O-Town's 1st Triathalon

8/5/2010

Tonight Oscar aka O-Town ran in his 1st triathalon!  He has been watching his dad train and compete in some for the past couple of years and it sparked his interest.  He was really motivated to do one after he saw his dad compete in the Boise Ironman, and the YMCA 'Why Not Tri' was perfect for him.  It was a 1/4 mile swim, 6 mile bike ride, and 1 mile run.  He convinced a friend, Christian Sedrick, to compete too.

Here he is getting all his things ready in his first transition. This looks VERY familar, he couldn't possibly be related to his dad or anything. *wink*

Otown and Christian showing us their 'guns' *smile*

Getting ready to get into the water. He's in the middle with black wetsuit and green stripe on the side

Starting the swim, he's in the middle with the black wetsuit, with a green stripe down the side

Getting out of the water

Transition #1  He wasn't as fast as he wanted to be here.  His shirt didn't want to go on right, it was hard to get socks on wet feet, and tieing his shoes was a challenge *wink*  I thought he was doing GREAT!

Takin off on the bike, Go OSCAR!!  Wooooo whoooooo!  I was the only one cheering, Oscar was takin pictures and Parker and Mason were too chicken to say anything.  I didn't care I was gonna cheer the loudest for my boy!!

It was sooooo HOT that day!  I felt sorry for all the athletes!  Mason found a good way to cool off though *smile*

The end of the bike part.

Headed out for the run.

Finish Line!  He finished the race in 45 minutes 12 seconds!  Wow!  GREAT job Oscar!

We didn't know until he was all down that he CRASHED on his bike!  What the heck?!  He said the kid he was trying to pass swerved into his path and caused him to crash!  Thankfully there were some bushes to cushion his fall, but not save him from scratches and bumps and bruises!  The chain came off and he had to fix that before he could continue the race.  (he was so glad dad showed him how to fix the chain just the night before)  OUCH!

Having some water NOT sucking his thumb!  hehehehehe

Christian and Oscar

Otown and Dad (Mason had to sneak in too *smile*)

The family (except Zachary who had to be at soccer practice, which I thought was CRAP! But that's a different blog)

We were so happy to watch Oscar participate in this event, he did a FANTASTIC job!  He is already planning on doing it again next year.  He really wants to compete in the Rush next year too, but we shall see about that.