Writing A Captain Letter Sample

When I transferred to New Milford my sophomore year, I already had prospects to do Cross Country already fascinated by the sport, however I had no idea where it would take me. Now here I am writing a captain’s letter. In thinking of this draft I was thinking about my strengths and characteristics scrutinizing which ones I look for in a captain. I believe that out if all my traits my one that truly outshines the others is my ability to push my limit and improve because of it. I am completely aware of my current ability level and know I'm not the best on the team, however I gain nothing by comparing myself to others and improvement is where I see results. I look at the underclassmen and those struggling in workouts not in a way that's demeaning, but in a way that sees the potential they have to improve the future of the team. I do this, and …show more content…
I was devastated after this race, just the fact that I had no excuses and I tried what I had thought to be my hardest. From then on I changed, I worked. My summer training schedule I remember looking at it and seeing “A Group milage” and being in C group the year before I was hesitant, but I knew that's exactly what I was going to be doing. Junior year of Cross Country I was the 18:30 runner of the team which was respectable in my opinion at the time, but I was persistent in the fact that I did not want to be placed in that B group and again I ended the season unsatisfied. This year I got the schedule for summer training and everyone kept saying to me, “I think you could be top 7 this year.” always enthusiastic after seeing an excellent track season out of me. This year though I’m not excluding myself though, I’m not a top 7 runner, I am a top 5, a scoring