Sunday, 7 October 2012

Run a mile, jump a stile or eat a country pancake?



4th grade boys starts, with Mrs T.

Dan and Morwenna’s school, Mesa Elementary, has an annual tradition that all children from 2nd grade (age 7ish) upwards run a mile round the local high school track each September.  They train for a few weeks and set themselves personal goals (Morwenna’s were to pace herself and keep running).  Their times are taken and then they can compare year to year.  It’s not a race but a personal challenge.  The teachers wear silly wigs etc and run with them or spray them with water to keep them cool, and parents cheer them on. It’s typical Mesa, typical Boulder and I wish I’d had it at school (of course a few of the kids hate it!)
Very determined, with one lap to go.





Morwenna and friends after the run


The video is Danny, going steady with one lap to go, watched by Mat, Ed and Laura.

3 comments:

  1. ARGH! This just sent a little chill down my spine! We used to have to do this at school too -- although with no parents cheering you on, and no teachers in silly wigs. I was one of the haters! I was soooo bad at any distance running...I think it's why I'm still no good at it! Ha! Maybe if we'd had people cheering us on, it would have been less painful. I love it!

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  2. I think it might be a general physical education thing? Not sure. But making it fun and exciting and about personal goals and having people cheer you on, and generally making it more awesome -- that might just be a Boulder thing!

    In Philly -- well, not so much.

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