Jack Giddy's Life-Personal Narrative

I train for athletics on the weekends with a group of men who all have over 50 years on me. Training with them has and always will be the best decision I have made. My trainer is called Jack Giddy and he trained my grandfather in athletics as well. He is currently 93 years old. He and his wife, Snow, have been family friends with us for years. He had a friend called Reg Austin was also a runner that was trained by Jack when he was young. Born on October 16, 1936, Reg Austin was a runner from 1962 to 2001. After he had finished his athletic career, he still went on the coach and mentor younger and older athletes. Reg won professional races across Australia, claimed 15 World Masters titles and set seven world records.

Reg was moved into a nursing home in the last few years of his life. This came …show more content…
Fear suddenly enveloped me, crushing me in a bear hug. It strangled me, taking my breath and courage with it. I was shaking like a leaf, almost about to be blown far, far away. My dad’s voice brought me back to the real world, making me feel even worse. Sitting up in the grand stands was a nightmare. Seeing the best athletes from around the state made me feel scared and frightened. Of failure. In that instant, I realized that my fear was going to chase me onto the track and all the way to the end. Starting the 100 metre heat was one of the scariest things I may have ever done in my life. In what seemed like a second, I had crouched down, hear the set sound and gone racing down the track. I knew that I couldn’t look around or I would slow down, so I looked straight forward. I didn’t look back and when I hear my dad shouting my name, I pushed myself even further. And I won. I won. Now even though I still had more races to go, I was so happy in those few moments, that it didn’t matter. I came fifth in the semi-finals for the 100 metres and fifth in the semi-finals for the 200