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traveling on foot from Santa Monica, California, to Port Clyde, Maine, a distance of 3,200 miles. While some people might complain about making that long of a trip in a vehicle, Oudersluys ran at least a marathon a day on a regular basis during the 99-day cross-country trip. While it is easy to use the weather or an injury as a reason to not run,

Hello yellow jackets! This week was an off-week for us. What I mean by this is that during the cross country season we have meets every other week. When I first came from high school, where I had a meet every weekend, I wasn’t used to this, but now that I am in college I realize how beneficial this is! In college our races are longer, the training is more rigorous and we also have an increased academic load as students. Having races every other week also allows us to give our bodies rest and then

State Bound Dreams The final seconds of a cross country meet when you are sprinting down the straight away, looking at the finish line, trying to beat just one more person, is one of the most mentally and physically exhausting moments I’ve ever encountered. In the Fall of 2014 things just clicked with our girls cross country team. Winning Bi-county, Conference, Sectional, and advancing to Regional and Semi-state, was unexpected to everyone around us. Losing five of our seven varsity runners the

people make is that cross country and track are the same thing, but those two sports are entirely different. Both do deal with running, but the differences are very major and they go much as to change the workouts done for the sports. More comparisons that are mostly said that if a runner enjoys long distance running then they also should go out for track since it has long distance events. Even though it has those events it doesn’t change the fact the two are very different. Cross country mostly deals

One activity that has helped me grow a tremendous amount over the past four years has been my involvement with cross country and track. Running and competing on a team has helped me grow in confidence and as a leader. It has taught me the value hard work and discipline. It has taught me how to embrace challenges, and, above all, it has taught me how to learn and grow from past failures. Cross country is a sport that is won or lost inside your head. Obviously it takes physical fitness, but even more

The summer before my sophomore year, my cross country coach challenged our team to run 400 miles over the summer in preparation for the oncoming season. Numerous athletes on our team participated, including myself. Equating to running over four miles a day, it was not going to be effortless, however the challenge sparked a drive for success in me, and I was determined to satisfy that drive. In the final weeks, I grew excited as the finish drew near, and I eclipsed the 400 mile mark with a day to

personality strength that has helped me a great deal both in and out of the classroom. As a Cross country runner, my mental and physical endurance is tested frequently. Before even stepping up to the starting line, Cross Country athletes must be prepared for the adversity that they will face in the span of four or five kilometers and are aware of the mental doubt that is likely to cross their mind on occasion. In Cross Country, finishing is not enough. It is the understanding as well as the demand of the

everything is fleeting is emphasized to show the significance of the comitatus. Furthermore, the beauty of the relationship is shown by contrasting the shame that the Wanderer feels at the end of the poem to the honour and glory that is thrown upon the cross after it willingly suffers along with Christ. In all, the ideals of the comitatus during the Medieval Times are clearly advocated through the illustration of the physical intimacy, shame and honour involved in the two poems. To start off, the two

come before the actual manuscript. Parts of the poem were carved in a stone cross at some time after its construction early in the eighth century. This speech occurs in lines 94 to 120. Before this selected passage the poem is opened with the Dreamers visions of the Cross, also known as the Rood, which lays out the poems plot. In the poem the person that is telling the story is a dreamer who, while admiring, the cross notices

A reoccurring circumstance in my life that I have been apart of for the last couple of years is competing on a cross-country team. For me, running is both exercise and a metaphor. Running day after day, piling up the races, bit-by-bit I raise the bar, and by clearing each level I elevate myself. At least that’s why I’ve put in the effort day after day: to raise my own level. Racing for me hasn’t always been this crystal clear. When I first started running there were the wind sprints, suicides, mile