Fell running

blades of grass were still wet from the morning dew and the dirt turned into mud. The confident chattering of the nearby teams coupled with the cold stares only worsened the situation. The pressure was on: it was my schools second track meet and my running coach expected my team to beat our personal records. This ultimatum would have not seemed so daunting had my team, the Girls Throwing team, had a coach. Thanks to the stellar planning by our school administrators we were left with no one to…

guiding our youth everyday are just as engaged in leadership than any corporate executive. I’ve been able to view Mr. Koterba’s leadership from many different perspectives in my last 8 years of life, from a student in his classroom, to a runner in his running club and eventually cross country team, and even as a friend. The first think one needs to know to understand a leader is his character, and to understand Mr. Koterba’s character you need look no further…

My record for a cross country meet is 13 minutes and 20 seconds. I want to get 12 minutes because I would be in great shape for basketball and for running cross country in high school. I have to train my body and mind to work hard and to push myself to achieve this. A great way to push myself is to run in my neighborhood in my freetime. The best way to push myself is to work 110% in practice and…

In my whole life, it never ran through my head, that I would fall in love with running and especially that I would be considered a valuable asset for the team. When I started in freshman year, the only reason I joined was because I heard that involvement during high school would make your college application stand out. I started out…

This quote relates to one of many ways I feel about running. By being a runner, I have come very far as a person. I would not be the person I am if I didn’t have such a love for this demanding sport. To me, being a runner is more than just an extracurricular for fun and because of this I have been taught many valuable life lessons. Throughout my life I have done many sports, but I have never found anything I was good at. I decided to try cross country, and after the first practice, I knew this…

I’m casually watching the garage sale, and out of the corner of my eye I see 7 runners briskly running down the street in perfect stride. As they come near my driveway I see it’s the Cross Country team. Led by one of my closest friends, they stop and asked me four words I will never forget, “Joel Join Cross Country”. They left leaving me mixed with…

Cross country is a sport that many people will probably never experience. Most believe it is too difficult of a sport for them, or that they would never make it to the finish line before giving up. However, what these people might fail to understand is that they endure a cross country race every day of their lives. Cross country races are just like an average work day. Every day people wake up and repeat their morning routines over and over again. They shower, brush their teeth, comb…

Besides teaching, I started a cross country program at the school. Unfortunately, because of the low number of boys in the school and their overall lack of interest in competing, I was only able to initially begin a girls team. Leading the team was the daughter of the man who had originally informed me about the opening at the school. But, pleasantly what I soon found out was there was a virtual all-star team of girl runners at that school in grades six, seven, and eight which translated into…

theatre complex that is widely viewed as the peak and center of the musical theatre world. The pattern that has become increasingly obvious in today’s market is the adaptation of famous films into musicals. If one looks at the list of shows currently running or expected to open in the near future on Broadway, the ratio of original stories and concepts to shows based on Hollywood movies is outrageously weighted to the latter (Viagas,…

turn black and die. The darkness near kept coming closer to the field. Animals that were near started to run away, but never made it far. The girl started running away from the oncoming darkness that would try to consume her for all eternity. No one could save her. The brunette ran through the thick woods, that were slowly dying. Branches fell down all around her, but he didn't let that slow her down. Soon she came to a clearing. The girl turned around and couldn't see the darkness behind her…