Summer is upon us, and tis the season of non-stop summer camps. Stacey and I have searched high and low for a local track club for Mallory, but with no luck. This past week Mallory got her first taste of track & field at Soka, which holds a one week childrens track camp every summer. She immediately loved it! The camp included kids ages 7 to 15 and taught the essentials of most events, including sprints, 400 meter, hurdles, long jump, shot, and javelin. It was no surprise that Mallory loved the hurdles the most given how much she relates to horse jumping. On the final day of the camp, the kids held a “track meet” – complete with starter gun and times – and Mallory cleaned up. We think we have a future Olympian in our midst. She’s excited to join a track club next year….if we can only find one. (more…)