Personal Narrative: My First Cross Country Race

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My story is going to be about my first Cross Country race. I know it’s not that exciting, but it was for me. I met lots of people that day and I made some friends with the other team. Before the race I wallked from the High School to the Elementary. I walked with with Spencer and we talked a little bit. Once I got there I went to the bathrooms close to the concession stand. I changed there, left my stuff at the concessions stand, brought a water bottle with me, and I jogged to the course. Once I got there my teamates where palying football so I decided to join in. After a while the coach told us to start to stretch because Lapel could be here at any minute. I stretched with my group and when we got finished, we went to the starting line to

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