A Budding Triathlete?

Well after our bike ride on Thursday Trinity has expressed an interest in maybe doing a triathlon next year. She can definitely swim, but she is totally afraid of the open water, so it will need to be a pool swim for now. So we are setting our sights on the Barron WI triathlon that I did in April. They have a Super-sprint distance with a 200y pool swim, a 5 mile bike and a 1 mile run.

With that in mind, we went out for another bike ride. This time I had her work on her gears a bit. She never changes gears at all. So on a nice long relatively flat road, she shifted into some bigger gears and I watched the speed climb! She's got some power in those legs. We averaged 12mph on that hour long bike ride, and she hit 18+ mph for a good portion of it.

She is riding her mom's 20 year old hybrid bike. It has slick tires, but it is big and heavy and probably not the right size for her. We may have to stop by the bike shop in a couple of weeks when we are back down in Minneapolis. This could get expensive.

We also went for a couple of 1 mile run/walks. Like her father, running does not come naturally, but we got through both of them successfully.