Friday, April 12, 2013

Eating her Words

Nicole had her very first track meet yesterday.  It was a beautiful (mostly) sunny afternoon.  She came home all smiles and said she loved it and was ready to go run some more.  Funny that the girl said she "hated running" not so long ago!

She did great in all the races, but my favorite was the 4x400.  A four-girl relay where they each run one lap around the track.  They did so good, and they almost beat the record for this particular track meet that was set 7 years ago.  They missed the record by about three-quarters of a second!  Needless to say, they came in first for that event and walked away with gold medals!


Waiting for the go..... (they use a starting gun and everything!)


And they're off!


She did so well and seemed to love every bit of it.  I had to rub it in just a little when she got home how well she did at the 4x400 and how much she enjoyed it, because just a few days before the meet, she was arguing with her dad/coach that she couldn't run a 400.  (Nothing I hate more from my kids than I can't  do it.)  Thankfully she came to terms with giving it a try, and found out she CAN!!  Told her last night she was going to have to eat her words, and she laughed and said they tasted good!

1 comment:

anatomy 1 said...

It was very fun to come watch her run. Nothing I could have ever done and I was impressed! Nice job Nicole :)