Weekend of Racing (+ lots of pics)

The title says it all...it's been a busy weekend of racing for the Joneses.  Thompson participated in a swim meet Saturday morning then raced in the Asheville Kid's Splash N' Dash race in the evening (the second race in the Carolina Kids Multisport Series).  Sunday morning Bobby competed in the Asheville Triathlon, and while he was there, the boys and I cheered on Herbie at the French Broad Cycling Classic Criterum race at Biltmore Park and watched the youth (10-18 year olds) compete.  And if that wasn't enough...Thompson and William participated in the FBCC's Youth Race that afternoon.

T's swim team the Asheville Racquet Club Wildcats won their meet against the Schmidt Swimming Stars and West Asheville Waves.  His personal stats were:
25-yard back 6th place, 29.93

25-yard breast 7th place, 51.29

25-yard free 6th place, 26.29

100-yard free relay 3rd place 2:19:29

The Splash N' Dash intermediate race featured a 200-meter pool swim (his longest swim yet) and a 1.3 mile run.  Thompson started off with freestyle, but relied heavily on his backstroke.  He made up 4 spaces in transition and on the run finishing 5th out of the 10 overall and 2nd place in the boys category.  However, he is currently the only participant to complete both races in the CKMS, so I think he's in 1st.  The final CKMS race is in August.

(note the swim team marking still on his forearm)

50 meters is long!

backstroking it

finishing strong

(Bobby ran alongside T, but wasn't prepared for T's speed!)

Bobby achieved his personal goal of placing top 3 in his division (male 35-39) with a total time of 1:11:46.  He placed 4th; however, the overall 1st place finisher was in Bobby's age division, which moved Bobby to 3rd.  His stats:  Swim 9:58 - T1 0:53 - Bike 38:18 - T2 0:38 - Run 22:01 (Overall: 32nd out of 140)

As for the kids race, William rocked the 50-yard-ish ride to the finish line.  Thompson competed with youth aged 7-9 completing one lap.  Two-thirds of the way through the race, he was in first place but lost position in the final turn and uphill sprint to the line.  In his recap, he proudly said "I did my best, I just couldn't sprint anymore.  I ran out of sprint juice."  Awesome job boys!