Race Results (by dad)

The results are in!

Austin's total race time was 15:05.8 which was good enough for 3rd place out of 14. The winner only finished 28.1 seconds in front of Austin!

Please remember that it is difficult to compare our training (and goals/times) to this race. The first transition in this race was almost an 1/8 of a mile away from the swimming exit. There was also uphill portions to the run and bike. So we are very pleased with his time!

I won't go into the details, but it was fairly obvious who only did one mile on the bike instead of two. Its a shame, but they actually gave the first place trophy to one of those kiddos!

Here is the break down of Austin's times:

Swim (which started in the pool and finished after exiting the pool and running about 10 yards)
2:02.8
Austin had the 11th best time. This was by far his weakest event. The best time was 1:16.3 and the average time was around 1:49. I don't think we'll improve the overall swim time for Ironkids by more than 15 seconds, but every second counts!

Bike (started 10 yards outside of the pool and included a long run and the first transition)
8:43.2
This was the 2nd best time for his age group! As a matter of fact, Austin had the third fastest bike time for all boys ages 10-13! Remember, this time included the first transition. We are pretty excited to know that time will decrease even more once we get the clip on shoes that will already be fastened to the bike.

Run (started as soon as he dismounted the bike, included the 2nd transition)
4:19.8
Austin had the 4th best run time. The best run time was 4:10.8 so he was not far off!


Austin is pretty excited about the Ironkids Triathlon. He knows he can do well if he continues training. He eagerly ran 1.5 miles in the heat of the day today as part of his training. We will do a time trial using the IronKids distances this weekend. We are aiming for a time under 30 minutes. 30 minutes has been top 5 at every Ironkids so far this year! The best time we have seen was 25:31!

Stay tuned!