día de la educación física

Last week was World Physical Education Day. Every year the primary school celebrates this day by holding a “field-day” event. Because the teachers and students are so used to seeing me running in the morning areound the community, they asked me to help out with the event for the second year. I was in charge of the “Maratón,” where the kids ran about three kilometers. I walked down the road with about 30 elementary school students and got them ready for the race. Then we started our “marathon.” It was fun to run through the town with all of the kids and have community members cheer us on. After the race, kids also participated in a ball-throw contest, long-jump, and sprints.