There is nothing better than seeing your child accomplish something big. Saturday, Erynn was one of two 7th graders that was invited from her school to go to the Chile Pepper Cross Country Festival in Fayetteville, AR. We have just started cross country this year and had no idea what this was and I'm thankful we didn't know until after we got there. Erynn was nervous because this was a 5k - which meant 3 miles instead of the two she is used to.
Chile Pepper Festival is the largest cross country meet in the nation. We had colleges from all over the US there - Duke, Texas, Mississippi, New Mexico. It was huge and unbelieveable. Erynn was a nervous wreck. She kept saying she didn't want to do it - not to make her do it. But she was so excited when she found out from school that she was invited - so I knew she really wanted to do it. I finally hid from her right before the race started - so that maybe she wouldn't be so nervous.
At the starting line, the older girls put the 7th graders up front because they knew they were faster runners. Erynn came in 74th out of 243 girls. It was so awesome, and I was so excited I couldn't get a picture taken. Luckily someone else got a few for me. After the race, Erynn apologized for being ugly and upset about racing. She was so excited that she had done the three miles and finished the race. What a build up of self confidence and we all need that! Life is great isn't it!
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