Track Season

So Ashlie decided she wanted to go out for the track team!!! I guess she thought I had too much spare time :) I'm glad she wants to do all of these different activities. I like that she enjoys being active and learning new things. At this point I'm letting her do most of the things she wants, I think that by letting her try out a few different things she'll be able to pick one or two things that she enjoys the most and then we can just focus on those. At least that is what I'm hoping for :) So for about the past 6 weeks she's been practicing and she's had two meets so far. She has competed in the 400 meter dash, the 1600 meter, and the long jump. She has had a great time and this has really made her push herself further than she thought she could go. The first time she ran the 1600 she came in last place. She was very tired and by the end she thought she was going to die, she was crying as she crossed the finish line! We told her how proud of her we were and what a good job she did! As we watched the next group of kids (5th & 6th graders) run the 1600 meter we realized that about 1/4 of the kids quit the race on their 3rd time around. They never even finished it. So we really tried to reinforce that even though she came in last she finished it and that was important! So her second track meet she competed in the 1600 again. At the end of this race she still thought she was going to die, she still came across the finish line crying, but this time she wasn't last!!! She was next to last :) She still has one more track meet to go this Friday night. It was supposed to be last week but we got rained out. So, one more chance to see what she has in her :) I don't know if she is going to go out for track next year :)