You are never to young to get into triathlons

I came across a touching yet great article about a family who started a triathlon program named after their son who loved to compete in triathlons at a young age. At only seven years old, Chase was killed in the devastating shooting at the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newton, Connecticut. Before the horrible incident, Chase competed in his first triathlon. It consisted of a 20-yard swim, half-mile ride and third-of-a-mile run.

Since a young age Chase new he wanted to compete in races. At only two years old he completed a 400 yard race. After watching Michael Phelps swim in the olympics, he asked his parents if he could do a race where he can bike, swim and run. Sure enough only 90 minutes from their home was a race where Chase could compete. He won the event for his age group.

Unfortunately Chase would only get to race in that single triathlon. His parents decided to partner with the local YMCA to start a project in his name called the Race4Chase Kid’s Triathlon Program. Kids in the program will train for ”six weeks during the summer in the fundamentals of swimming, racing and bicycling, culminating with a short-course triathlon, where the kids will earn medals.”

via Barry Oberholzer http://barryoberholzer.net/you-are-never-to-young-to-get-into-triathlons/