The boy can run.

[jackshoegazer]

Here are some photos of Ethan running in his cross-country meets.  He's continually beating his previous records.  During the last meet, his best so far, he ran the 5k in 22:48, which is pretty fantastic.  I am very proud of him for sticking with this and putting so much time and effort into it.

Comments

[abmann.livejournal.com]

Nice shoes. :)
Also - beating Marquette is always excellent!

[balamuthia.livejournal.com]

That's amazing, i really wish I could develop a love of something like running. :-/

[brdgt.livejournal.com]

That *is* fantastic for 5K! The last time I timed mine I still couldn't break 30 min.

[jackshoegazer.livejournal.com]

The girl's teams only run 4K and I don't know if that should bother me or not.

[antarcticlust.livejournal.com]

YES! IT SHOULD BOTHER YOU!

[dakini-grl.livejournal.com]

Holy crap that's like a 7 minute mile. He may be long, but those legs really get him around! Please wish Ethan some congratulations from me, those times are quite a feat.

[ohsochewy.livejournal.com]

Cool! Especially cool because cross country is one of those things where (as far as I can tell) it isn't as stratified into varsity, JV, etc., so he can go where he fits -- and because West has a great program. I hope he keeps doing it!

[blackbuttoneyes.livejournal.com]

Man he looks like he got TALL!

[kiwikat.livejournal.com]

It's neat how excited he is about it all too, he was all about showing his pictures and stuff the other day. : )

[fortepiano.livejournal.com]

He's so long and tall and skinny! I guess I still remember him as a cute chubby-faced kid when we carved pumpkins a couple of years ago.

[antarcticlust.livejournal.com]

Look at those quads! Now that he's (hopefully) done growing vertically, we can start putting some meat on his bones.