Next week, we are excited to spend a weekend in Indiana where our older boys, Imanuel and Micah, will be participating in their first triathlon race!  It is the Muncie TOUGHKids tri and they will be racing with other kids ages 4-6.  The race course will be a 25 meter swim in a pool, followed by a .5 mile bike, and then a 100 yard run.  They are so incredibly excited. 

After we mentioned the possibility of them doing a kids’ tri, they have made sure to talk to the Lord about it multiple times.  Micah told us that he’d be dreaming about the triathlon at night.  They began riding their bike around the grass trails in our backyard to “train”.  So, we had no choice but to sign them up.  We got them matching tech tee “uniforms” with their favorite colors – red for Micah and blue for Manu – and also some swimming Speedos.  They like to think that the Speedos also double as bike shorts.  Since we bought them their tri uniforms, they’ve worn them every day to train in our backyard. 

Aroe has been very supportive of the boys training outside.  He loves to get pets from them even when they are on their bikes!  Ty is currently potty training so he just runs around pantless and sometimes shirtless too.

Yesterday, we took the boys to the YMCA to work on their swimming.  Imanuel will be swimming by himself, but Micah will be wearing a life jacket during the race.  Unfortunately, their swim training was cut short when a child had an accident in the water which forced the staff to close down the pool for the rest of the evening.  We’ll have to try again this upcoming week!

This morning, we took the boys to Hawk Island park for a brick workout.  It was the first time Micah actually rode a two-wheeler on cement.  A couple weeks ago, we just took off his training wheels during campmeeting and he’s only ridden on the grass!  But he did great today.  All that trail training has paid off!  They rode for about a mile and a half and then ran for a quarter mile.  They were able to end the workout by cooling down at the kids’ splash area.  It was a fun morning and we are looking forward to next Sunday’s race!

Group shot before training.

Pep talk from Daddy. 

Cool down

Having too much fun!

Exhausted on the ride back home…and ready to eat!