At the kids’ school, they do a running competition every fall. The kids have to qualify by running about 3/4 of a mile around a course. The top 10 runners for girls and boys grades 3-5 qualify for the Turkey Trot and the first place winner each gets a free turkey. Lucia and Marco both qualified this year, so I went to watch them compete. The PE teacher predicted that Lucia would win for the girls since she had been getting the best time. Marco was up against 4th and 5th graders and was the smallest kid out there, so he thought of it as a practice run for next year. The girls ran first. They were all kind of bunched up at the starting line when the whistle was blown, but one girl was on the end and got a good take off from the starting line-she got a really good lead so Lucia wasn’t able to catch up and came in 2nd place. I was really proud of her! Marco was towards the back of the pack when a boy in front of him tripped and fell, causing Marco to fall over him. He got back up though and ran his heart out-coming in 8th place and beating 2 4th graders! He couldn’t breath at the end of it, but I was so proud of him for not giving up! I see two future track stars here.
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