1st Annual Brown Family and Friends Triathlon!

We have wanted to put on a triathlon for our family and friends for a while now. It's one of those things that has been brewing in our heads for the past few months, and finally we were able to see it through! To say it was fun, would be a total understatement! It was a beautiful sunny morning playing outside with all our friends, hard to beat that! We had a ton of fun figuring out how the race logistics would go, so we went in with a plan, but we also went in with no expectations. This was our first time doing this, so we didn't want to "expect" it all to roll out a certain way, we just let it happen. And we couldn't be happier with how it all played out. We had 9 families participate and a few volunteers, so about 35 people. Having our friends there is what made it so much fun!

Here are the course maps:

Each leg of the race had a few different distances to choose from, so that each family could complete a distance that matched the age and ability of their kids. The youngest baby was only a few weeks old and the oldest kid was 7.

Body marking... of course!

And a pre-race meeting to go over the course

We started out on the sandy beach and swam out to big poles and back.

Then we ran to our transition area, which was basically a big pile of bikes and helmets on a grassy field : )

Then we biked along a paved trail for either about 1 or 2 miles, depending on choice of turn-around spot.

For the run, we ran across a big grassy field to the far trees and came back to a finish at the transition area.

Medal Ceremony! All the kids got a custom made "Brown Family and Friends Triathlon Medal" made of real gold. Just kidding about the real gold part.

I think it's safe to say that everyone there had a great time! And it was the perfect spot to stay around and play for the afternoon!