Reposted from the main forum for anyone who doesn't spend a lot of time there - I really appreciate your help!
Help me out folks - an 8yr old boy I know did his very first kids triathlon today and came in first overall (out of 255 kids) only to realize afterwards that he missed part of the bike loop. On his own accord (without parental prompting) he told the official and took the DQ but he is obviously devastated and is thinking of never doing another race for fear something like this will happen again. He was told that many a "big" triathlete has screwed up on a race course and he wanted to know specifics like how many people, how many times, etc.
So does anyone have any stories they can share about how they've messed up part of the race course? Even better if you can talk about how you worked past that and any ideas you may have to help him out.
(if you can do me a favor and try to keep it clean so I can just post this link for the 8yr old to read I'd appreciate it)
http://smallfoodbiz.com
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Help me out folks - an 8yr old boy I know did his very first kids triathlon today and came in first overall (out of 255 kids) only to realize afterwards that he missed part of the bike loop. On his own accord (without parental prompting) he told the official and took the DQ but he is obviously devastated and is thinking of never doing another race for fear something like this will happen again. He was told that many a "big" triathlete has screwed up on a race course and he wanted to know specifics like how many people, how many times, etc.
So does anyone have any stories they can share about how they've messed up part of the race course? Even better if you can talk about how you worked past that and any ideas you may have to help him out.
(if you can do me a favor and try to keep it clean so I can just post this link for the 8yr old to read I'd appreciate it)
http://smallfoodbiz.com
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