So the Mooloolaba Triathlon is the second biggest in Australia! It is a three day event leading up to the World Cup Round of the Elites here at Mooloolaba. My niece Ruby (you may remember from here) rang my Jené (both 7 yrs old) to see if she wanted to compete in the kids tri this year - Jené was so excited she didn’t know or ask what it was!!!
My sister ran in the Friday twilight 5k run. Then Saturday morning the wee girls lined up for their go - 200m swim, 3k bike and 400m run from memory. Purely for fun - no places given - a medal for all who completed the course. And didn’t our gorgeous Sunshine Coast turn on the weather for the tourists. The rain was going sideways at one stage - but they had a ball and Jené has booked her flight to Airlie Beach in September to compete up there again with Ruby.
Doug’s sister Polly competed in the surf swim on Saturday - couldn’t handle more rain, kids and trying to keep my camera dry. Next year though.
The main event for us was Sunday morning with my brother-in-law Doug partaking in his age division. All up there were over 4000 competitors in varying categories and age divisions. He has been gradually building up to this over the last year or so and we think he has been bitten big time by the BUG. He took a good 10 mins off his best time (2 hours 37 mins) and it was his first time competing in a full tri other than training. He actually looked as good at the end as when he started. Well done Doug!
Twilight 5k run
Ruby & Jené with their bikes.
Doug looking very relaxed and ready to go.
This last image is of my Mum and my other niece Jasmin’s boyfriend, Jed, stranded in the rain. At one stage there were four of them under there.
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These are great action shots! Well done to the 2 little girls, what a great effort!
Great images of 2 little & 1 big Triathlete in the making! Love your work sis x
Awesome shots!! Whos that man running? Hes on a mission!!