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Wednesday Sep 19, 2007 #
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A banner day for J & K's cross country. They had a home meet (held at Copeland) against the local Jr. High schools on a beautiful day.
All the 6th graders ran first and Katie had a very good race. Her pace was very consistent and I could see the she was pushing herself throughout the race as I kept running back and forth across the circular course. She seemed a bit disappointed (maybe because she focusses too much on results) but I was all over her with genuine praise for her excellent race.
Joseph finally had his "breakout race" and I'm not sure why it was today (maybe because he knew many of the kids against whom he was competing). Any way, I gave him my pre-race pep talk and said something like "These races will hurt but they always end and you will feel great." because his pace always seemed to go to the point of discomfort and no faster. I also told him to stay near the leaders because it is too hard to catch them late in the race. He said, "Oh, I will." indicating that was his plan all along. Good. So he and another Highland boy took off into the lead for the first quarter mile and I was worried that he would burn out. I ran across the field to the long hill and could see from his expression that he was already going anaerobic. I knew the pain would set in by the top of the hill so I warned him about it and told him to set a pace and run through it. He was passed by 2 or 3 boys but stayed with them for the next lap. The two leaders pulled away on the hill but Joseph had a solid third place and I told him that he was having a great race and to keep it up for the last quarter mile. He started a decent kick to the finish but I saw his Highland peer pushing very hard and I knew he would be caught. I was too far away to yell any warning so I just fret. The boy made the mistake of drawing even with too far to go (~40 m) so Joseph had enough time to react and he rarely loses sprint races. So he came away with a hard-earned third place and was very proud of himself. He loved to hear me recount the race for him and asked me to do it a few times over the evening. He tasted the euphoria that a hard race provides and really enjoyed it. Katie got a lot of attention for her race too. She deserves to be equally proud of her effort and accomplishment.
All the 6th graders ran first and Katie had a very good race. Her pace was very consistent and I could see the she was pushing herself throughout the race as I kept running back and forth across the circular course. She seemed a bit disappointed (maybe because she focusses too much on results) but I was all over her with genuine praise for her excellent race.
Joseph finally had his "breakout race" and I'm not sure why it was today (maybe because he knew many of the kids against whom he was competing). Any way, I gave him my pre-race pep talk and said something like "These races will hurt but they always end and you will feel great." because his pace always seemed to go to the point of discomfort and no faster. I also told him to stay near the leaders because it is too hard to catch them late in the race. He said, "Oh, I will." indicating that was his plan all along. Good. So he and another Highland boy took off into the lead for the first quarter mile and I was worried that he would burn out. I ran across the field to the long hill and could see from his expression that he was already going anaerobic. I knew the pain would set in by the top of the hill so I warned him about it and told him to set a pace and run through it. He was passed by 2 or 3 boys but stayed with them for the next lap. The two leaders pulled away on the hill but Joseph had a solid third place and I told him that he was having a great race and to keep it up for the last quarter mile. He started a decent kick to the finish but I saw his Highland peer pushing very hard and I knew he would be caught. I was too far away to yell any warning so I just fret. The boy made the mistake of drawing even with too far to go (~40 m) so Joseph had enough time to react and he rarely loses sprint races. So he came away with a hard-earned third place and was very proud of himself. He loved to hear me recount the race for him and asked me to do it a few times over the evening. He tasted the euphoria that a hard race provides and really enjoyed it. Katie got a lot of attention for her race too. She deserves to be equally proud of her effort and accomplishment.