Monday, March 31, 2008

Lochside School Cross Country Team

Thanks to all the kids who came out today at break for the first meeting of the Cross Country Team. There were a lot of enthusiastic kids with a lot of energy. We are going to have fun! Over the next few weeks I am excited to be able to share my passion for running with you all. Things we are going to cover include fitness, running skills, and how to prepare to race. We'll be playing a lot of games and sprinting lots: things kids are good at!

If you want to give me a photo, some artwork, or a story about running to put on this site, I would love that!

Maia did the computer drawing that heads up this page!

See you all at practice!

Lucy

Friday, March 28, 2008

Welcome to dashkids!

Hi,

My name is Lucy Smith and this is my page for kids who like to run. I called it dash because that's what kids do. Kids DASH! When they play soccer, basketball, tag and yes, when they run, they DASH about. I did too. I started dashing about the school playground in kindergarten, and I really liked the feeling of running fast. I went into my first fun run when I was 10 and my first cross country race when I was 11. Since then I have run hundreds of races and been the Cross Country Running Champion of Canada 5 times. I've won 14 other National Championship Gold medals in events like 10K road running, duathlon and triathlon. I have run in races all around the world and met really interesting people. Most of all, I keep running because I love running, it keeps me healthy, and it's fun! For more information about me, see the links below. For more information about running, keep reading the blog! I will update it weekly and let you know what kids are doing!

Gotta DASH!

Lucy