The Road Not Taken

The Road Not Taken
Picture by Maegan Ware on a trip to London with Nan.

Friday, February 13, 2009

Just a quick word before I get in bed. It's been a long day. Maegan ran the 2 mile at 3:15. There were 28 girls in her group running at the same time. She said she thinks she got like 15th. I think she was thinking she would do better, but that was a TON of girls. I called her after school and she said it would be at least seven before she ran again. There are 12 running events, girl and then boys, and then there are several heats for each run. So it was going to be a long while before her turn because her mile and a half was the second to last run. I got there about 6:30 and James and Paisley and Jansen had arrived just before me. Leo and Sandy got there about ten minutes after I did. Turns out she didn't run until eight o'clock. So it was a long night of sitting in the humid wind. But Jansen entertained us all and Maegan came and sat with us for a little while. There were 28 girls again....WAY to many. They had to stagger them to start which really wasn't fair since there were four girls in each lane and no one had to stay in the lane they started in. Paisley and I were wishing Maegan were a little pushier and would have pushed her way to the front, but they were lined up by numbers so she was about in the middle to start. She got about fifteenth again I think. She starts off so slow and then is so tired by the end she just never catches up. We were all saying she needs to start out faster and then pace herself. My friend Kevin that teaches at my school is one of the Memorial track coaches and when we were leaving he said "She has too much energy at the very end, she needs to start off faster". Which is what we thought too. James ended up having to leave before she ran because he was working. I took some pictures and some video clips but I have Maegan's camera and she has the cord at her dad's so I will have to wait and put them on Snapfish Sunday when she gets back. Maegan and Jansen rode home with me, because of course I forgot her bag and laptop here even though it was sitting by the front door. He's so cute and sweet to everyone, such a joy to be around. Maegan is supposed to go to the movies and to eat tomorrow at lunch time with her 'boyfriend' Steven and a few other people. So that's all I have. I've had a long couple of days and predict a hard day tomorrow so I probably won't post for the weekend. Love you all...

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