Running is a huge passion of mine and it has helped me in many ways to become the person that I am today.
I joined my school's cross country team in eighth grade and since then running has made me a much happier person.
When I was an elementary school student I was not very athletic, I had a lot of trouble in school, and I didn't have many friends. During recess, when most of the other kids were on the playing structure with their friends, on the basketball court, or playing a game I was usually sitting on one of the benches reading a book. I wasn't bothered at all, but I knew I could have been happier. I also wasn't in very good touch with my emotions, I was pretty shy and not very willing to talk to most people about how I felt. These problems started to become smaller and smaller as I got older, but they really affected me until a couple of years ago.
In eighth grade I got more interested in athletics and socializing. I began to come out of my shell more and became less reluctant to talk to my classmates. It was then that I signed up for my school's cross country team. There I began to get to know a lot of my classmates better which allowed me to make some new friends and even run for student council. Once I had new friends, I was far more open to talking to even more new people and being myself in front of my …show more content…
As I mentioned before, when I was a kid I struggled with making new friends. I was way too shy to talk to other kids and felt I had no good reason to get to know my classmates. However, once I joined cross country I didn't have much of a choice. I bonded a lot with most of the kids that I now shared a team with and that I spent so much time with. This got me far more socially involved and really improved my social life in so many ways. Not only did this get me a lot of new friends, it made me more willing to get to know my other classmates that weren't on the cross country
I joined my school's cross country team in eighth grade and since then running has made me a much happier person.
When I was an elementary school student I was not very athletic, I had a lot of trouble in school, and I didn't have many friends. During recess, when most of the other kids were on the playing structure with their friends, on the basketball court, or playing a game I was usually sitting on one of the benches reading a book. I wasn't bothered at all, but I knew I could have been happier. I also wasn't in very good touch with my emotions, I was pretty shy and not very willing to talk to most people about how I felt. These problems started to become smaller and smaller as I got older, but they really affected me until a couple of years ago.
In eighth grade I got more interested in athletics and socializing. I began to come out of my shell more and became less reluctant to talk to my classmates. It was then that I signed up for my school's cross country team. There I began to get to know a lot of my classmates better which allowed me to make some new friends and even run for student council. Once I had new friends, I was far more open to talking to even more new people and being myself in front of my …show more content…
As I mentioned before, when I was a kid I struggled with making new friends. I was way too shy to talk to other kids and felt I had no good reason to get to know my classmates. However, once I joined cross country I didn't have much of a choice. I bonded a lot with most of the kids that I now shared a team with and that I spent so much time with. This got me far more socially involved and really improved my social life in so many ways. Not only did this get me a lot of new friends, it made me more willing to get to know my other classmates that weren't on the cross country