| Having no experience with triathlons at all, both Pete and Flynn required much hand-holding | Eager spectator | Pete helps Flynn get set up in the staging area | Flynn is ready to race! | The event was very well-organized, with age groups clearly laid out and tall signs marking the relevant course start and finish areas | Even kids’ triathlons appear to be very popular | Racer #74, 8 years old |
| The staging area begins to fill up | It was a chilly breezy day…good for sailing! | Flynn gathers with the rest of the racers | It’s quite a sight, all those neon green heads in broad line | Debra, Guinness, and Innaias stake out a good place to watch the swimming segment | Flynn approaches the final buoy | Splashing to shore |
| Once the race starts, only racers are allowed in the staging area | Fortunately, there were very patient helpers such as this girl to make sure novice racers like Flynn don’t get lost ☺ | Flynn made sure he checked with each person he passed to make sure he was going to the right place ☺ | The biking segment is of course Flynn’s strongest | For the race, the street in front of the park was completely shut down. The bike route left the park, went up the street in one direction… | …then back down again, past the park again, turn around at the other end, and then back to the parking lot | Coming into the home stretch of the biking leg |
| Back in the staging area, Flynn gets advice about the next steps | With his bike put back, he races back onto the course | Running like the wind | Across the finish line | Returning the timing device | Guinness at the playground | Innaias on the rope ladder |
