x-country running

On Tuesday 4 August we went on our school x-country run. The whistle blew, we
sprinted off like a flock of birds fleeing from a sneaky fox. I hurtled down the track,
the wind blew in my face and rain splattered on every ones heads.I was coming first with James and Theo coming up behind me.My heart was beating really fast every now and then I could hear thumping footsteps behind me. I was coming up to my
second lap and I was still coming first, by now I was soaked to the
skin but weirdly enough I was not one bit cold. The log hurdles were
coming up and I was wondering I could make them or not. YES! Only half
a lap to go and I had not fallen over, yet. I rounded the sharp
corner, every step I took was closer to victory, and finally there it was, the finish line of my dream.
I was completely out of breath by the time I was over the finish line.
The feeling in my heart was to great to say I had come first!!!
We all walked back to get warm and dry in our classroom. When we were nice and cosy we watched night of the museum with everyone else.
The next day I came to school with a happy face,I had one the Mapua Year 5 boys 2009 X-country!


by Kruz and Hugo