In week 2 of term 3 my peers that qualified to go to inter school cross country went to totara park to compete against other schools to have the title of some of the fastest runners in Auckland but first they had to compete in 3 different tournaments. First was inter school cross country then was counties cross country then was Auckland champs xc.

 

On Friday of week 2 Term 3 we headed to the race track to start our race but before the year 7 boys was the year 7 girls so we had to wait for them to start but after 5 minutes we could start our race, we had to warm up as soon as they left but when our time came we were ready to win, the track was muddy but me and my peers had a strategy to keep a steady running pace. We went up steep hills and rough terrain but we prevailed.

After about 9 or 10 minutes we finished our race. We had done so well that the team made it to counties cross country. Counties cross country is the 2nd toughest tournament and after that is Auckland champs. 

On Friday of week 4 term 3 we had to drive our way to the track. It was really muddy and we were quite hesitant but we had to do this for our teammates that didn’t come from injuries.

 

When the race began our hearts were racing and we were very nervous, when we heard the whistle we ran as fast as we could we went up the hill down the vineyard and out the other side for a flat track to run for the second 2 to complete the 3 kilometre race.

 

We didn’t end up winning but it was sure of a good race we had fun and it was an accomplishment for most of us and we were so proud to even get there we enjoyed ourselves and we hope to get there next year