This weekend I am going to Alabama because I qualified for the USATF National Junior Olympics Cross Country competition. I am very excited and proud of myself.

My goal is to try to come in the top 25 runners. I learned that if you place in the top 25, you achieve All-American honors. I don’t really exactly know what that means, but my mom told me that she was 20 years old when she earned it in tennis. Since I’m 8, I think it would be cool to get it now 🙂

I also hope to complete the race in under 11 minutes. These are very hard goals but I once heard that if you reach for the moon and you fall short, you will land in the stars. I like that. So I want to aim really really high.

I also like the idea of winning a medal, too.