Ironkids Triathlon Nationals

Both Skylar and Kellen qualified for national championships, so here we are in Des Moines for the weekend of racing!  Of course, Skylar's friend Macay has also qualified, so we all spent the weekend together.  Here we are, lakeside, preparing for the race.

 

 A little hug for each other, right before Skylar is set to race.

 In the cue...

 Finishers (Kellen with his friend Hudson)!

 Our little group of racers had some bike troubles.  Kellen's chain fell off his bike and he had to wait for someone to help him get it back on, so he had a pretty bad bike split.  He did not care though.  All he cared about was making sure he gave everyone a hi-5 on the run!  Then Macay had a flat tire and also had a terrible bike split.  She was devastated (she was racing for top-3) and crying, so I could not get a picture of them.  But here they all are cooling down in the lake!