A big congratulations to our youngest, and many other South Auckland youth, for accepting and completing the challenge of competing in her second 'Weetbix Tryathlon' at Mountfort Park yesterday in Manurewa.The event started with our running to register and drop the bike off at the transition bike station and then to wait until the official start at 10 am. The organization of the event is a well-oiled machine with lots of support from family, friends, schools, officials and volunteers.
It was also neat to see one of my students there at the welcoming area and she helped to write our youngest's numbers shin and forearm, making it so real. The neat thing was that there were so many participants from different schools, individuals, teams etc.
For our 8 year old, it started with a 100 metre swim and then they quickly changed and transitioned to a 4 km cycle or twice around the track and finally to a 1500 metre run/walk to the finish line whereupon the would receive a drink and a medal and lots of pics, high 5s and smiles all around.
I asked our youngest if she would like to compete again and she assures me that it's all go for next year as well, Lord willing. She also got to choose her favourite cheesecake to celebrate with and then a deep sleep for school the next day...
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