Track Season

Somehow track season is almost over and this is the first time I’m blogging about it. Not surprising, considering I don’t have many pictures of track meets. I’m not sure why this is…but it might have something to do with the fact that generally when The Runner is running, I am yelling and cheering and clapping and watching the timer on my phone and screaming her lap times out as she runs by. I only remember to take pictures when she’s on the far side of the track and those generally aren’t very good…because she’s on the far side of the track. At any rate, she’s having a great season thus far and has beat her PR in every event (except the 4x200 relay) at least once.

This first picture is from the meet at the public high school in town and we don’t know who this girl is, but she ended up beating Sarah, just barely. It was GREAT for Sarah to have some competition to push her along. We’re looking forward to meeting up with her again this Tuesday at the League Qualifying Meet.

This next picture was in the 800 at a meet at our school and she’s leading the group of 3 from LC. She loves running with these girls and with the team and it’s great to watch the friendships grow and to watch the kids cheer each other on. The last couple of meets have been really exciting, with lots of close races, and listening to the crowd and the students cheer is just so much fun!

We’ve got the League Qualifying Meet this Tuesday and the the League Meet next week Tuesday and then track is done for the season. Top six in each event from the qualifying meet move on to league. Should be FUN!

Update: I didn’t get this posted before the qualifying meet yesterday. It was a great meet! Beautiful sunshine, but not too hot for running. Sarah was quite nervous at first, because there were 4 girls there who had beat her in the past either at Cross Country meets or at a track meet…and only the top 4 in the 800m go on to the league championship, but the top 6 qualify in the 1600m.

She ended up having an AWESOME day on the track – coming in THIRD in the 800m with a PR of 2:39 and THIRD in the 1600m with a PR of 5:58! Her goal for the year was to break a six minute mile, and boy, she could. not. stop. smiling after she saw that time! The best part was that the other girl from our school who also runs the mile placed sixth and also gets to compete in the championship meet! When Sarah found that out she went running over to her friend, they hugged and cheered together for their accomplishments. It was awesome.

It’s funny…The Runner doesn’t really have much of a competitive spirit, but she works hard. And when she starts running and challenges herself, she thrives on competition. She’s begun to put the discipline of running into practice in her own life – thinking about what’s ahead and running the race of life with perseverance. I just love watching this girl become a young woman who wants to serve and bring glory to her God.