Ashlyn was supposed to have her second cross country meet two Fridays ago. Due to weather, they cancelled it. Ashlyn didn't have school on Thursday and Friday so they rescheduled the meet for Wednesday after school. Ashlyn had practice that morning, but we took it really easy and mostly just walked. Ashlyn had a really big field trip that day to the top of Pikes Peak and I didn't want her to be completely worn out for her meet after school.
Despite a long day at school, Ashlyn was ready to run after school. The weather was so iffy that day. It was raining in all the areas around her school, yet it never rained there. You can see the ominous looking clouds in the background. Her coach insisted that if it rained they would still race. I was really praying they wouldn't have to run in the rain.
They lucked out and it did not rain. When the gun went off, Ashlyn was near the front. The course they ran this time was a longer one and Ashlyn was out of sight for almost the entire race. We waited by the finish chute for our girl. I was so excited to see her come near the finish line. Only three girls were ahead of her. A girl pulled in front of her at the last minute. She gave it her all and pulled off 5th place for the girls. She is now running in the 2nd/3rd grade race. The competition is a pretty fierce. There were a lot of kids at this race. We were so proud of our girl! She is having so much fun running and she is good at it.
We have practice two times a week and I go with Ashlyn and run with her. We usually run at least 2 miles each practice. Running is such a good sport for her to get into (not that I am biased or anything). I know we will both miss our morning runs when cross country is over. She has one last meet and I am excited to see how she does.
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| The starting line |
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| Coming in to the finish line |
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| That is the girl that pulled ahead of her at the end |
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