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Tuesday, July 3, 2007
Maille Can Run!
Maille has always been a pretty easy-going girl. She's never shown too much interest in sports. We had to talk her into a second season of soccer despite the fact that she's actually pretty good. Anyways, tonight we took her and Lydia to the Bellingham All-Comers Track Meet. We went a few times last year and generally had a fun time. This time however, Maille wowed us with her running.
She had told us before that she was the fastest runner in her class, but we had never really seen her in a race with her peers. She started the evening by winning the 50 meter hurdles. She also won the 100 meter dash. Her most amazing performance was in the 800 meters (2 full laps).
I told her before the race started that she needed to not run too fast or she would get tired. She completely ignored my advice and had a 15 foot lead after about 200 meters. At that point, a much taller boy caught up with her. Cambria and I were certain that she'd end up walking because of her fast start. We were completely wrong.
The taller boy quit after 1 lap and Maille kept going. She didn't stop to walk once. At the very end, she was passed by one boy who just barely beat her. She was exhausted, but very happy to get that first place ribbon (technically she's only racing the other girls her age). We were shocked that she actually ran the whole way without stopping let alone winning the race! We were very impressed!
She then followed that up with a 3rd place finish in the mile (10:47)! I think she was a little bit tired for that one as she ended up walking a couple times. She followed that with a win in the 200 meter dash.
I guess Maille can really run.
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