November 04, 2007
Megan's First Race
Megan ran in her first race yesterday. It was the 400 meter Pumpkin Dash. I had to wake her up at 7AM to get her there by 8AM, only to find out that her race didn't start until 9:30AM. As a the race approached the track and field kids took the little kids out for some wind sprints and stretches. That tuckered Megan out so a few minutes before the race was set to start she decided she didn't want to run.
We sat on the side of the track and watched the kids in her race start. Then she got inspired and we ran together, about 40 seconds behind the other five kids (four boys and one girl). Her in red sneakers and me in Danskos (I didn't know I was going to run.)
As we approached the finish line people were cheering for her and yelling her name. She loved that! And then as Lori came around we found out she had won a medal for coming in second among the girls. That blew her mind.
She says she will run again, but she made it clear to me that she is running to get that attention at the end of race. There are worse reasons I guess. I enjoy the attention when I run too.
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