The long-awaited day dawns sunny and clear - Senior School Cross Country.
Dash is hoping for a Top-Ten finish, so he can go to Inter-School competitions...
In training he was the fastest in his class.
They're off! Mummy is so excited she can't focus the camera. Gah.
A longer course, a bigger field of runners...
The drooping shoulders say it all.
Of course he's disappointed. I wait for a storm of tears... which doesn't come. Instead...
My boy is growing up.