They had the final race at their school. It has the longest course and several hills. With the final race, the run boys and girls in all the grades separately, starting with the oldest. So Julia's race started at about 5:00 and Ethan's race at about 6:30.
This is Julia with one of her good friends. Her big goal this year was to beat her friend in a race, and in this final one she did it. She stayed right with her the whole time and then really pushed it at the end to barely finish before her.
Ethan and Julia with their trophies. I actually found these at a thrift store just a week before and I thought it would be so great to give them to them right as they finished their races. Ethan thought is was cool, but Julia was so embarrassed. I knew she would be and that was half the reason why I wanted to give it to her then. They received a ton of attention from all of the other kids and parents as they walked around with their huge trophies.
Julia placed 13th of all of the 7th grade girls. Here time was 17:29, which was over 2 minutes faster than her first race on this course this year (about 10 minutes faster than her first race on it last year).
Ethan got 17th place for the 6th grade boys. This was probably the most competitive group - his time would have got him a better place in the 7th grade boys even and about the same place among the 8th grade boys. He got a 15:17, which is about a minute and a half faster than his first race on this course.
Both the 7th grade girls and the 6th grade boys from their school got first in the all city race.
In the car on the way home I asked them if it was all worth it and they both said yes. I am sure Ethan will want to do it again next year, but I am not sure on Julia. I hope she will - I think it helps her grow a lot.
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