Kiersten has joined the cross-country team this year. I really didn't think that I was going to get her to go back after the first practice. She got in the car after the first practice & was in tears because she didn't want to do it again. This was a Thursday and it was close to 90 degrees. I told her that she really needed to give it another day & run over the weekend then she could decide that following Monday. I dreaded picking her up from Friday's practice I just knew that she was going to be extremely ticked off, but she wasn't. I was surprised when she got in the car & was all smiles. She had fun & she chatted all the way home.
She has stuck with it & has improved quite a bit & it has only been about 2 weeks. She ran 2 miles on Sunday & she finished just under 20 minutes. We both know that this isn't a great time, but she also has the goal of decreasing her time each time she runs & she has!
On Tuesday she had a meet at Silver Creek & her time was 18.17. Then on Wednesday she had another meet at Crawford County & her time was 17.49. I think she did a remarkable job on her time, especially since Sunday (20 min.) Also, the course was alot harder at Crawford. They had a very long steep hill towards the end of the course & she hung with it & ran up the hill!! She looks so tiny compared to the other girls that are running (especially the 8th graders).
Kiersten has decided to run the 2 mile run at Lanesville Heritage Festival tomorrow morning. I'll be there to cheer her on :).
Zach's baseball has slowed down quite a bit. He has had a couple of practices & he is having a practice game on Sunday against a team from South Central. As always we are looking forward to going to it.
I'll be sure to post tomorrow about Kiersten's run & I'll add pictures then. Let's keep our fingers crossed that her time improves even more tomorrow. She has another meet on Tuesday.
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