Jazmin C. Urioste Mindy Hudson Comp 1 September 13‚ 2013 Cross Country‚ Then and Now For the past six years of my life‚ I ran for the Eureka Springs High School cross country team. After graduation‚ I was given the opportunity to run for the Golden Suns cross country team at Arkansas Tech University. In a matter of six months‚ my cross country experiences and habits were changed. Often times‚ there are similarities between two subjects such as these‚ but in this case‚ only the differences are
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In everyone’s life‚ whether you are in Pre-K or Pre-Calculus‚ we will all have to make a decision that we know deep in our hearts will determine what the future holds. Mine was my decision to join the Cross Country team going into freshman year of high school. At first glance‚ it may not seem to be a major decision but if you dig a little deeper‚ it will become clear that this was in fact a huge choice that would determine my future in high school. In the final weeks of eighth grade‚ my first plan
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sophomore season of cross country. I had found success throughout the whole season and my goal was set at the last three races of the season. The success in the season was fun but my failure in the end of the season was the most memorable and ultimately is what I learned from the most. My sophomore year of cross country I had set the goal to run in the state cross country meet. I would reach this goal by finishing as one of the seven fastest runners on our Bishop Mcguinness cross country team at the regionals
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Running has many different aspects of workouts and forms. Outsiders of the sport make assumption that cross country and track seem similar‚ but in reality they’re different. Both deal with running‚ but the majority of the differences between the sports differentiate between the workouts‚ the actual meets‚ and the team oriented aspects between the two. Comparisons made by spectators report that if a runner enjoys cross country‚ then the runner should go out for track since it has long distance events
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It all started on a late rainy afternoon in early fall. The season were changing and it was the perfect time for the sport cross country. In the small town of Crackerjack cross country was pretty big there. No joke it was "pretty big." The schools football coach used the sport as a punishment for the athletes that miss behave. So the cross team was full of big football played that had no reason being there. Nobody wanted to be on that team and they were wiling to do anything no to be until one day
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With the Cross-Country team‚ I feel like an insider. An experience that best exemplifies this feeling is from a practice during my freshman year. I was a slow runner‚ running in a pair of poor quality shoes and the fastest kid on the team came up to me and told me that I needed new shoes and that he would help me purchase them. As a scared freshman on my first runs‚ I needed something of this nature‚ a confidence booster. It showed me that the community surrounding me was not only caring‚ but also
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against another’s. Whether it is skiing‚ swimming‚ or running‚ one’s will is tested and pushed to the breaking point in an effort to go faster and further than one’s competitor. There are very few athletic events that allow one to clearly determine their dominance over another competitor. Cross country is one of these few events and should be recognized as a sport and be re-included as an official Olympic sport. Cross country is more than just running; it is a team sport that requires teamwork‚ endurance
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throughout our years as cross country runners. The gift of running has given me so much in life in regards to comradery and friendship. The experiences gained through running Cathedral cross country‚ have shaped my character and taught me the value of hard work and perseverance‚ leaving an enduring mark on who I am. As an athlete‚ I managed to achieve a great deal in cross country. I’ve varsity lettered for four years and ran in the state meet my senior year of cross country. For my 10th through 12th
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I was a cross country runner for all four years of my high school career. Regardless of how many races I ran‚ each one was just as nerve racking as the first. It has been years since I have ran a cross country race‚ but I can still relive the memory like it was yesterday. Cross country was not just a sport for me; it was exhilarating and challenging. The crowds of supporters swarmed together between the bright green hills and waited on the soft turf of the golf course for the race to start. I remember
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October 29‚ 2016 I was competing in the IHSA cross country sectional meet in an effort to advance my team to the state finals which was the following week. I finished the race and was immediately rushed to an urgent care facility where I found out I had pneumonia. The week leading up up to the race I was home sick several days with an upper respiratory infection but knew I had to get back to training in order to support my team as I was the number three runner. Seven days later I raced at the State
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