Track Becoming a Part of My Life
(Experiences That Have Influenced Me In a Positive Way) Everyone in their life has had something happen to them that influenced theme somehow, whether it was something big or little, good or bad. Some examples would be a death of a family member or a close friend, but it could also be being nominated for something outstanding that sets the course for the rest of your life. I have many things in my life that have impacted me a great deal. Something that in my life that lead me to pursue something that I love is my Recreation Sports class that I took as a sophomore while I was still living in Casper, and the experience of moving encouraged me to go out for track. Going out for track was probably the best decision …show more content…
When I moved to Worland, I was still being pushed to do track in the back of my mind because of that conversation. I had told my parents the thoughts I had about running before we had moved. Even after we moved they still thought it was a good idea. They thought it was even a better idea after we moved because they wanted me to make friends. When I first went to Worland High School with my mom to enroll for my classes, we talked to Mr. Clark about the extracurricular activities I might be interested in being a part of, so my mom mentioned track to him. He told us about indoor track, the season was just starting up. I made the decision in not going out for indoor track because I thought it was just too early, and I wanted to get used to everything else first. But by the time it came to the outdoor track season, I didn’t have many friends still, and some of the people who I got along with were doing outdoor track, so I finally decided that I would go out for track. Also, my parents were quite worried about me not being sociable enough since we moved, so they were very strongly “encouraging” me to do track. My choice to go out for outdoor track was influenced greatly by my experience of moving, and needing something to make me myself
(Experiences That Have Influenced Me In a Positive Way) Everyone in their life has had something happen to them that influenced theme somehow, whether it was something big or little, good or bad. Some examples would be a death of a family member or a close friend, but it could also be being nominated for something outstanding that sets the course for the rest of your life. I have many things in my life that have impacted me a great deal. Something that in my life that lead me to pursue something that I love is my Recreation Sports class that I took as a sophomore while I was still living in Casper, and the experience of moving encouraged me to go out for track. Going out for track was probably the best decision …show more content…
When I moved to Worland, I was still being pushed to do track in the back of my mind because of that conversation. I had told my parents the thoughts I had about running before we had moved. Even after we moved they still thought it was a good idea. They thought it was even a better idea after we moved because they wanted me to make friends. When I first went to Worland High School with my mom to enroll for my classes, we talked to Mr. Clark about the extracurricular activities I might be interested in being a part of, so my mom mentioned track to him. He told us about indoor track, the season was just starting up. I made the decision in not going out for indoor track because I thought it was just too early, and I wanted to get used to everything else first. But by the time it came to the outdoor track season, I didn’t have many friends still, and some of the people who I got along with were doing outdoor track, so I finally decided that I would go out for track. Also, my parents were quite worried about me not being sociable enough since we moved, so they were very strongly “encouraging” me to do track. My choice to go out for outdoor track was influenced greatly by my experience of moving, and needing something to make me myself