Paihia School Cross Country

On Friday the whole school participated in our annual cross country. This event was held at the Bledisloe Domain in Haruru. It was a great day with everyone supporting one another and trying their best. Our race was a very long and hard track. It was 1.5 km long. We had to run from the field into paddocks. Then from there we had to run up this big hill. It was quite steep. I found it a bit challenging running up the hill but I felt really proud when I finished. I came 6th. I think next time I need to push myself a bit more but what I think I did well was challenging my self and setting a new goal for my next cross country. Here of some photos of the event:

Cross country

This term, Te Ngahere has been training for our Cross Country. Everyday this term, we have been doing 2 laps around our course. When we do this course we have to run over the pump track once and then we do a lap around our court and run back to the starting line. When we first started I thought I would get a really low time and keep on increasing time, not decreasing but I tried my best and I gradually got faster. My times that I got were 8.52, 6.42, 6.21 and 5.49.  I think it is important that we train for cross country because then we are prepared for the real thing. Next time I think I could have a steady pace and try not to stop at all.