Cross Counrty

Cross Country
On Wednesday the 21st of August we had our Makaraka School cross country. It was at  at the Matthews property .We traveled there on a bus and it took about twenty minutes.

 When we got there we went for a tutorial around our tracks. Mr Milne and Mrs Hannah took us on the tutorial. I couldn't believe I was going to run it. It felt hard when I was walking it .

We got back to where the races got called. We were getting ready well some other people were racing when I was ready and my race got called I walked over to where the race started. I was shaking Mr Milne did some stretches with us. Mr Milne said that he will make a banging sound when we need  to start running. He made the bang I suddenly sprinted as fast as I could I was coming second but I was still sprinting my arms were pumping up and down I was running up the hill and the person that was in first place stopped then someone else wizzed in front I was going as fast as I could. On the way down the hill he was still in front of me. We ran up an incredibly big hill he was still in front of me though we ran along a little pathway  then there was another hill but suddenly he stopped he must've been really tired that's when I passed him, I ran up the hill then I ran round the hole I was feeling so amazed. I started running down the hill I ran to the finnish line I came first place!!! I felt amazed I went to get a sausage, then I went home with my mum and my brother.
By Ella Hayward