Long-distance track event

The track season was the hardest most adrenaline filled thing i’ve ever partook in. Everyday at practice we’d run probably two miles total, and that was just the sprinters. The long distance probably ran four or five. Track meets were always very intense, you could feel the electricity in the air. There was a dash of suspense also, it’s suspenseful because you can only do four events, and track meets were about six to seven hours long, and one sprint event only takes like literally a minute. You…

Math in Track and Field Track and field is a sport consisted of running, throwing, and jumping. Track and field was first recorded in Olympia, Greece at the Ancient Olympic Games in 776 BC (1). Yet track and field first began when cave dwellers chased a deer, jumping over logs and other obstacles, and throwing rocks and spears trying to capture their prey (Marx 3). The Greeks made the idea that track had a great influence on physical and mental health, which is what makes it so popular today…

I have never taken interest in track and field. Never in my mind have i thought that i would be joining track and field on my junior year. But when feeling the wind it’s like if you had wings. When running your surrounded by air the only things you hear are “WHOoooooo” of a melody. Inside of my mind i thought that track and field will be an easy sport that does not require lots of physical fitness. WRONG! It does require physical fitness and endurance. The first day of practice was nerve…

The correlations between the performance in the Shot Put event and the nine other events of the decathlon ranged from r(107) = .042 to .789. The two strongest correlates of the performance in the Shot Put event were the performance in the Discus Throw event, r(107) = .79, p <.001, and the 100m Dash event, r(107) = .50, p < .001. The effect size of the correlations between the performance score in the Shot Put and these two decathlon events are large, which suggests that there is a strong…

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 juvenile in the experience we had within…

bobsleigh event was added in the 1932 Winter Olympics. It was excluded in the 1960 Olympics but ever since has been contested. Women’s bobsleigh was demonstrated in 1983 at the Olympic and World cup games. The first ever two-woman bobsleigh event was introduced in the 2002 winter Olympics. Game specifics Bobsleigh features a two-person high-speed event for both women and men. A four-man event is also contested. In the two-person event, one is the pilot and the other the brakeman. The four-man…

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…

live television. You had to watch the game while it was on, be at the game, or you wouldn’t be able to watch it again. You would have to wait for the scores and news to appear in the local paper the next day. But with technology we can watch sports event anywhere, and anytime. Not only had DVR…

who run a race all run, but one receives the prize? Run in such a way that you obtain it”. This Bible verse has had significant meaning to me particularly while running track in high school. Track is a sport that requires hard work, determination, speed, focus, and self-discipline. While being a member of a small high school track team, I found it necessary to put in additional training and hard work. As a senior, I felt it was my responsibility to step up and take on the role of leadership,…

previous PR’s and getting better. In the sport of track and field there are two different categories of runners, sprinters and distance runners. Sprinters are usually classified as anyone who runs a 100, 200, and or a 400, while distance runners are 800 meters and up. While both sprinting and distance running have the same sport revolving around them, they are different in terms of muscle usage, injuries, and training. While both sprinting and distance running requires the same muscles, speed…