Today is the annual Spirit Sprint at Lily's school. This is the annual fundraiser for the PTA. Rather than selling chintzy candles, etc, they are very forthright about the need to raise money. The kids then do laps around a course laid out with cones. I'd guess that the course was maybe 1/16 of a mile or so. They had about 20 minutes to do as many laps as they could. Lily ended up with 11 rubber bands (Update: the first thing she said to me upon alighting from the bus is that she dropped 3, so she made it through 14 laps). They get a rubber band after each lap, but the teachers are very explicit about the need to turn the rubber bands back in when done.
I'm glad that I was working from home today and was able to attend the event. Lily walked more than she ran, but she seemed to have a good time. First-graders don't really get the concept of pacing yourself. She was all-out or nothing. One thing for sure -- she will need a bath tonight!
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