Colt Bolt

Carter did running club this year at school.  It's offered for 3rd, 4th, and 5th graders in the fall and spring for about 2 months each time.  The boys running club is on Tuesdays and Thursdays and is run by two of the PE coaches.  And it's free :)

Most semesters the coaches have the kids sign up for a local 1-mile fun run at the end of the session if they are interested.  This year though the coaches organized a race at school called the Colt Bolt.  It was open to 3rd-5th graders at our school (the kids didn't have to be in running club).  The race was one mile long, started on the track at school, did a loop in our neighborhood, and ended back on the track.  It was timed, included a shirt and participation medals, and trophies were given for 1st-3rd places.

Even though our Saturdays are usually really busy, the date for the race actually worked for us because the boys didn't have soccer games due to a local tournament using their fields and their baseball games were later in the day.  Unfortunately the weather did not cooperate and the race got postponed a week because of rain.  And Carter could not do the new date because it overlapped with his baseball tournament.

However, Carter has the BEST PE coach in the world.  He loves Carter's effort and attitude so he asked if Carter would like to run the race course with him the Sunday after school ended and get his participation medal.  Yes!

So Carter and Coach Clark ran yesterday morning.

Coach Clark pushed Carter at the finish and he had a one-mile time of 7:23.  We looked it up and that put him in 14th place overall (more than half the kids in front of him were 5th graders).

Thanks Coach Clark!