We were extremely lucky that the rain held off for us to be able to attend this event safely last week.
I was really pleased to give so many children the experience of running in this long-distance event and it was great to also develop their teamworking skills.
This event is quite involved and as there are strict rules regarding the running order of the children in each race. Each team is made up of 6 children and so we had 2 Year 4 teams and 1 team of Year 3 children. There are 2 races with each race over 3 laps with 2 boys and 1 girl running in the 1st race and then 2 girls and 1 boy running their laps in the second race. They wear a green number to start, passing to the runner with the yellow number, who hands over to the final runner wearing the red team number. The combined placings of the 3rd runner in race 1 and 2 are totalled to provide a score.
I was proud of all the children running as for some this was their first school sports competition. Everyone gave their all and we all managed to complete the laps without injury, which was a huge relief! The Year 4 teams came 7th and 18th and the Year 3 team finished 16th out of 28 teams.
Keep running!