No day of rest for the boys this Sunday. Both Matthew and Arthur made their first forays into the murky secretive world of triathlon, albeit this was without the cycling part! Wearing their cheap trainers, swimmers and an old school running the vest the boys were hob knowing with the skin suited kids who preferred to wear their race number on a special gadget belt and lace their swanky running shoes with toggles stolen from a a parka hood. The boys did splendidly, both came out of the swimming pool in second place, pushed / wedged their feet into all ready tied trainers, threw on their vests and set off on the run. Unused to running for anything other than a departing bus, they soon fell backwards but nevertheless they had fun.
Next on the agenda was Arthur's 3000m open water swim in Deep Water Bay in preparation / selection for the 2014 Hong Kong Invitational, international fin swimming competition in December. Despite the water looking clean and clear he swam the distance and came out with a fine coating of oil and slime. Not ideal but his hair has a great shine! Not sure when we find out if he has made the cut for the Hong Kong team but if not he will be swimming a parallel race in the local races anyhow.
Before that though he has the last pool race meet in December to contend with too.
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