Cross Country

This morning our school had cross country we all were eager to get it over and done with so then we would feel good at the end because we had completed it. For the cross country you started off on the field and then you go out of the school onto the foot path and then you frasor street road and then come back into school. You then have to go around the turf and go around the whole school. Now you will go back around the field and do the same thing again. You only have to go around twice and then you will get your speed up and go around the field to the finish line.
First up was the year 7 girls they all started off by doing a gentle warm up so then they would be ready to get going. Once they had started racing some of the Rimu girls were off to a good start and I was hoping that my race would be like that. Up the front was Meila and we all new that right from the start she would win which she did. Next was the year 7 boys, all the rimu boys placed good but none of them got into the top three. Now it was my turn to go up and start warming up, we did gentle runs and really good stretches that made us feel good. Once we got told to go up in our house there had to be the first fastest girls at the front and so on I was in the second row. Some of us up the front thought that we would get bowled over because that happened to me last year. I ended up getting a good start in this race and I was in the top 50 by the looks of things. Once I ran down the big hill I started to cry but so did a lot of other girls. Once I got up to Miss Potaka I saw that she took a photo of me it was cool. I started running faster because I made my way to a little down hill bit. All of a sudden I felt the erge to walk but I didn't I made a promise with myself that I would not walk the whole thing. On the second lap I felt good and knew that I was heading towards the end. Caitlin caught up to me and we ran together for a little bit. Once I reached the last little bit I sprinted as fast as I could and passed about 8 people and came in with a good placing, 36 out of 250 girls. I felt really good with myself because my aim was under 50 and I did that.