Enrique Perez Personal Statement
Personal Statement of Enrique Perez
Representing HBU in the Southland Conference Cross Country Championship race, I finished 60th freshmen year and 53rd sophomore year. I was determined to turn things around and achieve a particular goal my junior year.
I scheduled a meeting with coach prior to the beginning of the season to speak strictly about goals. I brought to the meeting a journal I used to record all of my athletic practices. In that meeting I told my coach and wrote down in that journal the particular goal I had in mind: I wanted to earn All Conference honors by finishing in the top fifteen.
It was an extremely strict five months where twenty-four hours did not seem long enough for me to do everything I wanted. In order for me …show more content…
I set into motion some of the mental positivity I had practiced as I began passing people one by one. With a half a mile left, I found myself just outside of the top fifteen. My legs were burning and my lungs were screaming for oxygen, but slowly I began running faster until I was sprinting. I finished 14th with a time half a minute faster than I had ever run before. I became a member of the Southland’s all conference cross country team.
It was incredible to see the channeling of so much effort and focus result in the exact achievement I had aimed for. As great a feeling as it was to have accomplished something I had dreamed of, it was far from completely satisfying. It was not long before the glory of one good championship race was erased and replaced with the anticipation of the next.
Running has shown me that the only limits holding me back are the ones I entertain. My capabilities are in fact limitless and I can achieve anything I set my mind to. At this point in my life I want to dedicate myself to pursuing a legal career. A career that will give me a taste of the fulfillment I sought in running. This burning desire will motivate me to tackle any level of difficulty that may stand in my way. I believe it to be true because of how a similar desire pushed me past my limits in my collegiate running
Representing HBU in the Southland Conference Cross Country Championship race, I finished 60th freshmen year and 53rd sophomore year. I was determined to turn things around and achieve a particular goal my junior year.
I scheduled a meeting with coach prior to the beginning of the season to speak strictly about goals. I brought to the meeting a journal I used to record all of my athletic practices. In that meeting I told my coach and wrote down in that journal the particular goal I had in mind: I wanted to earn All Conference honors by finishing in the top fifteen.
It was an extremely strict five months where twenty-four hours did not seem long enough for me to do everything I wanted. In order for me …show more content…
I set into motion some of the mental positivity I had practiced as I began passing people one by one. With a half a mile left, I found myself just outside of the top fifteen. My legs were burning and my lungs were screaming for oxygen, but slowly I began running faster until I was sprinting. I finished 14th with a time half a minute faster than I had ever run before. I became a member of the Southland’s all conference cross country team.
It was incredible to see the channeling of so much effort and focus result in the exact achievement I had aimed for. As great a feeling as it was to have accomplished something I had dreamed of, it was far from completely satisfying. It was not long before the glory of one good championship race was erased and replaced with the anticipation of the next.
Running has shown me that the only limits holding me back are the ones I entertain. My capabilities are in fact limitless and I can achieve anything I set my mind to. At this point in my life I want to dedicate myself to pursuing a legal career. A career that will give me a taste of the fulfillment I sought in running. This burning desire will motivate me to tackle any level of difficulty that may stand in my way. I believe it to be true because of how a similar desire pushed me past my limits in my collegiate running