Personal Narrative: Running At My Cross Country Team

I felt butterflies in my stomach as I got in the bus to go to the State meet with the rest of my Cross Country team. The boys team was going that year and I was in the top seven who had to run. It was nerve racking for me considering I was only in sixth grade and I was running with a bunch of older kids who are in seventh and eighth grade. It was going to be incredibly hard for me, but I took a deep breath and sat down in my seat. I had felt an uneasy feeling in the air as we took off towards my painful, hard, and exhausting running experience that I will always remember.

My heart dropped when we pull into the parking lot where I would be running my race. We got off the bus and unloaded it as we walked over to our area to set up our tent. Once that was …show more content…
The waiting was the worse part of it all, watching as runners got ready for the big race. I couldn’t stand still, constantly pacing not being able to help myself. I tried to calm down but every time I heard a new race start I couldn’t help but watch in awe to see racers running times of nine to ten minute two miles. My heart began to race again as I fell over a little dizzy. How could these people run that fast? How could they keep going? Then the question started hitting back at ME. How will I be able to run that fast? Will I get last place as a sixth grader? I’ve never gotten last before or gotten a bad time on my races! How will that look back at Rochester to my friends if I do horrible? I start to get even more nervous as the day grew forward. Each second that went by brought me closer to the race that was gonna determine whether I should go home or not. The race