Caeden ran in his first high school varsity 3-mile cross country race today at Detweiler Park in Peoria. Jeremy went to watch him, and they said there were thousands of runners in the races there today--hundreds in the race Caeden ran! This is the course that those who compete at the state race will run, so it makes sense that a lot of people would want to jump at the chance to run there early in the season.
This was the first time Caeden had run 3 miles without stopping at all, and he did it!
His time was around 26 minutes, and he was not last across the finish line. (Caeden said he was getting lapped, and the boy who won finished in less than 15 minutes!)
Caeden is not doing cross country to win. He doesn't even really like running. He is doing it to get in better shape, to learn and improve, and to be coached by Mr. Owsley. It's worth it!
Last week, at their 2-mile race, Mr. O thought Dorothy said "Blessings!" (It was actually "Mustangs!") when they broke their huddle, and the team decided to go with it each time. Today they decided to learn how to say "blessings" in a different language for each pre-race huddle. Love that.
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