MINI MOSSMAN TRIATHLON

As told by Ryan and Kieran..

Kieran and I showed up at the mini Mossman for this kids triathlon which is probably the best organized kids tri in Ct if not NE. There were about 90 kids signed up for the wave of 7-10 years olds…. All vying a spot for the “champions” wave at the tough kids triathlon in Sep.

100 yard open water swim

2 mile road bike

½ mile run

I asked him what his strategy was—“ to win” he told me.. hey that’s a good strategy

Kieran- Swim:

I was trying to get to the front of the group of kids but they kept moving and I couldn’t squeeze through them and the official kept moving the start line.. I was nervous because I was concerned I would not do well and I was racing against 9-10 years olds and I am only 8… I was nervous about my swim because it is my worst part of a triathlon. After the wave started I had to alternate running and swimming trying to get through the shallow water and through the people. I think I was the 13^th or 14 th kid out of the swim…

I than ran as fast as I could to transition and caught a  lot of people who were slower than me in transition. I had a little hard time with my shoes tongue but got it on and left transition for the bike and was in a out 7^th-8^th place..

Bike- I caught lots of people on the bike. I almost crashed because of a sharp turn I did too quickly. I recovered and caught up to the leader and passed her and another kid was drafting me.  We worked real hard and tried to sprint past each other but came into transition together in 1^st and 2^nd place.

Run- We both did a quick transition and I quickly fell in behind the kid who was bigger than me and started drafting him. We ran as hard as we could the entire ½ mile and I tried to sprint by him at the end and got a little ahead but than he passed me and beat me by less than one second.

I finished 2^nd and got a slot for toughman… I think I could have run harder and will try to wear him down there….dad is working with me on run tactics.. It was great and I had a good time

Ryan: it was awesome watching these two competitive kids duel it out on the run. I am very proud of Kierans drive and both of the kids sportsmanship.. they shook hands and than went and sat on the swingset..