One Fell Swoop

state of Kasamar. The crimes will be listed as such, Seven counts of murder of first degree, four of manslaughter, three counts of aggravated arson, and ten of assault and battery.” The Ruki lowered the data pad and gave Addanc a dirty look. The Genji gave a toothy grin back. His normally bright and vibrant scales were dull in the dying light of the evening, and it hurt too raise his head much higher than his hunched shoulders. It was worth it though, to see the revulsion in the Ruki’s face. His left eye was uncovered, leaving the milky white eye staring out at the crowd who had come to watch his death. Gathering all his strength he spit a wad of thick green mucus at the feet of his guards. His muzzle was forced against the hard rocky dirt as one of his guards hit the back of his head.…

there, in the heart of mankind's most archaic urge, exploration, that I was able to come upon a much more personal discovery: the dangerous factors that were originally the cause of worry were now the drive of motivation. As one foot followed the other, as our small group conquered the few remaining miles, I realized that it is in high stress situations that I am in my element. After staggering out of the trailhead at the North Rim, 26 miles and several hours from our starting point, I ended…

I started run track when I was 8 years of age. At a youthful age I ended up fixated on it. Every day, I was outside, running some place, going to each camp, competition, or amusement accessible. All through my adolescence, Track was my life. My fantasy was to grow up and win the secondary school state title. Fortunately, my fairly residential area had a notoriety state wide to produce top level groups each season. Tragically, this made the opposition to be picked to be on the group significantly…

The first day of school of my sophomore year in high school. I was asked if I wanted to join Cross Country by one of the coaches. I reply quickly with a yes. I worked as hard as I can every single day in practice. Every week, I am one minute faster in the five kilometer races. I think to myself “If I keep improving at this rate, I should get a time below nineteen minutes by the end of next season.” By the end of the season of my sophomore year, I got a time of twenty-one minutes. Summer…

From my last 3 years of running cross county I have learned a lot of things. One is that you should never give up, second is that if you work hard enough then you can achieve whatever you put your mind to, and third is how you can go from disliking something to loving something. How I've learned these things from cross county is when I first started cross country, my sophomore year I couldn't run to save my life. Coach would always time us on how fast we could run two miles and I would always…

“Aren’t Cross Country and track like the same thing?” That is the question many runners get a lot, and it drives us crazy. This is because they are not the same thing at all. Yes you do run competitively against other teams, however they are both very different from one another, including the distances, terrain, and how much time the meet takes. The first thing I want to point out when running cross country is the distance, for both boys and girls it is a 5k race (3.1 miles). According to…

stood out to him. “Every year of coaching is special, but this season it has been particularly special to see our runners deepen in their relationship with the Lord,” Woods stated. “I've seen this overflow in other aspects of their lives and it has been a cornerstone in which our team has grown together.” Sam Scaggs, a sophomore engineering major and runner for the cross-country team, stated in an email that he has seen his fellow teammates engage in Christ like character both on and off the…

I wish the moment could have lasted forever. Standing up in front of that crowd and receiving my medal sent pure joy coursing through my veins. At that point in time, I couldn’t believe what had just happened. I had placed in the top 15 of my race, and this wasn’t just any meet… this was districts. As most people know, I have run cross country since the beginning of 7th grade. Running has a lot of ups and down for me. Along with most of our teammates, I will groan when our coach says it’s…

a grand infinite love collapsed in on itself to propel me forward. And it came through that imaginary voice of hers, rushing in through the air in my ears and out through every exhale. When I couldn’t go further, I imagined her voice in my ears. “You can do it, Goob,” (a name she used to call me in our happy moments). Whether the following words came from her, the universe, or temporary madness, the mantra, “You are strong. You are beautiful” landed in me from seemingly otherworldly lips. I…

It was like that for almost all my hard-but-still-exciting running events. In the one hundred I placed fifth, in the two hundred I placed second, in the four by one my team placed fourth, and the four by four my team placed first. These events weren't what I placed overall, but what I placed in my heat, for individual running. Consequently, being one of the top runners of your event in your heat, is not nearly as pleasurable as earning a top place overall at a meet. Ordinarily, there aren't…