These boys have really been enjoying Running Club this year. Every Monday and Friday morning in September and October the kids meet at 7:45 before school and try to run as many laps as they can. Each lap is 1/4 mile. Teachers stand at the top and hand each of the kids a popsicle stick as they pass and then at the end they stretch with Mr. Patrizi and then head into the school to record how many laps they accomplished. When they reach 5 miles, 10 miles, 15 miles etc they receive a charm – which Luke is thrilled about and thinks it’s pretty cool to have him laced up in his shoes. Luke got the 25 mile charm and the 26.2 Marathon sticker.
Chris and I joined them for Running Club one morning and ran along side them.
Matt likes the practice but doesn’t love it as much as the real races. During the two months there are several meets after school usually with one or two other schools. Megan and Luke ran in one of the races while Chris and I were on our cruise and Megan placed 13th out of all fourth and fifth grade runners, and Luke placed 8th out of all second and third grade runners. They were pretty excited. Matt didn’t race.
The next meet Luke placed 4th out of the second and third grade runners (3 schools) and Matt placed 3rd out of the Kindergarten and First Grade runners (3 schools) Wahoo! Awesome job, boys!
The last invitational Cross Country Meet was on a 42 degree October morning. Megan had just gotten her sling off and wanted to race. All three kids gave it their all and ran so hard that they were sick, dizzy and felt like they were going to throw up. Hard running! Matt and Luke walked away with 13th and 14th place respectively in their different age groups. And Megan was in the top third as well.
They served breakfast for everyone and the runners all picked out a pumpkin. We love this club!
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