Running in Ancient Greece

“You must expect great things from yourself before you can do them” ( Michael Jordan). Did you know most sports are based on running? Mostly every sport has to involve running, so why not just do it daily without any sports equipment? Here are the three basics steps that would make you into a decent runner, or somewhat close to a runner. Everyone knows that a good runner has a great formation. Therefore, formation would be one of the important steps on becoming a good runner. Formation is basically how you would place you legs and hands when you run. Keeping your feet together instead of seperate would really help on your balance as you run. Also it’ll be beneficial to record how you run, because if you study your movements you might be…

Last year on a frigid afternoon in May, I laced up my running shoes, ready for another day of practice. Being a captain on the track team, I was also preparing to administer the daily workout to the rest of the team when I heard the frail voice of my 80-year-old coach summoning me. When I approached him, I immediately noticed there was a boy, who I had never seen before, standing beside him. The boy seemed like just another runner until he turned his head just a fraction of an inch. On him, I…

Rain streamed through my hair and down my body. Soaked from warming up in the downpour, runners stood at the starting line—Not all as excited as me. After tearing a ligament in my foot a month prior, my foot healed enough to run Sectionals. I wore the “space” boot until my warm-up when I switched to training shoes. As soon as the team and I started running, sharp pain told me that my foot demanded more time to heal—I neglected the pleas of my foot. Why the excitement in such a painful…

After reaching the top of the hill, there was a sight that I didn’t want to see, another hill. This hill wasn’t as bad as the previous, but the idea of running up a very steep hill just to run up another when I reached the top was crazy. Tirelessly, I sprinting up the smallish hill and darted into the path in the woods. This was the moment I realized it might not have been the best idea to wear spikes. The jagged rocks were making it very difficult to run. Just about every other step I was…

Athletics are an amazing way to go to show people an athlete can do, but these events can also have major setbacks. My seventh grade year, it was track season for the middle school. I was running in the 1600 meter relay, and little did I know that this would be the last time I would run the same for a long time. Coming around to the last stretch in the race, our team was in first and I was almost done with the race. It happened in the blink of an eye, my legs had collapsed underneath me. I felt…

Hestia represented the hearth, familiarity, and comfort. Hestia is the chief of all goddesses (“The Gods of Greece” 168). According to Plato, Hestia means 'the essence of things' (“The Gods of Greece” 168). Hestia is the goddess of the hearth. She receives the best in offerings (“The Gods of Greece” 168). Hestia is the least personal goddess and the most anonymous. She gave her throne on Olympus up for Dionysus. (“The Gods of Greece” 168) The Ancient Greeks believed that “Hestia's fire, her…

Sports were a large part of ancient societies, as well as modern societies. Two of the civilizations that influenced our modern day sports were ancient Greece and ancient Rome. While both civilizations created and participated in a variety of sports, they are not exactly alike, even though they were very close to being the same. They share some similarities, but they have many differences too. Sports were very important to the ancient Greeks. As a result, they basically created our…

It is my belief that even though very similar, Ancient Greece has a broader and more vivid culture than modern day Greece. Ancient Greece has many great achievements in government, science, philosophy, and the arts that all still influence us today. Religion over the years in Greece has changed. Ancient Greece’s religion was very accustom to their daily life. People in Ancient Greece were very religious. They worshipped the gods that they believed appeared in human form, but had supernatural…

Ancient Greek democracy and French democracy have some similarities, as well as some differences. On the one hand, both democracies have an Assembly, a Constitution and courts of law, although these factors may vary slightly between the two democracies. On the other hand, citizenship is not granted to the same people, the types of democracies are different, and warfare is handled differently. There is a considerable resemblance between Ancient Greek democracy and French democracy. In 510 BCE,…

Greece, before the time of Christ, was a thriving era filled with new philosophy, political standards, and technological advances. It was a time of moving forward in a lot of ways, but in different areas, Greece stayed very primitive as well. One example of how Greece stayed primitive was their attitudes and ideas about their women. By examining the attitudes of the men in ancient Greece, we can deduce that they believed that women were to stay silent, there were certain activities women should…