Tuesday, September 15, 2009

Run Em Run!

This past Saturday, I went home to see E run Cross-Country.
There is a season beginning invitational called "Petty Fun Run." It is run at Del Val, so I know the course well ;)

The invitation is for a number of teams, one of them a serious contender for great state finish this season.

One of the girls was ranked by the Star-Ledger as one of the top 10 runners for XC in the state. E was not ranked...

The race was very exciting! E & the girl were running together the whole time. You can see the runners many times during the course, and they were neck & neck.

Dad made the comment that if they were together coming up the hill (the hardest part for E), then he was confident she'd win...She was ahead of her coming up the hill...

Coming out of the woods at the end, E had a pretty good lead & then seemed to slow. The other girl kicked & E let her pull up next to her! Em didn't even look like she was running hard...

But, she then just blew her away at the end!
It was AWESOME!
She won the race!

E is the first student - girl OR guy to ever win Petty that anyone can remember from Del Val :)

I won't be able to see a lot of meets b/c they are mostly during the week & then I have to work so many weekends :(( BUT, I was super happy to see this one!!

I am SO lucky to have her as a sister. She is not only a fantastic runner, but a good person, a FUN girl, a GREAT sister, smart, and (of course) beautiful :)

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