Aquathon

The first aquathon of the season was tonight. Both boys did the 1st race of a 400 meter run, 100 meter swim, 400 meter run. I did not run because I wanted to take pictures and I have a chest cold. Hunter won his age group with a time of 6:01. He improved his time by 1 minute compared to last year. Running is not his strong event but he made up for it in the swim. Brody also won his division with a time of 8:43. He was able to improve 20 seconds as compared to last year. He got a little confused in the pool and started to do another 25 meters but realized that he should have gotten out so he turned around. He was able to make up some time in the run. Brody is more a distance athlete where Hunter is more of a sprinter. They both had a good time and got blue ribbons for their efforts.

When we got there to sign up, there were a few people who came up to me and asked where Joe was. When I told them that he would not be here, they would laugh and tell me that now they had a chance at winning. I think the 13 year old that was the overall winner of the longer race would have given Joe a good race.
The boys and I before the race

Game faces

Hunter's first run

Getting out of the pool after swimming 100 meters

Putting shoes on with wet feet is not an easy task
Brody before the race

The first lap, heading into the pool

In the pool doing 100 meters

Climbing out and trying to find his shoes

Getting the shoes on

Heading out on his last 400 meter run

Finishing strong

A sprint to the finish. You can see Hunter in the background, he went back to run a little with Brody.

Almost forgot to tell everyone, Brody lost his 2nd tooth the other day. He is now working on number 3!!