Triathlon

The girls participated in the 4th annual Bradburn Kids Triathlon today!  

Both girls did awesome and finished!  
 

Pre-tri team building

Looking a bit nervous!

"I'm ready!"

GO ELISABETH!

GO GO GO!!!

 

Leaving the pool and heading for her bike during bike transition

All smiles as she is OFF!

Run transition

The girl in blue behind Elisabeth was initially ahead of her.  Fred yelled some encouragement, and suddenly Elisabeth picked up the pace and left that girl in her dust!

Determination

FINISHED!

 

Pep talk before Allison's wave begins

Sizing up the competition.

  

And they're OFF!

GO ALLISON!

All smiles as she finishes the bike portion

 

Run transition with Elisabeth on her tail providing encouragement

GO ALLIE GO!

Last leg:  swim the width of the pool.

Almost there Allie, you can do it!

FINISHED!

This year's event was a charity benefit for Growing Home - a local non-profit that provides support for families and children facing poverty.  All participating kids were asked to collect pledges for Growing Home, and we also decided to try a silent auction during the event.  I was the fundraising chair for the auction and am proud to report that the auction was a HUGE success!  We had about 70 items to bid on, and several bidding wars! I haven't heard a final count yet for our fundraiser, but we had one item go for $1,000 (a Las Vegas package that did not even include airfare).  All in all, it was a great day!