Big day for Reggie

Reggie qualified for the one mile challenge at Rancho again and the race was this morning!  It was perfect weather, not too hot and not too cold.  He seemed a bit nervous this year, probably because he was running with the big kids.  They have 2 heats, Kinder, 1st and 2nd grade and his heat, 3rd, 4th and 5th grade.  They took off sprinting and the strong runners didn't stop running fast!  After about 1/2 lap, kids started falling by the way side and Reggie was passing quite a few.  He was really pushing himself.  There were some amazing 5th grade girls who I think ran less than a 6 minute mile!  Reggie was about 15 feet behind the fastest 3rd grader and with a half lap to go, he made his move and as soon as he caught Gabe, the little guy kicked it into high gear and Reggie gassed.  There was an older boy ahead of both of them, so he ended up finishing in 3rd place.  It was a really exciting race and his time was 6:24, so he beat his time from last year by 18 seconds!  Way to go Reggie!!!  I think he was a bit disappointed because he beat Gabe the day before, but I was so happy that he left it all out there and gave it all he had.  I made sure he knew that we were so proud of him for doing his best :o).
It is always fun to watch the little ones push themselves because they run a lot at school, but not as fast as they can.  The look on their faces said, "I'm in some serious pain and I don't know why this is such a cool thing!".  One of Reggie's buddies was in tears because he couldn't breath.  Reggie said he felt like he was going to die!  It was all better when dad popped in at lunch and surprised him with a Subway sandwich.  Don't worry, Ainsley got one too :o).

Then tonight, Reggie had a cub scout pack meeting and he moved up to a Webelo.  He is going to camp this year for 5 nights in August!  I'm very glad his den leader is going...she will do a great job watching over them.

Reggie also had a field trip this week that I got to chaperone.  We took a walking tour of downtown Livermore and learned a lot about its history and saw many of the old buildings.  The oldest building was built in 1865 and is still occupied and being used.  It was really interesting to learn that there were a lot of wineries and breweries in the early/mid 1900's and thanks to the Catholic church, the big wineries made it through prohibition.  Who knew?  I was really glad I got to go and learn about things I drive by all the time and never give them a second thought  :o).