My Shorts Fell Off During the Track Meet!

Last week, I had a big track meet. And even though I'd always been told that frosh "ride the pine" their first season, I was going to be one of my school's two hurdlers that day!

As my event was called, my coach pulled me aside. "I think you'll do great," he told me. "You can beat these guys." Wow, not only my first race but probably my first win, too? There was no way this was going to get any better.

I got into position and waited for the gun, before *Bang!* taking off. But right before my first hurdle, something didn't feel right — my shorts were slipping off! I tried to keep going, but I couldn't run as fast trying to hold up my shorts with one hand. I decided to just finish as quickly as possible, but it didn't work — they ended up falling off!