Personal Narrative: Team Meeting

Nationals 2015 We all decided we were going to Nationals for cross country. 5 minutes later, my mom told me that there were over 500 people in each race and each race starts with a cannon. So, my three brothers and I were all so excited that we were going out-of-state for a meet. We were also, VERY nervous. All of us, headed to Lexington, Kentucky in November of 2015. The reason I was doing this race is because I'm a runner, I'm competitive, and it is the biggest race of the season. On November 18, we started driving to Nationals. Once we got there we did the course walk, then went to our hotel. I was really nervous for the race, but at the same time I was also super excited. Then I told my mom “I am so nervous for our race tomorrow.”Also it was like there was over 500 butterflies in my stomach. …show more content…
The Next Morning, on November 19, at 6:30 am we had to get up and eat non-dairy breakfast. We left for the race and my brother, Henry had the first race. Then after about an hour and a half it was Evans race. He came in 26th in all but for his age group, 6th . About 2 hours after Evans race came my race. I took off my sweats and headed to the start line.My heart was racing 1000 miles a second because I was so nervous. “321 BOOM and the runners are off”The announcer said. The race started with a cannon. Once I started and sprinted out I was regretting coming, but about 2 minutes into my race I was so pumped and