Diamond Kids Triathlon

Saturday June 7th the fine people of Las Vegas Cyclery put on the Diamond Kids Triathlon. I was lucky enough to A. Dodge a Bullet at home (my wife was hosting a garage sale for 4 families at our house) and B. Load up my 11 month old son and take a scenic drive on a road that has been as source of some serious pain on my bicycle and head out to Blue Diamond.

I had five ponies in this race. A niece, a nephew and three of my bestrnfriend’s kids were all racing today. I came to realize that I also knewrn4 other kids that were racing when I saw them I shouted encouragementrnalong with their parents. Of the 9 kids I knew in the race 3 of themrnpodium’d in their age group. One of them won his age group (get this;rnthis was his first triathlon and he finished the short course in justrnover 16 minutes!). But he wasn’t my favorite story. My favorite storyrnwas his sister’s 3rd place finish. She is a beautiful swimmer andrnstruggles with running and cycling. Her brother is a nationally rankedrnBMX rider (#1 in the nation last year for 5 year olds) and she, I feel,rnhas always been a little overshadowed by his accomplishments. So when Irnsaw her face as she finished her first triathlon it was a greatrnreminder of why I love our sport. Just finishing is a majorrnaccomplishment. Top that off with a call from her Dad obviously BEAMINGrnthat she took 3rd in her age group and won a trophy; you just can’trnhelp but feel your own pride of belonging to a sport that literallyrnchanges lives.
full story on the club Blog  http://lasvegastriathlonclub.blogspot.com/rn

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