Barefoot running

I started run track when I was 8 years of age. At a youthful age I ended up fixated on it. Every day, I was outside, running some place, going to each camp, competition, or amusement accessible. All through my adolescence, Track was my life. My fantasy was to grow up and win the secondary school state title. Fortunately, my fairly residential area had a notoriety state wide to produce top level groups each season. Tragically, this made the opposition to be picked to be on the group significantly…

got a time of twenty-one minutes. Summer starts, the end of my sophomore year. My coach started a running club for people to run over the summer. Near the end of July, the Cross Country season started. I was ready and in shape for the season. I was ready to see the number ‘18’ for my personal record…

From my last 3 years of running cross county I have learned a lot of things. One is that you should never give up, second is that if you work hard enough then you can achieve whatever you put your mind to, and third is how you can go from disliking something to loving something. How I've learned these things from cross county is when I first started cross country, my sophomore year I couldn't run to save my life. Coach would always time us on how fast we could run two miles and I would always…

On November 12, the men and women’s cross-country teams finished their current season. The season ended with the team’s competing in a national meet in Mississippi where the men placed 8 of 17 and the woman’s team 11 of 14. Clint Woods, cross-country coach, stated in an email that this season’s focus to run as a group during meets had a positive impact on the teams. “Developing the ability to run as a team has been our biggest strength. We have a big pack of runners for the guys (group and)…

Ever since I was little and even now, I always had an endearment with sports that involve running, including Track. In middle school when I was in seventh grade, I wanted to participate in Track because I knew I would enjoy the sport. Track started in the spring during seventh grade, and the first couple of practices I thought were challenging and very arduous because of what little practice I had before Track had even started. All the new athletes joining our school track teams were callow and…

challenges (Singer et al, 1994). It will also increase his awareness and confidence level as he will already know what to expect. He should implement simulation training during practice session. As 800m can be too fast for the athlete to think while running, he needs to learn to control his thoughts at ‘high speed’ (Dosil, 2006). By simulating the race speed while practicing to block out…

My story is going to be about my first Cross Country race. I know it’s not that exciting, but it was for me. I met lots of people that day and I made some friends with the other team. Before the race I wallked from the High School to the Elementary. I walked with with Spencer and we talked a little bit. Once I got there I went to the bathrooms close to the concession stand. I changed there, left my stuff at the concessions stand, brought a water bottle with me, and I jogged to the course. Once…

Life can be quite stressful, and I fell into the pattern of running whenever I felt upset or anxious. I had gotten faster, and with that I began to run longer distances. It was no longer the feeling after the run I looked forward to, it was the run itself. With every step I took, my mind would get clearer. I wouldn’t…

every once and awhile a salty bead of sweat rolls down my face. In this moment my head is completely clear and I am completely focused. To many people running is a punishment, but to me it is the complete opposite. To me running is an escape from the world, something that saves me from drowning in the hectic world in which we live. I started running for sport when I was in third grade. The gym coach at my elementary school introduced me and a handful of other girls to a program called girls on…

I have always been fast at running. In middle school, I would always be the first to finish the mile long run for my Physical Education class. At that time, I often ran the mile in seven minutes flat, always being at least thirty seconds ahead of every other student. It was the same outcome in high school as a freshman; however, that was not the case later on. As a sophomore, I ran the mile in seven minutes, but another sophomore, George, would run it in six minutes and fifty seconds. I wondered…