Long Beach Tri 2010

Wyatt smiled his way thru his first triathlon - the 2010 Long Beach Tri. He was all smiles when he came out of the 1/2 mile swim. I was worried he'd have hypothermia - but he just had smiles! As he ran up the sand past the announcer's booth the MC announced, "here comes one of our youngest competitors" and Wyatt smiled and waved to the crowd. On the bike it was more smiles - all 11 miles! Everyone I saw at the race kept telling me, "I saw Wyatt on the bike - he had a huge smile on his face!"
And for the 3 mile run Wyatt smiled and talked! Kevin started running with him, but left because Wyatt would not stop talking. Then the Dad of one of Wyatt's friends caught up to him and he also said Wyatt would not stop talking. The race seemed too easy for Wyatt Wyatt was all smiles at the finish as he raced this guy down the chute!

And he was still smiling after the race! Wyatt had a great race. At 11 he was the youngest in the race and he beat lots of kids older than him and tons of adults. So proud of smiley Wyatt! Even though this post has been all about Wyatt - you know Kevin was there and rocked the Long Beach Tri! He raced Elite and took 5th place overall!

And in case you were wondering, the sun no longer shines in Long Beach. It has been June gloom for the last four months!