Spencer decided that he wanted to run track this summer. He is doing fairly well. His struggle is which he has learned (the hard way) is that he is not a long distance runner, but he really isn't super fast at short distance either. Much like his mother! I am so proud that he is sticking with it and trys his best every meet. He goes to practice every Tuesday and Thursday. Then we have spent two Saturdays with three more to go at his meets. The first meet in Aurora on June 11th, he ran the 100m, 200m and the 800m. These pictures are of the 800m. He started off with a bang, but didn't pace himself very well. He ended up walking some it. (The 800m is twice around the track- or 1/2 mile) By the very end he was wiped and finished in the back of pack. It took a lot of pushing for him to do his final event that day, because he was so tired. When I talked to him later that night and asked what he thought about his first meet- he quickly replied with "I am NEVER running that 800 again."
Get ready, set...
Then running the 200m.
I love his face- giving it all he has.
This is his race in Thorton on June 25th. I finally talked him into doing the 50m relay with five other team mates. They did pretty well, finishing in 3rd place.
His last event- the 100m.
