And for those of you who do not have video watching abilities from the previous post...

...our little powerhouse pulled one out today! Gracie Renee Karl brought home a second place trophy for the girls 12 age group! She is one proud athlete! Hard work pays off! Here she is pre-game with SarahGrace, her BFF from swim.

" Calling all 12 year old girls." Game face is on before heading into the pool tunnel.

Here she is coming out of the pool and running toward bike transition.

This is her after the race, waiting for final results. We still do not have her splits breakout, but her overall time for 100 yard swim, 4 mile bike, and 1 mile run was 28 minutes-ish. The Christmas bike upgrade was the right call. She smoked her time on the bike from last year. She had quite a cheering section and had that game face on the whole race. When she turned the corner into the finish line, she sprinted the uphill 25 yards like no one's business.

She is the second girl from the left. You can double-click on the picture to see it larger.

All in all, she got a participation medal, a team medal since her swim twim had the largest group of participants, and the BIG prize. And even more fun when your BFF trophies too - SG won 4th in the 11 group.

Gray, SG, and Maddie, SG's little sister who won 3rd in the 8 year olds.

What a great day for our favorite girl! She is smiling non-stop. And Jack is so proud of her, he is setting up a party for her in the living room.

And yes, it was HOT, but we survived...D