For a few weeks Tyler had been bugging me about letting him do the youth triathlon here in town. He kept seeing the flyers at the gym. I haven't ever put my kids in swimming lessons yet, so I kept putting him off. It has always bothered me a little bit that my parents never pushed us to try a little harder at the things we were doing, or encourage us to try things that might be hard for us. I think I suffer a lot from it now because I just recently have started pushing myself physically. I realized that I was doing something far worse by discouraging him completely. So I talked to Eli and we decided, why not. So this Saturday we suited him up and away he went. I was so nervous about the swim. It was 75 yards across a pond, and since we are in Idaho the water is never warm. The most he has swam is the length of a pool. He has never had to swim with a life jacket on, and he has never swam in the cold. Well, he did all three and he ROCKED. He did so awesome. As soon as he was out of the water he ran to his bike, threw on his shirt and tore off down the road. It was awesome to watch. He started off the run on a dead sprint but we could tell he was getting pretty tired. He would sprint and then walk until someone started coming up behind him, then he would sprint again. He doesn't believe in jogging, he thinks it slows him down. I think he might change his mind next time we run. He was a trooper though and finished running with a big smile on his face. I got choked up...I was so proud of him. He did something so hard and challenging and never thought twice about it. He hardly broke a sweat! It was such a great day and he became such an example to me. If he can do hard things...so can I. He really is amazing to me, and Saturday he became so much more.
He's off! (second from the left)
He smiled the whole time, and kept looking to see if we were watching. He even stopped to wave during the run :)
Still going strong (but starting to feel it)
The last few yards.....and still smiling. I love this little man so much!
He even got a medal!
For a few weeks Tyler had been bugging me about letting him do the youth triathlon here in town. He kept seeing the flyers at the gym. I haven't ever put my kids in swimming lessons yet, so I kept putting him off. It has always bothered me a little bit that my parents never pushed us to try a little harder at the things we were doing, or encourage us to try things that might be hard for us. I think I suffer a lot from it now because I just recently have started pushing myself physically. I realized that I was doing something far worse by discouraging him completely. So I talked to Eli and we decided, why not. So this Saturday we suited him up and away he went. I was so nervous about the swim. It was 75 yards across a pond, and since we are in Idaho the water is never warm. The most he has swam is the length of a pool. He has never had to swim with a life jacket on, and he has never swam in the cold. Well, he did all three and he ROCKED. He did so awesome. As soon as he was out of the water he ran to his bike, threw on his shirt and tore off down the road. It was awesome to watch. He started off the run on a dead sprint but we could tell he was getting pretty tired. He would sprint and then walk until someone started coming up behind him, then he would sprint again. He doesn't believe in jogging, he thinks it slows him down. I think he might change his mind next time we run. He was a trooper though and finished running with a big smile on his face. I got choked up...I was so proud of him. He did something so hard and challenging and never thought twice about it. He hardly broke a sweat! It was such a great day and he became such an example to me. If he can do hard things...so can I. He really is amazing to me, and Saturday he became so much more.
He's off! (second from the left)
He smiled the whole time, and kept looking to see if we were watching. He even stopped to wave during the run :)
Still going strong (but starting to feel it)
The last few yards.....and still smiling. I love this little man so much!
He even got a medal!
1 comments:
Ahhhh!!! So amazing!!! I'm so proud of him, and think it is awesome that he was so adamant about doing it. What a champ. I wish I could've been there! Let me know when he does something else like this--I'll be there in a heart beat!
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