Orlas preparation for her first sprinting race.

Orlas Big Race

Her coach also taught her the rules for the race. He said 'You must run in your lane, you can't go into someone elses lane'.

On the day of her race Orla was very excited. She ran her 60 meter race and came fourth! She was very happy.

The next week her coach helped her with her technique. She practiced drills like high knees. This helped her to lift her knees when she ran.

Then Orla started practicing sprinting. She started off with shorter distances of 10 meters and then 20 meters.

Orla had recently started athletics. She really enjoyed it so she decided to enter the sprinting race at the end of the month.

Orla knew she needed to practice lots for her race. Her coach helped her. First she practiced her standing starts.