Penelope and Scarlett's Track Season

Penelope and Scarlett are finishing up their track season now.  It is their first time doing a middle school sport.  They have mixed feelings about it.  They did not want to sign up, but I made them.  In the past sports have really helped my kids make friends.  Sports also get them outside and are a great form of exercise.  Now that they are almost done the girls are both glad they did it.  Penelope is going to try out for soccer next and they are both talking about cross country in the spring.

Their running styles were very different.  Penelope is one of the shorter kids on the team but she runs so hard that she is on the faster end.  Penelope has been doing the 200 meter, the hurtles, the 200 meter relay and the javelin.  Scarlett is happy if she isn't last in her heat.  Scarlett has been doing the 100 meter and the javelin, and said she is only happy she did it because of her friends.

Penelope's 200 meeter:

Scarlett's 100 meter:

Track meets are long!  I had no idea.  I showed up to the first one expecting to hang out for like an hour.  It was about three hours later that we were sneaking out before all the events were completed.  Of course they have events during the beginning middle and end so leaving early doesn't usually happen for us.

I'm not sure if we will do track in the future.  I probably won't make them, especially if there is a different sport or club or something they would rather be involved in.