The girls did so well on their first ever cross country season. I love the Landsharks elementary running program they have here in Colorado. This program has been a great way to introduce running to the girls. They spent a few weeks running with the Mountain View ES team and then they had three meets. For the younger kids they encourage them to do the shorter half mile race while the older kids are able to choose between the mile or mile and a half race. Abby was happy she only had to do the half mile race which was one lap around the course. Emma was so excited to push herself on the mile and a half race. She ran two laps plus a lap around the track on each lap of the course. Both girls improved their times over the 3 weeks of racing and Emma even learned a thing or two about pacing and pushing herself during the last stretch. I was so proud of both of the girls for doing such a great job.
MEET 1
SEPTEMBER 15, 2014
Abby (1/2 mile) - 4:54 6th place (tied with 4 other girls)
Emma (1 1/2 miles) - 13:19 5th place for girls
SEPTEMBER 15, 2014
Abby (1/2 mile) - 4:54 6th place (tied with 4 other girls)
Emma (1 1/2 miles) - 13:19 5th place for girls
MEET 2
SEPTEMBER 22, 2014
Abby (1/2 mile) - 5:49 8th place
Emma (1 1/2 mile) - 12:39 4th place for girls
MEET 3
OCTOBER 6, 2014
Abby (1/2 mile) - 4:34 6th place
Emma (1 1/2 miles) - 11:47 3rd place for girls
