Personal Narrative: The Horse Ride

Most people are all grown up when they finally figure out what they want to do with their life. I was 4. I realized what I wanted to be when I attended my very first Rodeo. Even though it was so long ago I can remember that day like it was yesturday. That day got me on the path to my future.

Have you ever been in a situation where you didn’t think you could do it? Well I have many times and I’m going to write about a time during Rodeo when I didn’t think I was going to be able to do well in goat tying.

Cross Country is one of the hardest sports out there. That may be a biased opinion, but in my experience it is true. Only certain people are willing to put themselves through such physical and mental pain for a race that is less than 30 minutes. I am a very driven person. When I want to do something, I set a goal and I work towards it until I have achieved it. That’s why cross country is such a satisfying sport for me. It’s hard--harder than anything I’ve ever done--but it’s so much more rewarding when you look back and see how much progress you’ve made. Cross country may seem like an individual sport, and it can be, but to succeed, you need your whole team’s effort. I have learned that not everyone is as driven as I am. Few people are willing to put in the hard work in practice to do well at meets.

As we continued along the trail, we were stopped by a very steep hill. Hunter announced that we should dump some stuff from our wagon in order to get on top of the hill. I dump my a tired that I bought recently and a barrel with nothing in it. The trip up the hill was a pain. It took so long to get up the hill I almost fell asleep. My leg was sore and I thinking about giving up. Finally we made it to the top of the hill and we realized that we had to go down the hill. We decided to use our own ropes and slowly descend our wagon one by one. When we descend Curtis’s wagon, Curtis almost fell. He was able to caught himself before he fell down the hill. Well all went down the hill and as we were going down the hill, we saw a divine blue spring

On my way to one of the greatest concerts, thoughts were swirling around my head. How good will this really be? Will I make it out alive tonight? Was it worth the wait? The thought that the next highly anticipated song that plays may cause a riot so large it ends my life. I soon found out after I entered the House of Blues, or rather, as I prepared to enter The Rodeo.

“It goes upside down!” I said. My sister was telling me about a roller coaster ride in Disney World after our parents had broken the news that we were going the summer of my fourth grade year. The idea of going to a park was amazing, but the terrifying part was my slight fear of the fast roller coasters that my family enjoys. My parents looked at me, and I smiled with uncertainty. But on the contrary I started to feel a faint feeling of ambition because maybe I could overcome my fear.

It was October 2016 of my junior year, right in the heart of the Cross Country season. Cross Country was fun and team was doing great, but I was looking forward to the upcoming winter track season. High jump is where it is at and that is where I wanted to be and then it happened… I went down and my ankle was caught underneath me and twisted. I'm not exactly sure how it happened, but I was hurt. I was on the ground, in pain as other racers passed me. I was able to get to the finish it wasn’t pretty, it wasn’t fast, but I did it.

I enjoy doing cross country in the fall of the my school year and track in the spring of my school year. I love running cross country after school because it’s a time I find relaxing and nice to breathe in the fresh air after running 3 miles. It’s also enjoyable to talk and bond with my friend on our 3 mile runs together. In the spring, I love hurdling because I enjoy the feeling of jumping over one obstacle after another. My favorite nonacademic activities are playing tennis and American Sign Language. During my free time, I like to play tennis with my friends, especially during the summer and at Weymouth Club. I also enjoy watching ASL videos on YouTube in my free time and learning how to sign new songs. It’s an awesome hobby I like to do

My friends and I consider ourselves to be pretty outdoorsy people. Whether we are kayaking down rivers or exploring through caves, we tend to always have the most fun with each other whenever we are outside. So as Lauren, JR, Maya, and I were thinking about what to do for Maya’s birthday, hiking the Walls of Jericho just seemed like the best idea ever. None of us had ever hiked the Walls and had only the highest expectations for the adventure. All week we were anticipating the trip and finally the brisk October Saturday came and as we were filling up our water bottles and bags with granola bars, we talked about how fun today would be. Little did we know that we were going to learn during the hike that some of the most fun days are the ones

I got a job with a local fast food restaurant and ended up working in the morning and school in the afternoon. Here I was working my tail off to get through school and a friend I met from Amboy, IL got a free ride. Apparently, he was intoxicated behind the wheel of his car and wrapped around a tree. He was lucky to be alive. The rehabilitation center paid not only for his school tuition they paid for him to get his private pilot license to fly airplanes. We became best friend even though I was resentful since I was working my butt off to get through school. We ended up being roommates when my friend from NY dropped out of school to go back home. He ended up getting home sick. I went up to my roommates hometown to meet his family on a school

I first started running Cross Country in 7th grade. I had never run before, so I was on the low end of the team in terms of speed. I got faster as I ran, and could run longer as I increased my endurance. Soon the races commenced.

Just this senior year I made it to the world championship horseshow with my horse Chief. We’ve come a long way considering this is about only his fourth year being a western horse. In the world championship horse show only the top so many horses can come down, Chief and I were 15th in the world. The first show at the world championships I got on him and just started walking him around because I know he hates standing still for long periods of time and we have to halt in the show. Once they called for our class to enter the arena it was an exciting feeling, to finally of shown on the green shavings. We went down the shoot, he was really good, and once they called for the line-up I went in with another person from our barn so we started talking some. They called all the placements and we didn’t get a ribbon, but

Anyone can be an expert in their own mind, but to be an expert other people must identify you as an expert as well. I am an expert when it comes to all things horses. Training horses, riding horses, and even giving lessons to people on how to ride a horse. An expert is someone who knows what they are talking about backwards and forwards. They are able to answer any question that comes their way and is able to fix a problem. I am capable of doing this when I give horseback riding lessons. It takes hard work and dedication to become an expert. There is research to prove how beneficial horseback riding can be so that my skills can be used. On top of all the benefits in teaching and receiving lessons, it will even help me in my life down the road even if it doesn’t include horses. Being an expert in a field that I love makes me feel like I have the possibility to be an

Nothing makes me happier than saddling up a horse, getting on, and working my hardest. I’ve been horseback riding since i was about eight or nine years old, and it is my favorite, most enjoyable sport and hobby. Just by watching equestrians, many people think it is simple, and the horse does all the work while the rider does all the work, when in reality this is far from the truth. It is not a simple task to control an 800 pound animal, and just like humans, they have emotions and moods, so one must work with the horse through their slow days, their energetic days, and their days where they just do not want to listen at all. On top of getting the horse to go in the correct direction at the correct speed, the rider must pay attention to plenty

My Family and I were at home eating dinner. After dinner I told my mom that I had left something on top of the mountain, so she said “‘go up to get it Mary. But she didn’t want me to go alone so I went to go see if my friend was home but he wasn’t so I disobeyed my moms rules and went up by myself anyway. And it was starting to get dark so I had to get the base fast but I couldn’t find it. Now it was really dark and 2 hours had already passed and I couldn't my way off the mountain because it was so dark. And with my luck my phone died so I couldn’t call anyone for help, so I just started walking and walking after a little bit I realized I was getting nowhere so again I walked eventually I just fell and went to