Examples Of Accomplishments In Cross Country

One of my proudest achievements is joining the Varsity Tennis team. A lot of people told me that learning to play tennis at an advanced level within a year was impossible, but I payed them no heed and went to the park every day to practice. It was a rigorous year of tennis, but the key to success for me was with stubborn determination. I got blisters, callouses, and a couple of injuries, but all of my hard work paid off when I saw my name on the list.

“In running, it doesn’t matter whether you come in first, in the middle or last. You can say, ‘ I finished’ There is a lot of satisfaction in that” - Fred Lebow. I began cross country in eighth grade shortly after my brother joined the year before. He enjoyed it a lot, so I thought it would be fun. I’ve been on the team for two years. I would like to run for the rest of my life. Cross country changed my life positively forever. It taught me to push myself past what I thought was my limit. It revealed to me a great community of people and it taught me to leave my comfort zone.

When I started training for cross-country in the summer before my freshman year, I had a specific routine I had to follow in order to obtain the results I wanted. My schedule was organized in a certain way; the practice would begin at 6:30 in the morning, we would run miles and after that like at 8:00 we would work out our legs or arms, depending on what day it was. It was challenging but not impossible, I like to be good at what I do, so I knew that it would take plenty of hard work and dedication. Even though, I was just a freshman, by the beginning of July I had already caught up with the varsity. We had to run different amount of miles each day, we had hard day; 8 miles, medium day; 6 miles, and easy day;

I’ve always had a desire for running and when I heard Richland Center High had a Cross Country team, I knew I wanted to be on it! When I did start, it was tough. There were times my sanity would ask, “ WHAT IN THE WORLD ARE YOU

Winning the state championship in baseball was one of the greatest moments in my life so far. I remember loading the bus to go down to Montgomery; our parents were giving us baskets filled with candy and snacks for us to eat on the trip down there. Every player was full of excitement and anticipation. We all watched movies and listen to music the entire bus ride. It might have seemed as if some of us were taking this moment for granted, but I think that was because our team knew that there was no doubt soon we would be state champions.

Another significant extra-curricular activity I pursued for eight years is figure skating. I started at six and quit at sixteen. I like to consider myself as a successful athlete becuase I competed in lots of competitions and received approximately 30 metals. I competed individually at the regional level and with my synchronized skating team at the national level. During my figure skating career, I tested my dances, skills and solo and have almost all possible levels for each area of the discipline

They congratulated me and I saw and felt their pride. I, myself, felt pride for conquering my obstacles and overcoming my frustration. I had more confidence and even though Running Club ended after the 5k, I continued to run with my friends and my renewed confidence. Joining that club aided me to realize that I truly enjoyed running. My enjoyment for the sport influenced me to become a member of the 7th and 8th grade cross country team, along with the track and field team. Overall, my experiences in the Running Club guided my participation in running sports and improved my attitude toward those

So I decided to keep running. I knew that I may be a little more sore tomorrow, but if I was going to accomplish my goals I had to work hard. I kept running, and toward the last mile I began to really feel the burn, but I did push and finished with plenty of time to spare. That practice is what I thought of as i crossed the finish line with a smile on my face. As I headed back to camp still beaming about my time I thought to myself,

In the world today, people have created different hobbies for themselves. Many people like to read different books from different genres. Some like to do life changing experiments for science. Some like to engineer robots that could help us in the near future. Some people like to run and run and run until they know that they accomplished something. This includes me. I enjoy running because it helps me ease of stress, in a way, and helps me grow my strength. And because I enjoy running, I decided to join the Cupertino Middle School cross country. Here I started to on the weekdays, not including Thursday, with a lot of other people. We would run around 2-3 miles everyday thinking that “good enough” is not enough. We went to many meets against

Like the invention of the slinky, my story is kind of an accident. I never thought about running as a sport, or that it could be an alternative to soccer, which I had been playing my whole life. It really was an accident that I overheard my mom talking to her friends on the phone about the local race. Sometimes, however, accidents can be good things that become great things, and this was one of those times; I just haven’t realized that until now. Running cross-country is special to me because of the liberation it provided and the greatest friendships that made a huge difference in my life.

It all started in August on my first day of 6th grade where I came out for the cross country season not knowing what I was about to get myself into. My dad said I had to either get a job or do sports in school, so I chose to do a sport because what 13 year old would want to get a job anyway? Soon after the first week of practice was over, I was running as the number two runner. Staying as the number one and two runner as the rest of my middle school years, almost breaking the school record and being named “top dog” I

I did not know that I could push myself so hard and come far enough to drop over a minute of time from freshman year for my 5k time. Joining cross country in high school was quite scary for me. I did not know many people, other than the two girls who were over ten minutes faster than

Over the course of my high school cross country career, I have made it to state twice and onto varsity my sophomore, junior, and senior year. But those successes did not happen overnight. Sore muscles, blistered feet, and gruesome practices were just a few of the obstacles that challenged me. Furthermore, our team was known

After the race my initial thought was that it was the hardest run that I have ever ran and that I was so extremely tired. Today, however I feel differently about this particular race. I feel as if this race was a stepping stone to where I am today in cross country. I realize that without this race being so much fun and challenging then maybe I never would have stuck with it my entire high school career.

The results came in and for the first time in school history the cheerleading team advanced to semi finals. That moment is one I will carry with me for the rest of my life. We now hold the national title of 16th in the