With a week off, the boys cross country team scheduled a new event - a last man standing fund raiser. The boys were to line up at the start line and run 400 meters. Over and over. For the first hour, they started every 3 minutes, so in the first 2 hours, they had already completed 40 laps. It was a fun, easy pace for the boys.
Those boys could have done that pace all day, so they reduced the time to 2:30 for a while. Many of the boys kept strong, sometimes coming in around and under 2:00 so they could rest and get a little drink. Jacob looked strong and kept with the strongest runners.
In the end, they kept taking 5 seconds off. Jacob completed 64 laps total and was the 4th to last standing. Ethan finished 68 laps as the winner. We were proud of the boys for a fun event (even if we fretted about what the impact on next week's race would be!)
