Marcus finished his first cross country season yesterday and it went out with a bang. He raced against 7th and 8th grade boys from five schools on a two-mile course finishing 7th overall. Pretty impressive since there were about 300+ runners and half of them were a year older. Even more impressive was that his first mile split was 5:10. I've never run that fast in my life! Marcus gets his speed from his dad and all those hours logged on the soccer field help too.
I have to admit, cheering him on at the races this season was a lot of fun because I finally got to watch one of my kids do something I know a little bit about. I know next to nothing about the other sports. The day I can sit through a soccer game and recognize when a player is off sides will be a huge victory for me. And don't even get me started with football. I thoroughly enjoy watching football and sitting next to Marcus so he can explain everything to me makes it even better but basically I'm still as clueless as I was before I had kids in all these sports. Embarrassing, I know.
Now that cross country is over, we are back to balancing a life with piano lessons, soccer for Marcus, and football for Ethan. It's doable. Until basketball season starts up....
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| He finished 3rd against Pacific Cascade Middle School even after falling in the mud |
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| Gotta love those tiny track shorts! |
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| Marcus (one the right) always listened to a special playlist on his kindle while he stretched pre-race |
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| The fastest boys get the front line. I've always wanted to be fast enough to line up there but having my kid there is good enough for me |
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| Here he is coming out of the finish, barely beating the kid behind him |
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