Military Strengths

Spectators at sporting events come to watch athletes compete at their best during a game or meet. However, there is more to sports than just “playing the game”, “running the course”, “performing”, or whatever the case may be. Athletes understand how important sport specific workouts are; cross country is one sport that focuses on this. Most people think that “all you do is run”, although running is indeed the task, it takes a combinations of different workouts to build up an athlete’s body in order to be race ready. It is beneficial for cross country runners to do workouts that focus on speed, strength, and endurance.

Being in the military has caused me to become a better athlete than I have been before. Running is one of our main focuses and in my personal life I have strived to become better at it since I know that I despise running but need to improve on it. One of the things that I have learned is that in order for a high performance runner to reach a level that is desired to help max out their run time for military standards, the individual needs to have a focused training, training with an objective.

As a young athlete, running had always been a least favorite past-time for me. Unfortunately, every sport I played was dependent on that very physical act. Millions of suicide runs and lay-ups in basketball, and even more base runs in softball at least distracted me because I was running for a purpose. My short stint on the cross-country team demonstrated to me that I may have excelled at fast-twitch running, but long-distance running was not my forte, made clear by my omnipresent side stitches. My senior year of high school came and to my surprise, running would be the one thing I missed so dearly. My short time as a starting varsity player in basketball came to an end when I completely tore my left ACL. A host of changes came from just one incident.

What has been your journey, the key experiences, and decisions that have brought you to this point?

I would have to say the military was strong due to local leaders on the uprise, many many civil wars, and a rapid succession of military coups. A lot of these circumstances turned the military into somewhat of a armed forces that they used to maintain control on a society that was politically and economically weak. Ever since the New World was discovered Latin American politics and military have been participating hand in hand with each other. The military appeared when there was chaos and riots insuing as the military was the only organization strong enough to maintain the unification of the nations.

There is a wide range of “runners” – those who run for exercise, run for competition, or run for their entertainment. Runners are always searching for ways to stay uninjured, either stretching more prior to their run, wearing comfortable and supportive shoes, etc. Physical therapists are not fully able to help injured runners unless they understand what “running” is. An injury is never simple; there are several factors to a runner’s injuries. They include, the athlete’s diet, sleeping habits, goals, and “training errors” – running too fast, too long, or too often. Training habits are usually 70% the reason why runners injure themselves. Physical therapists wish there was one “correct” way to run, but there is not. The only thing therapists

Some of the most important problems facing the military currently are recruitment issues, low morale, lack of strong leadership, expansion and the recruitment of people motivated to join only in order to escape poverty. Low morale is probably one of the worst problems any military could have, the overexpansion of the army combined with the fatigue form the many wars in the last 20 years have led to the decrease in the morale of the soldiers.

We all support and motivate each other through the difficult times. About a week into my season, I had still only ran with other eighth graders, but my coach believed I could handle more. After we finished a mile warm up on the track, Couch Rodak began selecting the groups for the workout. “Ward, Grippo, LaSpina…” He then turned towards me with his big blue eyes and mustached face. “Amiaga.” Then marked the first time of working out with varsity runners. I thought I misheard my coach, when he placed me in that group. They would likely drop me in the first mile. He selected us for a five-mile run, but the many hills of Franklin Lakes and Oakland made it feel much longer. We started off at a fairly even pace, but would gradually increase in speed closer to a 7 minute per mile pace. As a newcomer, I felt overwhelmed, but I put my mind to it. Once we got into our second and third mile, I was already gasping for air. However, I locked on to the man in front of me and refused to fall behind. My legs became heavier with every step I took.

One of the most notable Allied losses of World War One was the Gallipoli Campaign. The campaign to took place through 1915 and 1916, it's the goal was to capture the Dardanelle Straits in order to free the Russian naval forces from the Black Sea. Although the Gallipoli Campaign failure was the result of many different factors, one could argue that the primary reason the Allies were defeated was based on the fact that they lost the will to fight. The Allied forces had given up hope of winning the war, whereas the Ottoman forces never gave up fighting for their homeland thus they had a mental superiority over their Allied counterparts.

In the years 1890 and 1913 europe began building up in military power which include

Gideon Rachman suggests perceptions of America’s economic and military power in the U.S. and around the world experienced a sharp decline during the presidency of Barack Obama. After presenting evidence to support the notion of declining economic and military power of the sole super power of the last few decades, the author leaves the reader questioning whether the U.S. can adapt to a bipolar or multipolar power structure or whether the U.S. will pay to recover its’ dominance.

The primary limiting factor for the participants was whether the participants have a military background. No restrictions were made on culture and ethnicity of the participants. No other restrictions were given regarding the context where in the observed defensive behavior occur, expect that these studies should investigate this behavior outside of the military setting. Initial searches yielded few results but the eventual exposure to other related terms increased the number of significant search results.

This is a student run organization, and we competed in an intercollegiate club soccer league. As a defensive leader, I weekly create a workout to maintain my teammate’s fitness for the intercollegiate soccer match. Through this experience, I learned how to motivate and communicate with my teammates effectively. In addition to soccer, I completed two marathons last year, and I finished top 20 in my age group at Novant Health Charlotte Marathon. In April 2017, I am planning to enter Marathon des Sabres in Sahara Desert, where I will be running 156 miles in five days while carrying food and daily necessities.

Nearly 200 kids are all crowded around the start line, each anxious to hear the dreaded sound of the gun. As the starter blows his whistle, we all slap our thighs and legs, hoping that we can get enough blood and adrenaline to get us through the 3.1 miles that lie ahead. The gun goes off, and we all run. Packs of runners form around you, shoving and cutting in front of you to try and wear you down. As we cross the first mile mark, I’m at 5:40. Perfect; my plan to start off slow, and then pick them off through the next 2 miles is working. However, Coach tells me I am in 80th place, so I have to speed up. In my head, I count my place everytime I pass someone. 79th,78th,77th… I run by the 2 mile mark, and I had worked my way up to 36th place.

David, a veteran marathon runner, was asked to coach fellow running groups to prepare for the New York City Marathon. He was given 16 weeks to work with runners that were divided into three groups. David found that each of the groups varied in their level