Cross Country in Gloucester

Today we ventured to the seaport town of Gloucester, MA for an exciting event. Erik joined his Middle School Cross Country team this year. They've been practicing since the beginning of school, but today was their one and only competition. Erik and a number of other students from his school competed against many schools from Eastern Mass.

Here's Erik (right) and his friend Scott (left) before the race.

Here's the team, from a distance, getting in their last minute warm-ups before the race. Erik is in the center of the picture.



Here's Erik on the course, well over halfway into the 1.7 mile race.



Here's Erik as he finishes...16 minutes, 27 seconds.

Since this was Erik's first meet, he was a bit of a "back of the pack" type today. He did well though and we're proud of him. It was a good learning experience and next time he'll do even better.