First Cross Country Meet...
Well I made it to J's first country meet with little time to spare. Had no idea what to expect. I did get a chance to wish her luck just before they took off. The Jr High Girls ran 1 1/2 miles. They also ran with 9th graders and some of them were big girls, not fat, tall, mature, developed. They looked at least 15 years old. J made it through with a time of 8:08 for 1 mile and 12:28 for final time; 62 out of 82 girls. Her friend Ella, who ran cross country last year, came in ahead of her with times of 7:27 and 11:06; about 42 place. Overall I think the girls team took 6th place. There were about 10 different schools there and some of them had huge teams for the various ages. There was a group of 30-40 jr high boys for one school. Our school only has about 6 girls and 6 boys for the jr high team.
J learned from this first meet. This was her first time running competitively. Since it is just a mob of runners when time starts, it is hard to get the right pace going.She said she sprinted too much at the beginning, and didn't have enough left for the rest of the race. She did finish strong, but she was tired. Overall I think it was a pretty positive experience for her.
School starts Wednesday with practice everyday after school for 2 hours. It will be a hard schedule for all of us. I or Hubby will be picking her up from school each night. Then straight to supper and homework for her.
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