed permanently. It was really something (Kevin got us those tri racks from a local promoter too).
You should totally get Lance involved in something there.
Brilliant and great that you all could put together this amazing experience...my favorite part: "My wife organized...." Seriously, awesome event.
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