Belated Birthday at IFly

 Playing around at a store before

 Suited up. Mom was bummed, because she wasn't allowed to fly with her heart surgery.

 Dad

 Me

 This was my belated birthday gift since mom was still recovering on my birthday

Random September Fun

 Working out with basketball trainer, Kevin Dokes

 My 7th grade picture

The folding bowl dad made out of Australian Walnut

Cross Country Meet #5: Sidney Yellow Jacket Invitational

Ready to start

And we're off

 It was almost 90 degrees. A girl in front of me passed out and needed a medic.

 I felt like I wanted to throw up, but I got another huge PR

 16:27.4 for 2-miles which placed me 55th out of 107, and 6th on my team. I have dropped 2 minutes and 13 seconds off the time from my first race to now!

 Me with Issy Alexander, and Ellie Davis

Cross Country Meet #4: Piqua Invitational

 Me, Issy Alexander, and Gracie Austin 

Okay, so I was zoned out and missed the starting gun

It was only a mile raced, and I got tripped and fell at the beginning

 Catching up after falling

 Running to the finish

 With a fall, the final time was 7:26.1. Frustrated, because I can run a mile in under 7 minutes, but still finished 56th out 111 and 6th out of the 18 on my team. Our team finished 4th overall.

Cross Country Meet #3: Troy XC Invitational

 Felt much better today and the cold is almost gone.

 This was the start. It was an enormous meet with over 35 schools and over 1000 runners.

 Catching one more runner on my way to a huge PR

 Leading 3 Morton girls in.

 PR of 17:09.16. I finished 122 out of 189 runners, but got points for my team. I was 5th on my team out of 16 that ran for our school. Top 7 earn points.

 Us at the start. Our team finished 9th of  12 teams. 

Me and Issi Alexander. We went and saw the XC movie Overcomer after the meet. 

Cross Country Meet #2: Skyhawk Invitational

Elli Davis, me, Issi Alexander, Kaitlyn Moon, Maya Violette

Our team placed 4th, and I was 6th on our team out of the 7 that could earn points (we had 18 middle school girl runners on our team total)

It was a rough meet. The course was super hilly and I was fighting a cold.

 Still finished 76th out of 131 with a time of 18.53.70

 The board as I crossed the finish

One of our team members was the very last to finish, so Elli, Issi, Maya, and I ran her in the last mile even though we were all exhausted. We got called down to the principal's office the next day and recognized for being kind and representing our school so well. :)