Cross country running

felt like the perfect event for me and I would always be excited to run it. On the day of my last race day, I was feeling nervous but determined to do my best. I remember my coach telling me, "Be aggressive, don't hold back" and I remember that when running. I step on the line, I took a deep breathe, look at my opponents then looking straight, head held high at the track, focus and ready. After a few moments, gun goes off and…

The history behind running barefoot dates back to several years ago. Running has been a practice for many people since the beginning of time. Undoubtedly, running has changed over the years and it has transformed into a source of competition, a source of healthiness, and even job opportunities. When researching running or unique ways to improve one’s running skills, people often come across the infamous tribe, the Tarahumara Indians. The book Born to Run, written by Christopher McDougall,…

The tour started in the sports facility, making our way through locker rooms and training facilities for athletes from various sports. We covered nursing, science, mathematics, business and many more. Being an outgoing person, I met most of the cross country team, got along instantly and even discussed what path would be best for me with one of the athletes. With the conclusion of that tour, Oshkosh became one of my top choices for a 4-year University that I would attend. Both the educational…

assistant director of Water for Food Institute on Innovation campus. The following are the details: Yukio Kumazawa: Yukio is a fan of marathon. He told me that he runs as a way to stay healthy and lose weight. He also enjoys the camaraderie of the running community and the thrill of road racing, and regaining the athletic glory experienced during an earlier stage of his life. He already has his pictures when he ran New York Marathon seven Years ago. However, he is willing to pay $40 more for…

Tendrils of frozen air grabbed at my skin; loose strands of hair sliced at my face. My family didn’t believe I had it in me. “You? Running? That’s a good one.” “Megan, don’t set irrational goals for yourself.” “You’ll probably pass out before the first mile.” Their words battered at my head, but with each stride I pounded their comments into the sidewalk. My family believing I couldn’t run a 5k race didn’t surprise me; if I was given the choice between going outside for the afternoon or…

Standing bare footed on the hot dirt road the sun beating down on my too large forehead but I knew I was going to have a blast. It was the year 2006 I was in long road, Jamaica I had joined a race with three of my older cousins and one long known friend. It was a race to see which out of all five of us was the future Usain bolt or the future vernicka Campbell, these two people are some of the best Olympic gold medalist of my island Jamaica; track stars. My father Leroy had heard from my…

Lined up on the starting line, the women's 400 was about to start. “Runners on your marks” the official said, standing off to the side, Emily loaded into her blocks one foot at a time. She’s won every 400 race this track season and last track season.”Set”, Emily raised her legs, then the gun fired, off she went getting in front of each person leaving them behind her soon she was in the front she was on the last stretch of the 400, she didn't even look tired unlike the other girls far behind her…

up my daily argument with myself, hating myself for getting up at five-thirty during the summer, hating myself for picking running to cope with my anger, and then I start to figure out my surroundings and I know that I am close. I can see the trail I am running on start to clear, the sun beaming through the break of the trees and I know that have made it. The ritual of running every morning to the clearing in the woods was a way to release some of the anger that resided after my dad left, but it…

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…

sport of cross-country doesn’t appear to have evolved from its origins; if they looked closely they would be surprised. To gain an insight from this sport’s past and present, I will compare distances, practices, and amount of competitors between cross-country in the 1980’s and now. The general concept of cross-country developed in the early 1800’s in England. Teenagers imitated rabbit hunts by chasing each other through forests over long distances. As…