Sunday, October 22, 2017

Hannah’s First Cross Country Meet

Hannah is able to start competing in some school sports this year and she was excited to give cross country running a try.  She has always been a good runner so I was happy that she wanted to give this a try.  She only had one meet this year and unfortunately I wasn’t able to attend.  Thankfully a couple of other moms cheered Hannah on along with their girls and even snapped a few pictures for me.  Thanks Melanie and Elizabeth!

We’ve had an extremely hot fall so her team only had a few practices as a few were cancelled due to the heat.  It was over 40oC/104oF for most days over a 2 week period so it was just too hot for the kids to practice as their practices were mid-afternoon.

In spite of this, Hannah and the kids at her school did great!  Waiting for her team shirt.

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Ready to run!

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And she’s off!  They tell me she was in there somewhere! Smile

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The next time they caught sight of the girls my girl was leading the heat of over 150 girls!

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Unfortunately her strong start came back to cause her trouble when she got a cramp so stopped to walk it out.  She fell well back in the group but still enjoyed her run.  Strong finish!

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I’m hoping she give cross country a try again next year.  Time will tell.  What I am excited for her to try is some track & field events but unfortunately that will need to wait until next year as they don’t start track & field until Grade 4.

Great run Hannah!  Mommy is so proud of you and you did great!!

3 comments:

  1. That’s amazing! Great job Hannah!

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  2. Woot! Yay, Hannah!
    Maybe to prevent the cramps/shin splints, stretch before the run or apply KT tape before running!

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  3. Woo Hoo Hannah! I love to see girls run! I hope she decides to continue. Bri loves running. I've missed reading your blog! Finally trying to catch up!

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