"I may have looked like a COW, but I flew like a BAT" #BATCOW( My 1st Half at the Chick-fil-a Race)

  

Swoosh,

Ok!

Here I go.

FOCUS, speed, I am speed.

One winner and 42 hills,

I eat HILLS for breakfast.

Whoosh!

Breakfast?!? !

Maybe I should have had Breakfast!?!

 A chicken sandwich would have been good for me. 

NO, NO stay focused.

I am Faster than fast; quicker than quick,

I  AM  BATCOW!!!!

OH YEA!!!!

 

The morning of the race I felt just like Lighting McQueen at the starting line. 

  I had prepared the night before by setting out my BATCOW costume and packing my gear. 

  The morning of the race I went to the Spirit Tent and signed up.  The lady took a picture of  me and typed my name into her computer. 

  I walked up to the starting line and my chill bumps were higher than the highest hill.  I was a little nervous, but I had trained and I knew I could do this.  The gun went off and I started running.  The first hill was a down hill , which started the race off fast.              

  There was a lot of people.  The runners stretched for miles. At the top of one of the tallest hills I could see people for a mile.  There was under 2000 Chick-fil-a runners.  Some looked like cows and some looked 

like ordinary people. 

  The hills were monsters.  I trained on these Athens Hills  so I was ready.

  I ran by so many Athens Landmarks.   They consisted of Sandford Stadium, UGA Arches,  UGA Campus,   The Varsity, and even a statue of a GA Bulldog.   

As I was running everybody I saw cheered on BATCOW.  This made me want to go faster.  Around mile 10  I was surprise to be cheered on by my Grandmother and cousins. 

 

  They made me go fast because they were shooting me with water guns. 

                        

        

   I was very tired my last 3 miles.  All I wanted to do was finish.  Mom kept talking which made me a little annoyed.  I politely asked her to be quite.  On the last little bit there was a down hill.  Everyone kept saying I was almost there. 

 

       

  The excitement of the finsihline made me run super fast to the end.  I finished my first half marathon in 2:20.23.    

                 

     

When I was finished I ate a whole chicken sandwich in 1mintue.  

My Brother, Grandmother and cousins meet me at the finish line.

  I ran in the 10-14 age group.  I am currently 11.  I came in 6th in my age group.  The first place winner looked to be at the top of this age group. 

  

  My favorite part of the race was eating Chick-fil-a at the end.  Out of a score 1-10, I give it a 10.  I think they could have had cows along the race course cheering us runners on.  This would make it like a Disney race with character stops.  

       

     

 This was a great first half marathon for me.  I look forward to next year. 

  I may have looked like a COW, but I flew like a BAT.  

Even though I did not win first place,  like Lightning McQueen, 

 I'm a winner for just training and finishing.  

Lighting McQueen learned that, 

"There's a whole lot more to racing then  just winning", 

AND SO DID I.