Today Rhett stepped into the big league of High School XC (cross country, I didn't know that for awhile). He was really nervous, as was I. The day was cloudy and really humid at first, but the sun came out right before they started. Luckily, with all the pecan trees, they were able to be in the shade most of the time. Our conversation before we came was that he was not to think about winning this race. Just run as hard as he can and try to do less than 24 min. No thinking about people passing him or where he's at in the pack, just run hard. He didn't do so well at that, lol. It was a double loop race and at the end of the first loop, he was in 8th place. There were 40 or so high school boys competing. What's sad is that he doesn't ever even look like he's trying. Because he runs so well, it looks easy so I'm constantly telling him to step it up.
He's finally coming up the home stretch and he's in a group of 4 other boys. I'm telling him to turn it on, go! He ignores me and keeps running. Just seconds later, this cute girl from his team catches his attention and yells for him to race her and she starts sprinting. Well guess who drops his water bottle and takes off? He came in 16th at 23:40. Beat his goal. The frustrating part is that there was this other boy, who finished 5th, that Rhett always runs faster than at practices. Everyone was confused at why this boy was finishing already and Rhett wasn't through yet. Fifth! That should have been Rhett. He just needs to know he can. Now we have a bench mark and his coach has a little better of idea of what he needs training wise. We were very excited and proud of him and can't wait for the next meet!
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