The day had finally come. It was cross country, I was so excited for the Piwakawaka run when I was waiting with my friends. First the Kotuku raced, then the Tui’s and then finally it was the Piwakawaka race. as I walked to the starting line with all the other Piwakawaka I was determined to come at least top 10 for my first cross country.
Then bang everyone was running really fast but I managed to keep up then the fast separated from the slow and everyone started jogging. There was a long road and at the end of it was a steep hill going down, and at this point I was starting to get a bad stitch and as I was running down the hill my feet started to feel like they were on fire. My friend Manveer started to comfort me as my feet cooled down. When we both got down the hill me and Manveer started jogging again. Some of the teachers nearby started cheering us on the last hill leading us to the field where the finish line was. Then I slowed down a little bit then Manveer carried on, when I stopped for a breather Almaan was right next to me and we ran up to the field and I had an opportunity to run to the finish line and came 11th.