On Friday, I had a big track meet. There was the 75 meter dash, the 200 meter (half the track), the 400 meter (one and 1/3 around the track), the 800 meter (two times around the track), the long-jump, and the shot-put.
I did the 400 meter and the shot-put. The 400 meter is harder then it looks. I was so numb after it, that I don't really know in which placement I got, but a friend told me that I got in 7th place. The shot-put is when you hold a weighted ball and you hold it between your neck and your chin. Then you throw it as hard as you can, and that is that.
My class had lunch at the track meet, and we had to settle for the floor since we weren't aloud to eat on the field or the bleachers.
Our school got 1st place in the 3rd grade boys and girls relay, and we got 2nd in the 5th grade boys and girls.
The track meet was all together fun, and even my mom enjoyed it!
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400m is hard especially the first time! I'm super proud of you! And I loved seeing you enjoy yourself and your friends!
ReplyDeleteSounds like a fun, tiring time!! Wish I could have been there... :)
ReplyDeleteI ran track for a while, and I used to do the long jump and the 800 meter. During the 800 meter, after I got around the track once, I thought: You mean I have to do that again?!? And try to catch up with all those people in front of me?!?
ReplyDeleteSounds like it was a fun day!
Did you ever see th movie "chariots of fire"? I learned how to run watching it so maybe that's why the music always starts while in motion. I also recommend "Run Lola Run" although it's less about actually running but traveling through different stories.
ReplyDeleteCongrats!