Great- Did he want to do it again afterwards?

By the look on his face you can tell he's really digging deep to gut out that run. Way to go!

Nice shot. My kids have done 2 now and they are 6 and 4.They did their first last year at 5 and 3. I agree, start them young but make it fun. They love going to the lake every friday for the tri team group swim. They don't have any interest in playing youth soccer, baseball, etc as they have been going to tri's there entire life. They'd rather swim or bike which is fine by us as my wife and i both love to swim and bike. My 6 year old now loves doing flips in our pool so maybe she can make the 2020 olympics. A dad can dream right.

Evan was one of three 3y.o.'s in the race. My wife and I were stereotypically fretting over him, worried that he understood where he was supporsed to go. He actually looked spent in the splash part, and I was worried he might not make it. He got to transition and wanted to have a shotblok and hang out...we pointed him in the direction of the bike course. He rolled with his training wheels...not so aero. He was huffing to start the run, but he rocked it! And he has no idea he was 4th from last... :) We were a lot more proud than I think he knows!

I think he'll be excited for his next, but not necessarily this weekend! :)
(it's up to him)

I can't pass up an opportunity to share pictures of kids.

http://coxkidsnews.blogspot.com/2008/07/cole-triathlete.html

I think he was most proud of getting a number written on his leg.

Awesome. There are so many cute things going on in that pic! His face is so focussed like he is looking at the clock to get it in under . . . 20 minutes? Or maybe he's just distracted by a bird.

His number is almost too big for him, like a drag chute.
Were there really 1100 tykes in that race?

Nice job.

Geoff

send it over...i'll ask him!

Awwww! How cute!

My 4.5 yo daughter will say to us, "I'm going to do triathlon!" and then will take off running.

Love it, the expression is priceless!

Here's my little gal in one of her triathlons:

She just did her first swim meet this week too. She's only been on the swim team a week, and she did some really cute stuff, like a flip turn in the 50m breaststroke and a breaststroke kick with the butterfly, she hasn't even learned all the strokes yet!. It was so much fun to watch her though! And she kicked booty in the backstroke.

Ok i finally figured out how to resize the pics to fit. As you can see it's all about the hardware for my boy. And i wish i looked as good as my daughter after finishing the run in a tri.

too cute! I love the way your son is looking at his medal- that's how I look at mine for days afterwards...and I love his Where the Wild things are shirt too :)

Absolutely love it...my kids will be doing that someday! (whenever I have any...)

The where the wild things jersey is a little too big for him, he will get at least 2 years out of it, but i had to buy it. It is so appropriate to him, and me for that matter. They might have it in adult size, check primal wear as i think that's where i ordered.

he'll be running laps in the house soon enough...get out your cow bell and cheer!

ironmom & calilargeguy, very cute! they look jazzed with their medals!

Very cool indeed. My 5 year old is all over me to do his first one and I look forward to posting the same tye of race report soon! Awesome post.