April 15, 2013, The Boston marathon. This photo of the Boston Bombing is an iconic and very sentimental picture. Lost of lives were lost this day because of a terrorists, DzhokarTsarnaev and TamerlanTsarnaev. The photographer, Dan Lamparlello, caught a perfectly timed photo of the bomb going off. Everyone that day thought I’d be a nice walk in the park until two dreadful, race hating, men decided to take the lives of innocent and injured so many.…
I Corinthians 9:24 states, “Do you not know that those who run a race all run, but one receives the prize? Run in such a way that you obtain it”. This Bible verse has had significant meaning to me particularly while running track in high school. Track is a sport that requires hard work, determination, speed, focus, and self-discipline.…
Texas Marathon Trails Will Give You Healthy Running Goals Sports are such activities (exercise) that keep us fit as well as rejuvenated among which running/jogging is every one’s favorite. Following under the same category a marathon is a long distance running event which is generally run as road race. Having an interesting historically backdrop, every year many marathons are been carried out where thousands of participators or competitors take part across the world. Moreover, arrangement of such events is also conducted by organization for a social cause- basically for creating social awareness with a message.…
The most eventful thing I have done this summer was going to Turkey Run. It’s two hours away from Wheatfield, and it’s in Marshall. The drive was pretty long on the way there, my mom had to run an errand or two and then we went to McDonalds for lunch. Then we just continued our drive there. We entered a different time zone on the way there, it was an hour ahead than the time here in Jasper County.…
I once thought I couldn’t believe in myself! I felt as if I were nothing but a sheet of glass that was completely useless. When there were gloomy days, I felt like broken glass that was scattered all over the ground and I wouldn’t be fixable. So I thought if I joined a sport, I would then, have no choice but to believe that I can do more and accomplish more, and be better than whom I was! When I was little I loved to run…
One year ago today, the first ever Greeley Cross Country Championships was hosted, a 5k race at Josephine Jones Park between the five high schools in Greeley, Colorado- Frontier Academy, Greeley West, University Schools, Northridge, and Greeley Central. Last year Frontier placed first at the meet in the boys race. However, since then their top runners graduated and the Central boys became a real threat to many teams. Although today was mainly a way for Central to come out on top, I wanted redemption from the poor performance I gave at that race. Last year.…
Running All scars have a memory to go with them. Some are great tales, some are little stories, and some are just little slips while you are making dinner. But every scar gives the person who has one a story to tell. Running. I remember running.…
The city of Philadelphia is part of my family, and the person I am today. Temple is an even bigger part of this category, and I love every moment I get to spend on their beautiful city campus. While some people view Temple as a dangerous environment, I think that a city setting is just what I need as I experience college. Temple provides the feeling of…
I once went on a hike on the Appalachian Trail with my mother. We set off and it started to rain on the first day, and my mom began to complain. By the end of the day, I wanted to jump off the mountain before I pushed her off it. Suffice to say, we were not well-suited hiking partners, due to our different processes; my mother dealt with her grievances by talking about the cold. On the other hand, I was just as miserable, but I attempted to ignore the dismal weather.…
We all have something to be passionate about. Whether it's a sport, a career or a hobby, everyone has that something that they do and love that is deeply woven into our lives. This "thing" is so important that taking this one "thing" away would tear any person apart. My passion, my hunger, my "thing" is running cross country. There has never been a moment wasted on my sport due to its inherent ability to build a person's character and teach the athletes the importance of goal setting.…
My sophomore year of high school, I received an award for Most Improved in cross country. That day I felt on top of the world. As a matter of fact, I felt on top of the world that entire season. I was never athletic, as a matter of fact, before joining Track the year before, I had never ran more than three feet in my entire life. The first day of cross country was an awful start.…
On the morning of April 15, 2013 the 117th running of the Boston Marathon was scheduled to start at 0932 hours with the top women runners starting first and then followed by the top men runners and the first wave of thousands of other runners to start the race at 1000 hours. Then at 1020 hours and 1040 hours the remaining waves of runners would start their attempt at this 26.2 mile marathon. Later that afternoon at approximately 1429 hours the first of two pressure cookers bombs detonated with the second bomb detonating just seconds after the first. These bombs were homemade and designed to inflict as much damage and carnage as possible as they were filled with shrapnel like nails, ball bearings, and other materials and were hidden in ordinary…
My vision started to fail on mile four of the six-mile hike. Small white specks flickered across my field of vision. The next thing to go was my hearing, followed by my ability to walk in a straight line. My platoon sergeant saw the signs of heat stroke and forced me to stop. I should have stopped myself, but all I could think was: you will finish this, or you will die trying.…
The city of Shawano, Wisconsin my hometown was a great community with very caring people. There is no community like the city of Negaunee, Michigan though. This city has the most caring, loving, kind, and generous people I have ever seen. When I moved here I was really nervous about the community and how people acted etc but I don't need to worry because I know I’m accepted and I love the people here.…
In a way this city brought our family closer. My mother, father, sister and I lived with my grandparents for about two months after I was born until we move out to start our own traditional family home in Las Vegas, Nevada. This city is also very important to our family because this is where…