Surprised!

Meg had her second meet at Tama on 9.13 (Gabi didn't). This time she ran it in 17:46! A full 2 m 13 s off her first time! I knew she liked to run, but always assumed she was doing it more as a sibling rivalry thing, just running because that's what her sister does. But I think she just may be a better runner, more of a natural runner than Gabi. G has a runner's body with the super long legs and arms, but Meg really has the heart and somehow the speed, she has beat both of G's first two Tama times. We'll see how the rest of her season goes.

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Great start!

The tiny girl behind Meg is the 8 yr old sister of a teammate, she just runs "for fun", but she beats half the girls on the team.

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Strong finish!

Gabi has been moved up from JV to the Varsity team. Next weekend they have a meet at Misawa Air Base, way up north. It's about 12 hours by bus!! I'd sooner give birth with no epidural while having a root canal than ride in a bus with 20 kids for 12 hours. They leave Thursday night at 9:00p and are due back around 4:00a on Sunday.

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