Personal Narrative: The Way I Run

When I was only eight years old my mom and dad made me join a track team called Lighting Links. I was furious because I hated running, I was scared I wouldn't make any friends, and I really really hated running. For me, running was like throwing away your favorite candy for no reason. I would just use up all of my energy and get no benefits from it, well at least that is what I thought.

“Run your own race,” that’s what my coach told me before every race. My freshman year I was blessed to get the opportunity to run the 800 meter in Jefferson City at the 2014, Class 2, state track meet. This was my first year ever going to state so you can imagine my excitement. Although I was super duper eager, my nerves were on edge. I had never been so nervous in my entire life!

Since Ii was a little girl Ii liked to run. My grandma told me that she would always buy me dolls but Ii never played with them. I always wanted to go play outside with my cousins, always active. My sophomore year in high school, a friend told me to join the track team, she told me that if i didn't like it, to quit. On the first day of practice i was exhausted , i told myself Ii would never do this again, but i never stopped going for some reason. I remember walking down the hallways after school and seeing people run back and forth, doing drills that i never imagined myself doing. The way i saw the others perform was inspiring, from people sprinting, to long distance running, to throwing to hurdling. I would always think to myself, “how

At approximately 6:30, I arrived on site at Savannah Tech’s Crossroads campus. Skeele, Pirl, and Duck were already on site. After dropping my things off in the fishbowl, I inquired as to what our PT for the day would consist of. I was met in the main office by Chief Robertson who informed me that cadets would be running the big loop. Knowing that my PT is approaching rapidly, I decided to get a good run, but tried to avoid any extended fatigue. This meant I would not be trying to beat my best run time, but I would push myself hard enough to pass DNR’s run time. I ran the first half nonstop, and surprised myself by making it to the end of the big loop in under six minutes. I decided to slow momentarily to catch my breath, than picked things

Running affects my life by making it easier for me to get rid of most of the negativity in it. It helps me stay more focused, gives me time to think about my goals in life, and about my choices to life a better life. Running keeps me in shape, makes me healthier, and more active. I run so I won’t get too lazy to anything else. Once I get lazy I don’t want to do anything active besides eat junk foods and watch tv. When I get lazy and not do anything at all, I start to feel sick, so that is another reason I run. Some people wish they could run, but they can’t because they might have a disability or something else, and I don’t want to take that for granted.

Along with my specialty of running into mailboxes, I am also known for tripping over flat surfaces, eating my weight in pasta, braiding my teammates’ hair before races, and face planting at the bottoms of hills. Life is short, running makes it longer. Despite all of this, lacing up a pair of shoes and heading out the door is a passion of mine that continually challenges me day in and day out to improve myself. Running clears my head and makes me feel like I can conquer anything. I cannot wait to make more sensational memories and friendships with this sport.

People ask me why would I do this to myself and I’d simply respond because it’s fun. Running is exhilarating; the process of depriving myself of oxygen excites me. It’s something in the fact that your brain is saying slow down, but your heart wants to keep on going.

Me and my family were just sitting on the couch watching a movie and the lights went out for 5 seconds. All the sudden I saw a note on the window and it said “Run”. So we actually decided to run just incase it was something bad going on. We all ran to a hotel about 15 minutes away for about 2 days. When we got back to the house all of our stuff was gone. The only thing that was in the house was was our beds.

My mother set the pot on the stove and turned to me. “You’re not varsity. You haven’t achieved anything big. Why do you run?”

I’ve always hated running. Unfortunately for me, I’m relatively fast, so I’m wanted by the cross country team. Last year, Stan (the coach) convinced me to go out. The first practice was an “easy day.” Maybe it’s just me, but I don’t call four miles easy! Everyone was so nice to me, so I kept coming. I loved the social part of the sport, but the running was awful. The only thing that made up for the running were the senior boys. Not only were they eye-candy, but they were also hilarious.

It was a bright crisp autumn Texas morning, when I decided to go for a run at a nearby park. Running the trails at the park seems to always give me a tranquil feeling afterwards. It clears my mind and gives me the energy and strength that I may need to conquer everyday obstacles. It makes me appreciate the simple things in life much more which I know at many times I have taken for granted. Runs in the park open up unforeseen opportunities from the beautiful landscape, its natural habitats and all the beauty Mother Nature has blessed us with.

The last words I heard from my dad as a horde of grotesque, half decayed, mutilated, corpses enveloped him. Why was this happening? How did this all start? What has the world come to now. The weeks before this all started the world was just as it hard been for millennia. Ravished by war, famine, poverty, patriarchal governments ruling over citizens. Then out of nowhere an unknown assailant dropped nukes all over the world. Nuclear fall out destroyed most of the plants and other organic organisms as it rained down from the atmosphere.

I remember the game winning point in Van Horn Iowa. We Bump, Set, Hit.... It was a kill!. The crowd goes viral. It's 2016 and the Sailor Nation 7th graders are on there way to state!

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As of this morning, Compete shows 48 associates registered for the challenge. Fitness is still doing weigh-in this weekend so we could possibly see a couple more associates jump on before the official Monday start. I’ll update you, and the team, at next huddle if that’s the case. Next year I will start advertising the associate challenge as early as possible as well explore more creative ideas to encourage participation. On the member side, the total this morning was 161 registered so we have a grand total of