Early Sunday morning, while it was dark, my nan, mum, sister, uncles, aunt and I went to Waitangi because I had to do the weet-bix tryathlon.

The first thing in the triathlon was the swimming event. We had to swim for 100m, 2x as much as the northern college pool. I wore shoes because when you come back you will get sore feet.

Then you have to get your bike and walk it until you get to the hop-on sign.

We got on our bikes and we zoomed like there was fire on our wheels. We had to bike for 4km. I thought it took for ever. Then we had to go back to the place where the bikes are parked.

Lastly we had to run around the carpark then sprint to the finish line.

Then you get a gold medal, a cup of water, a photo taken and a juicy apple.

I thought it was lots of fun and way more challenging than cross country.