Personal Narrative: My Athletic High School Career

Going to State for cross country is one of my favorite things that I have done in my athletic high school career. It took hard work to get there and when we finally did that it was eventful and fun and was one of the best trips that I have ever had. It started out way back in June when a group of girls got together and went for a run. At that time we only ran about 3-4 miles or so, but by the middle of the cross country season we were running up to 6 miles everyday. We trained all throughout the summer increasing our mileage every week so that by the beginning of the season were were ready to race. Our season was great, we all did really well and kept on improving every week. I personally did very well too. I started out on JV running a 5K in 24 minutes and 30 seconds and by the end of the season I was running Varsity with a 22 minute 30 second time. This may not seem like a lot, but in cross country two minutes is a big difference. Our first step in the final weeks leading up to State we ran at Conference. At Conference I ran in the JV race and got 15th out of almost 200 girls and I got a time of 22 minutes and 25 seconds. The Varsity got 1st and will forever be the Little Ten Conference Champions because of the conference realignment. At Sectionals I was the alternate meaning I was the 8th person on …show more content…
Cross country is not a sport that people just do for fun and to know that everyone there truly loved the sport was great and different compared to a lot of other things. Through all the ups and downs of the season, we came out on top, we had one of our best years ever, and we formed friendships that will last all throughout our high school careers. Between the actual running, the people, and the things we did, it was my best year yet and I can not wait until next year, my senior year, to make an even better