Cross Country

1, 2, 3 hit it,  boom shakalakalaka boom boom boom. The Intermediate girls took their position and as Mrs Siasau counted down from 3 my heart was thumping, my hands were shaking, sweat was dripping down from my forehead. I didn't want to run but I had to. I took a deep breath and that's when I got settled. I took my mind of everything and I tried to focus but all I could hear was the sound of poor old Miss Mules. Intermediate girls had to do 4 whole laps around the school. As Mrs Siasau yelled "GO" we all ran of with pride and laziness. As we got up to our last lap I raced up to the top hill and heard a loud voice saying " Here we have our 1st Place with yellow ribbon in her hair from Mary Mckillop" I ran to the finish line and ended up 1st place with pride and tiredness. We all cheered every runner on and supported everyone through the whole way. It was an amazing experience and we all represented our whanau houses wonderfully. We had some ups and downs with the weather but it all turned out as we planned it to.