The Oldest is in track this year, and last night was his 2nd meet. (His first meet was last Saturday, and I couldn’t attend since I was 2nd shooting for Genevieve.) I didn’t miss much that time as he was just doing the high jump and according to him it didn’t go very well. He’s been having some problems with his ankles, and he just couldn’t make the jumps. He was supposed to jump last night as well, but asked his coach if he could drop out since his ankles weren’t doing any better. That left him with the 100 and the 4×100 relay.
It was a week ago that we took him up to Fleet Feet to get fitted for some special track shoes. (Spikes?) I was very impressed with the friendly, knowledgeable staff, who helped him find just the right shoe for his events. Most of us pick shoes based on their appearance first, which was what he tried to do, but based on his events and shoe size they only had 2 for him to choose from…a pair of black and green shoes and a pair of bright gold and blue ones. Since his favorite color is green I thought for sure he’d pick the black and green pair, but he surprised me and went with the gold pair because they were more comfortable. I have to be honest….they’re kind of hideous, lol. We picked on him during the drive home and told him he’d better do well if he was going to run in gold shoes.
Well, last night he came in 1st place in his very first race of the season, so he’s earned the right to wear those gold shoes, after all! I’m one proud mom, and I was so glad I got to be there to witness his moment! Below are a few shots from his race. I can’t get on the track for a better angle, so these will have to do.
Here he is practicing for the relay. You can get a better view of the shoes here.
He was the first leg of the relay. Again, I didn’t have a better place to shoot from.
What better way to celebrate than with some new Under Armour and some gold balloons to go with your shoes?
