Awesome Kids

The kids were awesome today. Their race was at 8am and it was cold. We started our warm up at 7am after getting there at 6:30 to set things up. All of them finished, all of them were awesome.

The girls 13-14 race was like looking at women vs. children. 6 or so of the girls were noticeably larger - one in particular was probably nearly a foot taller than Kenzie. They were immediately intimidated, and got off to slow starts.

The course was extremely slippery. The girls were falling all over the place, but they perservered and hung in there with girls much past them in physical maturity. I was extremely proud of Kenzie and once again emotional.

In the end Kenzie was happy with 10th, though she thought she could have done better. The best part was the comment she made after finishing her race. She was crying at the end, couldn't feel her hands, had blood coming from her knee, and was attempting to tear off her shoes to try to get them warm again. "Dad, we are coming back."

It wasn't a question, it was a statement.