Final Finish Line

This afternoon was the sectional meet for cross country and, as expected, Carter's last race of the season. None of the boys from their little team of 7 will go on to state. Some of the Assumption girls will, though! So it was an OK finish for the season.

Thanks to some support request emails going out to the entire parenthood of the high school, we had plenty of fans traveling up to Wausau for the race. That was cool.

Here's some of the high schoolers who traveled up to support our runners! Yes, it's sunny but that was when it was all said and done. The boys got sprinkled on a bit but it rained good and steady on the girls. Jim and I brought everything from hand warmers to umbrellas so we were good.

Got a few shots using the "continuous sports" setting on the camera, but not much turned out in the weather.

Carter ran a decent race. He almost got another PR. Just missed his best time by 6 seconds and finished with 23:51. Over the course of the season -- basically two months of races -- he improved his time by some 3 1/2 minutes. I would kill for that!

Of course, like his mother, he is concerned how he does compared to the others. We said he should be proud that he went out for a new sport and improved in his first season. If he wants to get better than some of the others, then he has an incentive to train in the off season. Frankly, they'll need him next year. Three of the guys are seniors so those 4 freshman have a lot of responsibility the next 3 years!

I'm pretty sure Carter will go out again. I will see how much I have to prod, beg, demand he runs over the winter. I will be happy to be his running partner. Except his slow jog is probably still 2 minutes per mile faster than me!

Maybe I'll have my most-improved off season yet!