X Country Race

We interrupt our Summer posts to bring you news of Lily's race! She signed up with the Cross Country team at school but only had a few days to train before the first race, which was held on Wednesday.
She was very nervous about running but she did so well! The course was 1.4 km long and she ran with over 50 other 2nd and 3rd graders. She placed 39th! She said she got a painful stitch on her side, but I was so proud of her for completing it.
There will be 3 more races in the next few weeks and she's going to try to make it into the first 36 runners as they get special ribbons with their number on it. Here are some pics:

Finishing the race and getting her participation ribbon.

She told me that she was encouraged to try it out because Tory had run a marathon and gotten a trophy, so THANKS Tory!

Go Lily!