Last Saturday Madison and I ran a 5k race. For Madison this was her second 5k race that she had competed in. The race was conducted in conjunction with the High Point Marathon in downtown High Point.
Madison's school participates in a program called Go Far. During this program 4th and 5th grade student spend 10 weeks practicing to prepare themselves for the 5K race. This is a great program that stresses "doing your best" and "completing the race" more than worrying about who has the fastest time.
This was a busy weekend as Madison was already spending the weekend camping with the Girl Scouts. I had to pick her up at 7:45 am at the camp to take her to the race. Afterward I brought her back to camp to join the rest of her troop, ready to tackle the climbing wall.
The race, as always, was a struggle to make it to the end. After some words of encouragement, Madison persevered and successfully completed the race. She finished nearly two minutes better than her time from last year with a time of 35:57.
Overall she finished 256 out of 526 runners. Not bad for a 10 year old.
Here we are posing with our medals after completing the race.
She is ready to start training for next year to make her time even better. I guess I am going to have a new hobby.
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