I went to see a marathon race today, the last one in this elementary school for my kids.
Every student from the 3rd to 6th grade took part in it with different distances according to ages.
The 6th grade students run 1300m, which is not so long, but they have to keep high speed.
For this day, every morning except for rainy days, they will go and run in the ground until the opening time as soon as they go to school.
Some of them run in the early morning or after school for training.
The most impressive thing is about the daughter of my friend, though mine also tried to do the best.
I felt very impressed to see her growing up and was about to cry a lot.
Though she used to be unable to do as others do because of the weak body, after 6 years from the entrance of the school, she could finish running as others did and moreover, she wanted to run to the goal that she couldn't have got to until the last year!
She could do it as she said!"
And after other classroom friends finished, they kept cheering up until she got to the goal.
I couldn't stop crying to see it.
They will go to different schools this April.
More than 1/3 students of them will go to different private junior high schools.
I was very sad while looking at one after another.
I hope my kid will go to school cheerfully everyday.
小学校最後のマラソン大会に、今日、見に行って来ました。
3~6年が走る距離は違うけれど、全員参加します。
6年生は1300M走ります。それ程長くはないのですが、その分、かなりハイスピードで走り続けています。
この日の為に、雨の日以外は毎朝、登校したらすぐにグランドに出て、朝の会までの時間ですが、みんな走っています。
中には早朝に走ったり、また放課後とか、家の近くで自主トレーニングをしている子もいます。
今日一番嬉しくて涙ぐんでしまったのは、我が子もすごく頑張っていたのですが、何より友だちのお子さんの成長ぶりに、感動がこみ上げてきて胸が熱くなりました。
身体が弱くて、みんなと一緒の事が出来なかったその子が、小学校入学して6年が経った今、みんなと一緒の距離を走り切ったことに、しかも、今年は最後の年だから全部走りたいって本人が言ったそうです。見事に有言実行。
また、それを見守っている6年生の応援もまた熱が入っていて、それを見てもまた泣ける・・・。
このメンバーともあと1か月半でお別れ。
1/3の子が私学の中学に行くらしいです。
元々30人強しかいなかったのに、そんなにも私学に行っちゃうんだ・・・って寂しく思いました。
あと少しだけど、毎日楽しく元気に学校に行けますように。
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