Thing One and Thing Two did a tri this weekend. Thing One is a sprinter, and it showed. He fell apart on the run, but his glory was the day before, when he nailed his freestyle time at the swim meet. He's been swimming 9 weeks and went from 22.5" to 16.8" in the 25y free.

Anyway, Thing Two is not much of a sprinter, but she's extremely determined, light, and fit. She got third in her age group! She actually completed the course only 45" slower than Thing One, who is 2 years older.

No Caddy or knives, but:


I'm so proud

The funny thing is that she got third in spite of:
-Put on socks for the run
-Put her helmet on before her shirt and had to start over to get her number on
-Ran out the wrong side of transition with her bike and had to turn around
-Her dad somehow forgot to reconnect her front brake (MTBs -- it's been a while -- I'm an idiot)
-She took a wrong turn on the run course and had to backtrack
-When she caught her friend, she stopped and walked with her until she could encourage her to run again

Awesome. She's ready for some more now.