January 17th

Saturday 17th January

I felt nervous even though I had support there to cheer me on all the way. Even one of my teachers from school came to watch and cheer me on! I woke up at around 8:30am. I was excited but nervous at the same time. You know how it is when you feel horrible and nervous but so very excited at the same time. I got out of bed, and straight away got changed. I went downstairs to have a nice healthy breakfast, knowing how important it was to stay healthy and energised. We got into the car to go and pick up my Granma. Everyone came to watch; Mum, Dad, Granma. Ben couldn¹t come because he had tennis. We were on our way up to Mote Park and I was sitting in the back, singing along to my ipod. We eventually got there. Straight away I went searching for my friend, Jess, who was also competing. Eventually I found her. After the year 7 boy's race, it was our turn. We walked up to start line, I was really nervous, and then we started. I ran straight to the front of the pack. But by the time I got to the bottom of the first hill I was in the middle of all the runners. Halfway round the track I managed to do something to my shoulder. It was extremely painful. I managed to do a sprint finish at the end and I went so fast my mum couldn¹t even take a picture. (She couldn't have taken one anyway because she had the camera upside down!) Overall I came 59th out of 114 runners, which I consider quite good. Better than that I came 2nd out of the Medway runners! My friend Jess came 73rd, which is also good for a sprinter! When I finished my shoulder was so painful and I couldn¹t move it. We went home and I rested it until we had to go out again to watch Ben's tennis match.