Nike Desert Twilight Meet in Casa Grande...Go Katelyn!!

Today we traveled down to Tucson via Casa Grande to see Katelyn run in the Desert Twilight XC meet.  Teams come from all over the country to run in this event.  People everywhere!!  It's a fun and exciting atmosphere.  We love watching our girls compete!!

 Warming up before the race at the starting line.

 

Gettin' ready...

 There were a lot of girls in this race!  Probably over 300!

 

Ready...set...

 GO!!!!

 

 This race is difficult because a couple of heats before this one are still running the course, so Katelyn was passing people from the other heat.  She said the course was a lot more crowded this year and that it was confusing to know where to go and who to follow.  Her goal was to finish top 20, but fell slightly short of that with coming in 22nd.  She was disappointed, but she ran her heart out!  There were more girls this year than last...  She had gone on a run that morning and I think that it was too much because she complained that her legs were really tired.  Sometimes you gotta learn the hard way.  I'm proud of how WELL she did for having tired legs!  She's amazing!!!!!!!!!!!

 

Here's her racing number...

 Some friends from the team...

 

After we finished at this meet, we headed down to Tucson, where we stayed overnight so we could watch Brooke swim in her meet at the University of Arizona for the TYR High School Classic. FUN!