Personal Narrative-Success

During my junior year of high school, I had joined track and field but I was out of shape. I was certain my blood was pure gravy and that my body was only powered by hamburgers and milkshakes. When I first went to practice, I was already feeling intimidated by the other runners or just having a “fixed mindset.” Also, the fact that I haven’t actually worked out in a very long time, so that gave me a disadvantage. I was willing to push myself, in order to get better at the sport. It didn’t go so well in the beginning, since I was complaining how I was not fast enough or I didn’t keep up with the fast runners. I was not ready to quit yet; I wanted to prove myself that I can do it and I didn’t need the coaches approval, but more for self success that I …show more content…
When competition day came I was frustrated that I wasn’t seeing the results I wanted. I talked to my coach why this was happening and I can perfectly remember what he said, “some people are just gifted and born with those abilities, but they soon get cocky and lose sight of the main purpose; it seems you’re different from that, no offense you don’t have that gift, but you do have the heart to work hard and push yourself, don’t worry about anybody else just worry about yourself getting better.” It was interesting to say that it actually made me push myself further on. Sadly track season ended but I had one more year to prove myself, so I started running hills and waking up early just to get better. When it was time to start track again, I was surprised to see a big improvement. I guess all those hard work actually paid off; there were times where I didn’t reach the time I wanted, but I didn’t complain instead I was pessimistic about the situation. My coach would constantly say his famous quote, “Believe to Achieve”, which would be cliche and short, but it means a lot to