You never Know unless you TRI! Ethan's first Triathlon!

We signed Ethan up for his first Triathlon.  He had to swim 25y, bike 1/4 mi, and run 0.10 miles.  He's been talking about it for weeks and we'd been "training" with him for weeks, so he was really pumped on race day.  The race was at Ottawa Lake State Park in Dousman, Wisconsin.  We went camping there on a Thursday and stayed through race day, Saturday.  Ethan had a BLAST!  Unfortunately, race day weather was in the 50's and he had to swim in the freezing cold lake :(  So he did shed a few tears when he came out of the water, until he warmed up and got dressed at the transition area.  But when it was all over, he kept asking me if he could do the race again:)  I had to explain that he could only do it once, but we could cheer on the next age groups.  He wore his bib number all day and has worn is race medal everyday since...yep even has it on right now :)    Thanks to Justin's family for making the drive and standing in the freezing cold to cheer him on.  We did all get a chance to head back to our campsite for some warming up by the fire and some post-race smore's :)    It was a wonderful experience that we will definitely do next year, especially since it's a charity event for their local children's hospital.

Ready to race!  The race provided all the children with "Ironman" swimcaps.

Look at the cheering section

Freezing!

Off the 3 and 4 year olds go

FINISHED!

Post Race Reese's Cup...He earned it!

Post Race campfire warmth, lunch, and smore's

Claire giving Cousin Gavin knuckles

MMMmmmm Smores

Cousin fun

Ethan with his Cousins

Grandma and Grandpa P and Aunt B with the big Triathlete