My Use for Running
Walking towards our car from the neighborhood pool, my mother, my sister and I were stopped by a man. The man asked my sister “you have long legs and a runners walk, do you run?” “No, no I don’t” she replied. “Oh! Well you should certainly think about joining my track team. We meet here at the track and there are kids of all ages so your younger brother could join too”, he said looking towards me. “I’m Mr. Greene by the way” as he handed my mom a card. As we got into the car, my sister and I both expressed that we did not want to join his track team, but my mom didn 't care; we were joining his team. “At least for a month” she said. Little did I know that by joining this track team I would find something that I would need throughout my life. From the start I didn’t really like running. It seemed like a waste to just be running and that’s it. I was used to playing soccer or basketball where the objective was to get the ball into a net. Track was also very difficult because running was tiring. Very tiring. I ran distances that I had never run before. Two weeks in I was ready to quit, but my mom wouldn’t let me …show more content…
We had championship winning soccer, basketball, baseball, and softball teams. But also seemingly strange for middle school teams such as the skateboarding and surfing team. And in an effort to make new friends, my best friend, Noa, and I joined the track team in 6th grade. I quickly learned that track at MAT would be fun. There were a lot of kids from all different grades on the team. We didn 't do high performance running which I liked. We usually did a mile run on the East River stop, stretch, hang out, do drills and then go back to school, and we were finished. It became a social event as more and more people joined, and everyone was nice and friendly. Track had become a catalyst for me to make friends because it was a sport everyone
Walking towards our car from the neighborhood pool, my mother, my sister and I were stopped by a man. The man asked my sister “you have long legs and a runners walk, do you run?” “No, no I don’t” she replied. “Oh! Well you should certainly think about joining my track team. We meet here at the track and there are kids of all ages so your younger brother could join too”, he said looking towards me. “I’m Mr. Greene by the way” as he handed my mom a card. As we got into the car, my sister and I both expressed that we did not want to join his track team, but my mom didn 't care; we were joining his team. “At least for a month” she said. Little did I know that by joining this track team I would find something that I would need throughout my life. From the start I didn’t really like running. It seemed like a waste to just be running and that’s it. I was used to playing soccer or basketball where the objective was to get the ball into a net. Track was also very difficult because running was tiring. Very tiring. I ran distances that I had never run before. Two weeks in I was ready to quit, but my mom wouldn’t let me …show more content…
We had championship winning soccer, basketball, baseball, and softball teams. But also seemingly strange for middle school teams such as the skateboarding and surfing team. And in an effort to make new friends, my best friend, Noa, and I joined the track team in 6th grade. I quickly learned that track at MAT would be fun. There were a lot of kids from all different grades on the team. We didn 't do high performance running which I liked. We usually did a mile run on the East River stop, stretch, hang out, do drills and then go back to school, and we were finished. It became a social event as more and more people joined, and everyone was nice and friendly. Track had become a catalyst for me to make friends because it was a sport everyone