He came back strong

Robert was officially allowed to return to cross country practice this past Monday.  Today was the league meet.  We knew that he would be allowed to run, but we weren't really sure what to expect in terms of results.  He hadn't participated in a meet in six weeks, and had lost over four weeks of practice.  We were at approximately the half way point of the race, and we were absolutely astounded to see that he was keeping pace with our team's #1 & #2 runners.  This isn't a race that we get to see much of the runners, and we parked ourselves at the finish line to see how it was going to end.  Our first three runners had come across and I was beginning to think that Robert had fallen off, when I turned around and there he was barreling towards the finish line.  He finished fourth on our team with a time of 19:21...cutting 38 seconds off his personal best!  We were so excited, and he was absolutely thrilled!  Next weekend our team runs at districts, and only the top seven runners from our team are allowed to participate.  We weren't sure if he would still be one of the top seven, but it definitely appears that he will.  We are very proud that he continued to attend practice where he was allowed to ride the bike and still do core work, and it obviously paid off!