Would that every morning commenced with such gur at my front door. This bundle of adorable is named Darshi Shah and yesterday, she was on WaPo’s front page for a story about how schools are working fitness back into their students’ lives.
Many schools in the area, and across the country, are combating the trend toward child obesity by extending physical education beyond gym classes.
Walking, running and jump-rope clubs are popping up, even for the youngest children, before and after school. Students are wearing pedometers and learning to calculate their heart rates. And fitness gear designed to help kids improve upper body strength and agility are complementing slides and swings on school playgrounds.
The article didn’t contain any quotes from the precious little runner above, to my disappointment. Then again, her game face says it all doesn’t it?
On a flat field runs the well-train’d runner; She is trim but strong, with flashing eyes; She is thinly clothed—she leans forward as she runs, With lightly closed fists, and arms partially rais’d.
– via Walt Whitman’s ‘The Runner’
Anticipation on a child’s face. What could be more worthy of such comment, Dhaavak 🙂
Hia! It’s one of the best sports-action shot I’ve seen in a long time. Check out the twirl in her tongue in the orig. full-size pic…she’s really v.v.cutie. All credit to WaPo photographer Rick Carioti and thanks Anna for posting it. It made my day.
I second Suhail.
Great pic. She is a real cutie…surely has really proud parents.
Thanks for the pic a n n a! I just put this up as my wallpaper… I dunno why, she just inspires in a way that I can’t explain.
that picture just made my day!
A most adorable little girl. Someday I am going to have a daughter like her. I will tuck her in, sing lullabies, allay her fears about monsters under the bed and in general be a really good person. Life will be more meaningful then.
a veritable Pre Teen Usha
dhavaak, I just saw your comment. What an amazing and amazingly appropriate piece of poetry!! If she grows up to be an athlete at all, I hope someone gives her that poem framed with a copy of that picture.
ANNA, you are a danger with to my sweet tooth. . .
of course old Walt should get the credit for penning it in the first place. but yea – i’m pretty up to date on pop culture when it comes to running… a long long time ago – when i did tri’s – i’d listen to the the rocky theme and bitter sweet symphony (yea! I know… I know… I’m a cheeseball) before heading out for a run – looks like little darshi’s hearing the call herself…
Thanks for all these great commnets. She is really appriciated.