Go Speed Racer...
Saturday was my daughter's (12) first cross-country meet. The fact that she is on a school team without being forced at gun-point is amazing. She's extremely shy like her father (shutup, I am ... REALLY!).
At the end of school last year she said she'd like to be on the cross-country team. It took a few moments to rehinge our jaws enough to say "Cool!"
I was so proud of her, she ran the entire 2 miles (she says she walked a LITTLE bit at the end, but I didn't see it so it doesn't count) and finished 79th, in a neck-in-neck sprint with another girl (who finished 78th by 3/100's of a second). There were 102 girls in the race.
I am so proud of the fact that she finished the race, she wasn't last (although that really wouldn't matter, but it helps!) and she had enough in the tank to put on a sprint at the end. She seems to really like this running thing so we are going to have to work on getting her time down (she finished 21:23.55) and if nothing else she'll be a much better runner by next year!
Oh yeah, another bonus, she didn't have to be taken away in an ambulance (at least one girl did)!
At the end of school last year she said she'd like to be on the cross-country team. It took a few moments to rehinge our jaws enough to say "Cool!"
I was so proud of her, she ran the entire 2 miles (she says she walked a LITTLE bit at the end, but I didn't see it so it doesn't count) and finished 79th, in a neck-in-neck sprint with another girl (who finished 78th by 3/100's of a second). There were 102 girls in the race.
I am so proud of the fact that she finished the race, she wasn't last (although that really wouldn't matter, but it helps!) and she had enough in the tank to put on a sprint at the end. She seems to really like this running thing so we are going to have to work on getting her time down (she finished 21:23.55) and if nothing else she'll be a much better runner by next year!
Oh yeah, another bonus, she didn't have to be taken away in an ambulance (at least one girl did)!
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Yes she could have dehydrated, sun stroke or even over exhaustion.
good for her! if I ran around my house for about one minute I think I'd die. :D
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