Waveney's 2nd Triathlon!

Waveney competed in her 2nd Triathlon. A neighborhood near ours hosts a "Kids Triathlon" every year to raise money for their swim & dive team! It is a wonderful opportunity for kids to experience this kind of race. We are fortunate that this race is open to anyone and everyone from 6 years to 18! Since Wave has been swimming competitively for over 3 years, and we ride our bikes over a mile frequently, I knew she'd be conditioned to do this kind of race. She enjoyed it last year, and was excited to do it again this year!

Here is Waveney with two of her fellow Pinnacle Pirate team mates, Eli Hall is next to Wave and Ally Ferring is next to her.

Waveney and her arch enemy! Just kidding Nathan and Wave have known each other for years, attending the same school. Nathan is on Lexington Dolphins (year round select swim team) with Wave and lives very close, we car pool to swim practice throughout the year. They are both the middle child and are extremely competitive! I love this picture, it is very appropriate!

Below, is Wave's BF Claire Marie from the Pinnacle swim team. Claire came to just cheer Waveney on!

Here is Wave swimming her 6 laps at the beginning of the race (150 meters).

Below is Waveney taking off on her 2.5 mile bike ride! Last year this was a strength, after swimming. However, we haven't biked as much around the neighborhood as we did last year.

Waveney actually didn't do as well during the biking as I expected. Quite a few kids finished biking before she did. I was kind of surprised that she didn't come in sooner. Jarrod thinks she wasn't working the gears right.

This is a blurry picture of Waveney finishing the end her .5 mile run, and the finish of the race.

Last year Wave was not as strong with running. Since she rarely did anything to train for running steady for .5 miles. This year, I felt like she'd be better. But I was amazed at HOW well she did at running. She passed a lot of the kids who passed her on the bike. She actually ran 95% of the time, after only running 25% of the time last year!

Below is a picture of Waveney enjoying a cool cup of water after the race was over, and waited for her friends to finish!

Last year Wave did this same race in 32 minutes, ...this year she finished in 27 minutes, dropping 5 minutes! We were so proud of her! It is amazing to me that kids are even physically capable of participating in a race like this! Never in my life could I/would I try to do a triathlon! Wave is my hero!

Wave and Nathan after the race. Nathan pushed himself the entire race to go hard and fast. He was very, very tired after the race, but his hard work and persistence paid off, He finished with the 3rd fastest time among the 6-10 year old boys!

Below is Waveney's fan club for the day! The signs were a great hit!

Waveney and fellow athlete Savannah H. Savannah and Wave are good friends, ...only a week apart in age. The funny thing is that Savannah swims for the rival select/summer swim teams. They are both almost identical in every event. On any given day, one or the other can win a race. They are always competing against each other, never, with each other! However, they are friends. They became friends last year during the Summer Conference finals, when they were competing for their respective teams! It was fun to see them participate in the triathlon this year!

Wave with her BF, Claire Marie. Claire was so nice to wake up at 7:30am on this Saturday morning to cheer Wave on!

Wave and new BF from the summer swim team, Elianna. Eli raced too and also did very well!

After the race all participants were able to get stretched out and massaged by an athletic trainer/massage therapist!

Wave ended up with the 1st fastest time among the 9 year old girls! She received a gold medal! She was so happy, and her friends and competitors cheered for her as she accepted her medal! We never focused on placing, just focused on finishing the race, and possibly reducing her time from last year! She went above and beyond and felt so good! She is definitely going to do it again next year!