Who Knew?
Who knew the day I was looking forward to for the longest of time would be the worst day of my life? Who knew that it would affect the rest of my life? Who knew that I would shed so many tears everyday beyond that point? That’s the thing… nobody did. No one knows when these kind of things are going to happen. There’s no way to prevent them, unless you lock yourself in your room for the rest of your life. Where I am now is not a happy place. Just keep that in mind when I tell you my story.
My mom, dad, brother, and I were all sitting at the kitchen table. My dad said, “ Are you ready for your cross country meet tonight, Josie? I know that you’ve been training pretty hard for it.” He was right. I had been running so much that I went through two pairs of shoes. Cross country signups had been two months before, and the first practice four weeks before. I had always been a really good runner. My mom and I would run two miles a day after school in fifth grade. In sixth grade, we ran four miles a day. We finally came upon running six miles a day. Of …show more content…
I was so excited for the race. I had a good feeling I was going to win. The race was to take place in the woods, which was very exciting. I had always loved the smell of the woods. It kept me in …show more content…
I was so excited for this day, but I turned out to be more nervous than I had ever been. All my teammates crowded around, wishing each other good luck. The official called everybody up to the starting line. It took a few minutes for everyone to get settled. I heard the gun being shot, and I ran. I started off strong to get in front of everyone because I knew I had the most stamina out of them all. About three minutes into the race, I could only see one other person trailing behind me. Eventually, that person faded away. I was alone and at
Who knew the day I was looking forward to for the longest of time would be the worst day of my life? Who knew that it would affect the rest of my life? Who knew that I would shed so many tears everyday beyond that point? That’s the thing… nobody did. No one knows when these kind of things are going to happen. There’s no way to prevent them, unless you lock yourself in your room for the rest of your life. Where I am now is not a happy place. Just keep that in mind when I tell you my story.
My mom, dad, brother, and I were all sitting at the kitchen table. My dad said, “ Are you ready for your cross country meet tonight, Josie? I know that you’ve been training pretty hard for it.” He was right. I had been running so much that I went through two pairs of shoes. Cross country signups had been two months before, and the first practice four weeks before. I had always been a really good runner. My mom and I would run two miles a day after school in fifth grade. In sixth grade, we ran four miles a day. We finally came upon running six miles a day. Of …show more content…
I was so excited for the race. I had a good feeling I was going to win. The race was to take place in the woods, which was very exciting. I had always loved the smell of the woods. It kept me in …show more content…
I was so excited for this day, but I turned out to be more nervous than I had ever been. All my teammates crowded around, wishing each other good luck. The official called everybody up to the starting line. It took a few minutes for everyone to get settled. I heard the gun being shot, and I ran. I started off strong to get in front of everyone because I knew I had the most stamina out of them all. About three minutes into the race, I could only see one other person trailing behind me. Eventually, that person faded away. I was alone and at