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Friday, March 19, 2010

She Wasn't Hurling a Discus

On Wednesday night my husband and I picked up our 11 year old daughter from track practice.

She excitedly jumped into the back seat, began to buckle herself and without a hint of a greeting blurted out, "Guess what?"

I turned to look at her with her red face and hair falling from her ponytail, "What?" I asked.

"I ran in a 400 meter race against three boys from my class and I came in second. The winner only beat me by two seconds!"

"Wow, honey! That's great!"

"Yeah. I ran pretty hard and I sprinted really fast at the end...and when it was over I threw up a little bit."

I don't know if I have ever been more proud.

Labels: Family Life, Kids, Shameless Statements, Sports Shorts

# posted by Momo Fali : 7:15 AM

Comments:

Gotta love it!

UP

# posted by

UP : March 19, 2010 at 8:44 AM

I remember those days when my daughter was playing high school soccer. The success of an after school practice often was measured by how many girls puked after sprinting drills. It was a source of pride that they worked that hard.

# posted by

Tara R. : March 19, 2010 at 8:49 AM

Hell, I'm proud of her too!

# posted by

patty : March 19, 2010 at 8:52 AM

It's the upchuck that makes it so special.

My memory of sprinting in school involves one of my early horrors. I was in the sixth grade and we ran at PE outside behind the school. We girls took off our vests to give us more movement when we ran. At the end, a bunch of boys shouted at me "Looks like Kathy needs a bra!" Told my Mom and we went shopping the next day for trainers.

Good times.

# posted by

Kathy : March 19, 2010 at 10:02 AM

So cute! That's awesome!

# posted by

Misty : March 19, 2010 at 10:07 AM

That is awesome!! Good for her!!

# posted by

Amy : March 19, 2010 at 11:51 AM

What a great feeling for both of you! Glad to hear she is proud of herself.

# posted by

Tired Mom Tésa : March 19, 2010 at 1:47 PM

ah, isn't that wonderful?

# posted by

Kori : March 19, 2010 at 5:45 PM

She will be in the olympics. That is the will to win that an athlete needs to be a champion.

# posted by

Soge shirts : March 19, 2010 at 10:43 PM

She is going to be a great champion. Coach always says if you don't pike, you didn't give it everything you had.

# posted by

WeaselMomma : March 20, 2010 at 6:39 AM

That's a high five moment if ever I saw one.

# posted by

Stacey : March 20, 2010 at 10:18 PM

Ha! Did she really say it like that! Hilarious! Really. You all should be a sit-com. You make even the depressing stuff worth a chuckle, Momo~

# posted by

Dapoppins : March 21, 2010 at 3:51 AM

Right on. That's hard work paying off, and up, and out.

# posted by

KWG : March 21, 2010 at 3:16 PM

Now that's hard work!

# posted by

Putting the FUN in DysFUNctional : March 22, 2010 at 2:39 AM

Awww! Good for her! Congrats to your daughter on 2nd place!

# posted by

meleah rebeccah : March 22, 2010 at 2:21 PM

That is so awesome for your daughter! Congrats to her! (Puking after a sprint means it was a good one!)

# posted by

Heather : March 22, 2010 at 3:57 PM

I guess it's better than puking a lot?

# posted by

Anonymous : March 22, 2010 at 9:55 PM

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