School triathlon Pt. 1 Mark

Yesterday was the Magrath Elementary School triathlon. It works like this. Grade one students swim one width, bike one lap of the track and run one length of the track. Each year the number of laps of each discipline increases by one. In grade 4, students start swimming lengths instead of widths. Students can do the triathlon as a team, with a different person doing each leg, or they can be a "true triathlete" and do all 3.

Mark's educational assistant, Amanda, and I had the idea of helping Mark do the triathlon on a team. She pulled him in the water 4 lengths. Then another special needs student, Marina, who has a bike that someone pushes behind, did 3 biking laps of the track with her EA, Sharee pushing her (since Marina is in Gr. 3). Then, I pushed Mark in a running stroller and ran 4 laps. It was pretty fun and the kids cheered lots for Mark.