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    If you were to ask me why I love running the hurdles you would probably expect to hear this long story about this life changing event that happened to me which made me love running, but that’s not the case. In high school I was on the shuttle hurdle team, I wasn’t the best nor the worst, but I was the most motivated. Everyday I went to practice and pushed myself to the point were my coach would make me stop. I wasn’t motivated to be the best nor to win every race. I was motivated by the thought of

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    The Rival Once upon of time there were these two boys that ran cross country their names were Amar and Will they both ran for Tupelo High cross country team,and they were the top 7th grade runners on the team. Will was a bit faster runner than Amar although Amar would run and train hard he just could not yet run as fast as Will but that would one day be his goal but for now that would have to wait. Competition season was fast approaching, our first real meet was the last Saturday of the month

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    Whether it is Carson-Newman Cross Country training or a physical fitness test for Army ROTC. Nick Guerra is generally done with his three-hour long workouts before most people have even rolled out of bed in the morning. “We have PT five times a week. I generally get up around 5 AM, we start PT around 5:45 AM and that goes until 7 AM, with various exercises mixed in between,” Guerra said, “Then depending on the day I have a little bit of a break before I go to Cross Country practice at around 7:30

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    concrete steps and onto the track where the coach was waiting. It was the first official day of 7th grade cross country practice. I had no idea at the time, but this was the beginning of a journey that would help me to develop into who I am today. I looked around at the faces staring back at me on that track. I didn’t know a single one. I had not come to the summer optional practices for cross country, and I was an outsider. Regardless, they welcomed me. They were loyal and kind, like no friends I had

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    to do. These decisions could make or break me. Headed into my freshman year, I had trained pretty hard for the upcoming cross country season. The summer was full of many fun runs and I felt great coming into the season. My training partner was David and we often pushed each other to do better. We were around the same pace so it only made sense for us to run together. At Cross

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    General Purpose: To inform Specific Purpose: The audience should understand that a success I’ve had is not only making varsity in cross country, but continually improving each season and persevering. Central Idea: Throughout my cross country seasons, I learned to power through, never give up, and keep pushing. Introduction If you walk, or rather, run a mile in my shoes, you’d actually be running 6 to 12 miles per day. Easy days are typically 6 miles while workout days are 8 to 9 miles, with

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    through 5th grade. I tried a charter school for the sciences for the first half of 6th grade and after that I ended up here at heathwood. My extracurricular activities and hobbies range from soccer, cross country, swimming, and mountain biking to gaming and watching movies. I play soccer and run cross country for heathwood and play for a challenge travel soccer team in the fall. Lately I’ve also been trying to get back into guitar. Of these hobbies the one most important to me would probably be soccer

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    lactic acid in your mouth, hear the ringing in your ears, see the blur of parents walking up to congratulate you on your efforts. You have done it, you have completed a cross country race. Students on the HMS cross country team go through this each race as they compete against the competition. Some students say that cross country is an easy sport that anyone can do because it is just running. Others say, “It’s simple, you don’t even have to try out.” However, is it really that simple? Can anyone

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    running as I would make myself worse. Cossette, my team mate, was standing next to me and we both knew the rest of my cross country season was over. Cross country season for me was over way before this though, and I just didn’t want it to be real. Being, I was a team captain, and had been looking forward to this cross country season ever since I was in seventh grade. State cross country which I had been hoping to go to and looking forward to was in Rapid City. When I

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    When I was younger me and my brother loved playing superhero games with blankets. We would tie them around our waist or neck. I would do both because it made the cape look longer. My brother Kohen would have his on his neck because he would step on his if it was on his waist. So one night we were playing and it was time for Kohen to go to bed. And I didn't want to play by myself, so I went to my room for the night. The thing is that i forgot to take the cape off. When I had my bed on the ground

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