A chain is only as strong as it weakest link this is the saying our coach would tell us every day at practice. Marcy is not the strongest or fastest player on the team. Furthermore, she is a little chubby and doesn’t run as fast as the rest of us. A chain is only as strong as it weakest link. One day at practice, we had to run sprints around the track. Slow jog for half the track at a slow cadence just like you see the military do as part of their training. Then sprint as fast as you can for the next half of the track. Then back to a slow jog and by the time we were done Marcy would be a full length behind the slowest runner. A chain is only as strong as it weakest link. At another practice we had to practice penalty kick. Each player
Imagine living in a world where you are “chained between two nations” at the age of 13. You want your freedom, but on the other hand who are you loyal to? Your country or the rebels? It’s a hard choice for someone like Isabelle's character to face, but she stands strong and keeps her head held high. The word “chains” in the book Chains by Laurie Halse Anderson is used as a metaphor throughout the whole book.
Peyton Scott is a junior Husky who has been on CHHS Varsity Track Team for two years. She loves track because her parents inspired her to pursue it, and her dad is actually the varsity coach. Her goal is to continue being on varsity for her senior year and run for her dream college, which is anywhere in Southern California. If she's not at track practice, her favorite place to run is in her lovely neighborhood. Running on the track for her two hours practices really help her find her weaknesses and strengths. One of her favorite routines is running two miles a day. Peyton has learned to pursue her goals and always believe in
“He certainly doesn’t get it from me,” I say grinning from behind the zoom lens of my Cannon Rebel T3 digital camera, used to hearing this about my dark haired, eldest twin son. Despite the fact that his 4 feet, 10-inch frame made him the shortest Panther on the field, he was by far the fastest. “Give me a 5k or 10K and I’ll run happily, but can’t sprint to save my
In the Book Chains, by Laurie Anderson, there is plenty of evidence showing domestic abuse towards Mrs. Lockton. When Isabel found out that Mrs. Lockton had sold Ruth, Isabel was furious, shouting at Mrs. Lockton and scolding her for what she did. The first time when Isabel rose up to yell, Mrs. Lockton replied,
Coach Phil Jackson once said, “The strength of the team is each individual member. The strength of each member is the team.” Sky View High School Senior, Jaden Wood, is the embodiment of this.
The book that was read in class, Chains, had many ups and downs. There were many exciting parts in Chains, but something that caught my eye was the different lives slaves had and the ways they were treated in different places. This might have caught other people’s eyes as well. The places talked in the book were big plantations, small farms, and cities which there were slaves in every one of those places. Some people might be wondering, how could slaves live different lives, don’t they all have the same things to do. Well that is not the case in the book, Chains. In this three paragraph essay the reader will discover the different lifestyles slaves had in big plantations, small farms, and in cities.
4 20 yard sprints at 60 to 65% effort (if in gym high knees for a minute).
The runners who were naturally gifted often did not work hard, did not go the extra mile, and when faced with hardships would often quit. The ones who worked hard were dedicated and stronger runners as individuals. I fell in the place of the hardworking group. I became more dedicated than most with my practice, diet, and workouts. Coach would look to dedicate himself to the strongest from the talented and hardworking individuals. When I stayed back with the few other dedicated runners, it became rewarding knowing that I was going the extra mile. I slowly began to learn that in order to keep up with my competitors I would have to work twice as hard as them to only get half of their talent. I taught myself that practice doesn’t make perfect and perfect practice doesn’t make perfect. I knew I would have to practice until I could not get it wrong and that stuck with me during all my practices and meets.
I used to be able to run so fast I could fly. Racing through the woods behind my house I was untouchable, unbeatable; I imagined I was a graceful as a fox and as fast as a deer racing over bushes, logs, and ditches. Running served as an escape from the perfect student, perfect manners persona I adopted in the classroom allowing me to break out of my shy shell and go from being ¨the teacher’s pet¨ to ¨the fast girl.¨ My love of running-- as well as my parents-- drove me to play soccer; I ditched my goody two shoes for cleats and never looked back. I could chase down any opponent and outrun any defender, through sports I completely let my boundaries down.
The writting of Lordship and Bandage by G. W. F. Hegel explains the relationship with the master, and their slave. He explains this by basically saying that for one to receive self conscious they must engage with someone similar to them. However, this backfires, because not knowing how to communicate often creates conflict. This then leading towards a fight between the two people to find who will be superior, or in other words, the master. The person who loses the fight, and is seen as weak, will become the slave. Hegel then explains the relationship between the master, and the slave will instead include the positions switch. Meaning, the master will become the slave, while the slave will become the master, due to the three influential principles.
“Final call girl’s four by eight-hundred-meter relay” called the official. The Ontario Track girl’s four by eight-meter team trooped up to lane one, in unison. I would not have wanted to be racing with anyone else but my relay family. We had trained all season for this one race. Every workout, asthma attack, tear, and shin splint has lead up to this one race to break a twenty year old school record. As we jogged with the official from the bullpen to the starting line, the crowd had uproars of excitement for the athletes. An immense smile grew across my face, not only from the ecstatic crowd, but from the anticipation to race. I approached the starting line, in the first lane, while my teammates arrayed along the fence with the other second,
When I first joined cross country I was not fast nor a runner. I was one of the slowest people on the team, but I wanted to get faster and I was determined to improve. Some days we would do a hills workout and I would get to the top of the longest hill and think, “I could just run back to Armstrong right now and be done”. But then, I thought about how if I did another hill, I would get better and some time during a race when there was a big hill I would look at it like it’s nothing. I could go up the hill easily and pass a couple girls. So I would do another hill. Then the next time we did hills I rememberd how many I did the last time and pushed myself to do one more. Through that cross country showed me that I could be faster and tougher than I thought I was if I put in the effort and want it
The reason she’s essentially a better runner is because she’s been conditioning in volleyball while I haven’t done anything productive since they removed soccer as a 7th hour. This meant that while I was doing weightlifting she was doing that added onto volleyball practice, which gave her an advantage in who was in shape for a real race. Now it’s a whole different story if I was in cross country or practicing soccer regularly because then maybe it would be a tie, but that’s not the case. To me it just makes more sense that the person who works out more would be the one to win a real race because the more work someone puts in, the more that person gains.
In all my life, I’ve never had a commitment that required so much of me as track and field, both physically and mentally. Towards the end of my high school career, track and field for me meant having to push through a difficult physical condition known as tarsal coalition, a condition that causes inflammation in my feet. With help from my coaches, I had to learn to endure past physical limitation and strengthen my faith in my abilities. By doing so, I became more confident in myself and I was able to help lead other team members to do the same. Not only did track and field teach me to lead, but it also taught me how to be a part of a team. I learned the value of teamwork through building relay race teams. In all relay races, I was either the
George Orwell once said, “The most effective way to destroy people is to deny and obliterate their own understanding of their history.” Throughout history, propaganda has been used to convince people to do a simple action or task. They often cause individuals to become paranoid, afraid, join the army or even leaving the army. Has propaganda had an impact on people?