It was a chilly morning in late September in 2009. My fourth grade year was just beginning and football season was ending. My mom decided since I had a football game today we could go out to get donuts. When we got to Casey’s Bakery, I ordered two pudding filled long johns, like I always do. Along with my donuts, I got a bottle of strawberry-kiwi Fuze. We ate the donuts and then we departed for Akron. During the drive there, I started to get this strange feeling in my stomach. At first I thought it was just nerves and that I was going to get over it, but as the ride continued, it only got worse. Eventually the quiet hum of the car lulled me to sleep. When we arrived in Akron, I woke up, and we parked at the bottom of a steep hill that had a path to the football field. The field appeared it was not kept in the best condition. There were patches of dirt all over the field. And the track around the outside looked like it had been there for 200 years.
As we walked along the path, I said to my mom, “Mom, I’m not feeling very well.”
She responded, “Oh, I’m sorry bud, are you going to be able to play?
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Sadly, I did not have the good luck I had on my previous run, and there were multiple defenders right in front of my path; I was not going to let that stop me. I sprinted as fast as I could towards the first defender, and right before he tackled me, I quickly juked to the side, and he missed. Again, there was a player directly in front of me. I sprinted right at him, juked to the side. I repeated to juke back and forth for what seemed like forever, and everything just seemed like a blur in front of my eyes. Finally, after what seemed like an eternity of juking back and forth and back and forth, I got tackled after gaining about 20
As we walked along the path, I said to my mom, “Mom, I’m not feeling very well.”
She responded, “Oh, I’m sorry bud, are you going to be able to play?
Apparently, while we were having this …show more content…
Sadly, I did not have the good luck I had on my previous run, and there were multiple defenders right in front of my path; I was not going to let that stop me. I sprinted as fast as I could towards the first defender, and right before he tackled me, I quickly juked to the side, and he missed. Again, there was a player directly in front of me. I sprinted right at him, juked to the side. I repeated to juke back and forth for what seemed like forever, and everything just seemed like a blur in front of my eyes. Finally, after what seemed like an eternity of juking back and forth and back and forth, I got tackled after gaining about 20