A few weeks into Summer, Tyson told me that a girl he knew was signed up to run a 1/2 marathon in town. "I'm going to start running a mile every day to support her." Day after day, he'd time himself and challenge himself to run it faster, getting it down to under 7.5 minutes without formal training. Sometimes, he'd challenge himself to simply go for that run, even if it was moments before bed. His dedication was so cute, especially knowing it was for a girl. So, when he said he wanted to try Cross Country, I wasn't quite shocked, although it was the first time I'd ever heard him express interest in running without a soccer ball included in the sport.
Yesterday was supposed to be his first practice. I'd done everything that I knew needed to be done, even going to the school a few times to sign papers and pay fees. When he got home, he said, "They didn't have certain forms, so I wasn't allowed to run on the track." I was mortified. I'd signed some of the forms on the computer, but I did notice that something was wrong when I signed in and it didn't have ANY kids under my profile. I created "Tyson" so he could be signed up, but it doesn't look like that worked!! When I apologized, telling him I didn't know what had happened, his reply was typical Tyson: "That's ok. I was told I couldn't run on the track, so I just moved over a few inches and ran on the grass next to them."
I'm the luckiest girl in the world to have such forgiving children. I was sent a link from the secretary at RHS and got him signed up for real so he'll be able to run today. Hopefully.
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