Personal Narrative: My Passion For Track And Field

My oldest brother was a successful runner all through high school; captain of the cross country and track team, and now runs in college. My second oldest brother had the same success.

The Washington Crew’s journey to win Olympic gold and the McFarland Cross Country Team’s quest to win the State Championship have many similar ideas of what it takes to succeed. Both Washington and McFarland struggled early on when they are striving to achieve

As he was training for the 1976 Olympics in Montreal an unexpected outcome soon came. Firstly, the career of Steve Prefontaine’s remarkable talent in running started at an early age. When Steve Prefontaine was a freshmen at Marshfield High School in Coos Bay, Oregon Prefontaine

Being a college athlete and balancing the daily commitment of practice along with school work, is not something that everyone can do. I 've been able to balance all this while excelling on the track, and more importantly, in the classroom. In July of 2015, I was honored for my excellence as a student-athlete, by being

Life’s as usual in my life until a date appeared on the calendar. March 9th: Track Team Tryouts. I thought about trying out for the team; and after a silent debate in my head featuring the pros and cons of being on the team, I decided to I’d run again this year. Although I knew I was capable of making the team , I also knew I had to get back in shape. “Let’s turn theses flabs into abdominis then.”

Interscholastic athletic participation has influenced my character in ways I never fathomed. As an athlete, failure is inevitable. Even the greatest athletes have failed at some point. As a hurdler, I have countless scars from stumbling over hurdles. Through this failure, however, athletics has taught me how to get up, move on, and learn from my mistakes.

Sports and athletes play an important role in the lives of Americans today. In the HBO documentary “Sports in America” we see just that. Over generations the interest in sports has spread from young children to adults and elderly, experiences are shared and cherished. Within this documentary there were four areas of interest that were discussed (greatness, heroes, community and game change). This dissertation will briefly describe some of the defining moments in sports that have changed the lives of many individuals.

Though the physical pain of running had never vanished, the sport eventually became more than a way of dealing with my past scars. When the coach resigned, I wanted and needed to keep the club afloat. Scheduling the meets, running the team practices, and motivating my fellow peers, I became responsible for the success or failure of the club. My ambition was to create and foster an environment in which my peers could also benefit from the discipline of track. As I took on this role, I realized it wasn’t so easy.

I ran in my middle school’s track team for two years. I ran the mile, one hundred meter dash and triple jump. Out of all the events I participated in I absolutely despised the mile, I hated the aftermath the most. The feeling of my lungs burning, legs aching from the long run and the heavy asthmatic breathes. Although the mile had several cons, I loved the challenge and I was too stubborn to quit.

As I ran across the finish line for the last time I could not help but smile; all the memories and lessons learned from my years on cross country and track flashed before my eyes. Salem Cross Country and Track has impacted and shaped me into a leader, friend, daughter, and student. The competition and friendship I found on the cross country and track team is amazing and has aided me in personal growth. The challenge of running is something that I have learned to cherish the most during my years as a high schooler as it taught me to always work hard.

I am sprawled out on the grassy area encapsulating my school's track, my second home, under the shade of a sizeable tree. My team has just finished a grueling workout consisting of mile repeats. My eyes are closed so that the sweat does not trickle into them. This is my favorite feeling in the world. This is what I think of to calm myself before races.

Not only do the outsiders of the sport judge you, but so do the people who participate in volleyball. When tryouts come along in the winter for the Junior Olympic teams, I am always attentive to show the coaches that I will work until my limbs are about to fall off. The next day, the teams were posted and I was so pleased to hear what team I got on. Later that day, my friends and I were blabbing about what teams we were assigned. When I told them that I made the A team, some replied saying, “You only made that team because your mom is a board member”.

So, although youth sports are very demanding, and place large amounts of pressure on the shoulders of young athletes, they still have many benefits to children who participate in them. Youth sports are needed in today’s society, instilling age-old values many children miss out on

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Overview This report reflects how to create good Track and field runners a reality among Ethiopian girls. There are motivating factors that enhance the dream come true such as parent’s involvement, and the kid’s interest to collaborate with a coach who is knowledgeable and skillful. While going forward with optimism, it was difficult to escape the little barriers that hinder the right path; the funding issue, inadequate time to accomplish task as parent not letting kids participate outside Sunday, and discouraging calamities from outsiders.