Roezala and Jessica I Cross Country Writing

Cross Country.......

It was a beautiful sunny day. There were loads of  kids all lining  up to race in our schools annual Cross Country which was held on Friday. Mr Burt called up the 12 year old girls. As I approached the starting line my belly started to tingle. I felt like I had butterflies in my stomach    fluttering non stop.

Bang’! went the clippers in Mr Burt’s hand. We ran off knowing that  there would only be 8-9 spots to get  in to the inter zones. ‘Run and don’t give up I whispered in my head.’reminding me of the song Run baby Run.

‘Hold up Dante wait for me’ I screeched. I caught up to Toreka and asked her are we  nearly there yet? “No” Toreka replied, we're not even close to half way’. “Are you serious I said”, “Yes I am”,  replied Toreka as she passed me with a fast sprint.

Squishy,slimy,thick,gross are some words to describe the mud that oozed in our shoes and splashed up our legs.The mud was  heavy like sumo wrestlers on our backs. We couldn’t lift our legs without struggling .’Oh no here comes a corner ‘ as I slipped through the muddy bush walk.
Clinching on to one another trying to keep balance and not slip of the of the path.


Coming out of the bush walk to tamaki I finally saw Ms Squires,Run girls you're doing a great job and remember champions never give up.Tyla saw  me she sprinted to catch up.We finally did our last lap to the finish line it was so close. We started to sprint to the  finish line,  as a huge crowd of Pt Englanders shouted ‘goooooo’.

Heart pounding,Seeing that finish line I sprinted like a flash of lightning.My legs could’nt take it anymore they started to tighten up and felt like I couldn’t run but I still pushed and pushed till the end.I crossed that line and my shoulders felt much ligther a huge relifef for me.I ran to cross the line and straight away I fell to the ground like jelly .Trying to catch my breath back , I was completly exhausted .

Cross country was finally over. Phew’. I can’t wait until next year to do it all over again at our schools next annual cross country.