Well, it's over! Nicholas participated in his last Track Meet of the season... Foothill League Prelim. He ran the 3200m. He was one of 4 Frosh (Freshmen/ Sophomore combined) from his school who was invited. He was #16 seed and ran an OK race, finishing in 11:20 minutes. His Personal Record for this season is 10:55 min.
Let's just say that the conditions were not ideal... All the athletes left school at 11:00 AM for the meet. But Nicholas didn't run until 7:00 PM. He spent the day in the hot sun, cheering his team mates. He just wasn't prepared for that either... He only packed a small lunch (pasta) and had no money with him to buy anything else to eat. Needless to say that when came time to race, he was already tired, hungry and hot! I'm not trying to make excuses for him. All the other runners were in the same boat! But all things considered, he did well.
I think he is also tired and needs a break... He hasn't stopped since Winter Break was over. And between school work, running practices and soccer, he is exhausted. Allan was complaining that in his last few soccer games, Nicholas hasn't been playing that well. I had to remind him that he shouldn't be complaining about a few so so games. Nicholas is a straight "A" student taking all AP and Honors classes. He has participated in 3 different sports at school: Cross Country, Soccer and Track and is still playing Club Soccer on top of all that! It is way more than most kids his age! And I am VERY proud of him!
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