First Race!! Soar on Folly!

My First Race.

My mom signed me up for a race called, Soar of Folly. Soar on Folly was a 5k that  benefited special need Olympians.  The run would happen on Folly Beach, South Carolina.

This would be my first run and I was feeling good, but I knew it was going to take a lot of work.  The run would be on the beach on sand.  So each day I practiced on the beach.  The training was very hot, so I used a waterpack.  The waterpack gave me cold water to drink and helped me cool down.  

The race day finally came.  I woke up early, and had my favorite breakfast meal, Breakfast Burritos   We drove down to Folly Beach.  We went to the sign up tent and got our race day packages.  My mom had signed up also, because this was my first race.  My special number on my bib was 344.  

We walked down to the starting line, which was on the beach.  The morning was awesome.  The sun had just came up. The tide was down, there was lots of hard sand to run on.  I was hoping there would be no soft sand because it's hard to run on.  

We got to the front of the line because we were early   We waited for the starting call.  

The we heard, 1!, 2!, 3! BANGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Off we went burning up the sand.

We ran one and half miles down the beach.  It was hot and tiring. We turned around and ran back one and half miles.  I ran the whole time except  for a small walk almost at the end.  I saw the finish line and sprinted to the finish line.  

The finish line was on soft sand. I had to sprint on it to reach the finish line.  My mom was right behind me coming in fast too.  When I saw the finish line, I was thinking, Almost there! 

Victory was mine. I was the first kid to cross the finish line.  

My time for my first run was 28 minutes.  

Mom came in right behind me.  I was excited about going to the award ceremony because I was sure I won something.  

The man in the gray shirt made all the trophies by hand.  He was excited to hand out the trophies.  

I was excited to receive one.  I was the first kid across the finish line. I felt good about myself.  

This was my first race. I came in first because I trained hard.  I really enjoyed running but I liked winning the trophy more.  I had so much fun I wanted to do it again.