The gun went off and he pulled to the front quite quickly. He has learned from the past few meets (and cross-country) that there's no messin' around at the start; the elbows were even thrown a bit! (Nice Job Ben!) There were probably about 15 runners (7th and 8th).
He went around once, then twice and as he came by I noticed that he had only one shoe on! Good Grief Ben! He just smiled and kept running. The coaches all looked over at Glenn and I and were smiling too. One coach said, "We're trying to get him to run barefoot Mrs. Thomas!" Yeah, "Ha Ha" I thought. (NOT FUNNY) He still has 4 more laps!
But he kept going and ended up in 3rd (for the 7th graders). His time was about 10 seconds slower than last week but we'll blame that on the wind and the fact that he didn't have on a shoe for most of the race.
He said that it was starting to feel loose and that he knew it was starting to slow him down. There was another boy behind him (on his tail) from Stafford Middle School and he didn't want him to pass. So, he decided to chuck it and the boy from Stafford never did catch him! :) He commented after the race, "Mom, that track isn't as cooshy as you think it is."
Nice Job Ben!
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That it so funny!!! Ethan's gonna love that one!
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