Running

weather the economic trauma. It was apparent that in face of the global competition, survival and success required both mental and physical strength. This is when running, as an individual sport, took off—the people realised that only through the reignition of the rugged individualism can the American Dream be relived. Since then, running has been universally embraced as the means to challenge oneself and to achieve holistic health and fitness (Holt & Cameron 2010, pp. 23-26). As we enter the…

was right, but at the end of it all he felt like the sacrifice was worth it. After Smith had been put in the boarding school, he had been identified as a special talent, and the Governor wanted to exploit that gift for the prestige of the school. Running was something Smith could always rely on to clear his head, and having it objectified and exploited for the benefit of people who were essentially holding him captive didn’t sit well. The Governor said…

Comes up to someone and swallows him whole. "Everyone run!" All I hear is screaming and people running, me , Dominic and Tristan start running for Tristan's house since his is closest. As we are running we see the cacti eating cars in the street causing chaos. Me, Dominic and Tristan finally get to Tristan's house and his brothers are not home when they should be. Dominic said "hey shouldn’t we…

I had a dream; there were three of them. In my dream, I was sitting in a car on a rocky and sandy dirt road with one friend in the front and three in the back of a Honda Accord. Behind me was three men; I was so scared and shaky I didn 't know what to do. The lights just flashed red, blue, and white behind me. The three guys that were standing half way out of their cars; two of them holding tazors and one holding a black gun. I didn 't know what I did to get pulled over. All shouting something,…

country; I was unaware of just how much grit it would take to run it. It was my first practice, and I wasn’t sure what to expect. The first thing we did was go to a little isolated plain of grass and stretch to prepare our muscles for the running. While we were running I told myself, “I got this.” Practice was pretty simple and I thought I had the whole idea down. After about a week or so, we had our first meet. When we got there my stomach was turning and I could feel the pressure flowing…

consistent exercise in my life. The main barriers to the successful application of the goal were college classes I attended at night. However, after rearranging my running schedule, the barriers were overcome. During the total course of the project, the first week presented the most difficulty because of my amateur ability to sustain running for long periods of time. After evaluating my progress in the first week, I edited my goal which led to successful second and third weeks. Overall, the…

Growing up we are all told that lying is bad, no parent has ever taught a child that lying was something they should be doing. Personally my parents had always been very strict on lying and if I had been caught in the act it was game over. From when I was able to comprehend what lying was and even today I try and be as honest as I can. However this day in particular, I made an exception that I would come to regret. It was a blazing hot May day in the northwest suburb of Chicago, otherwise known…

course we were running was a like the shape of a pretzel were we started at the finish line and had to fun in a big figure eight . We had to run the course twice in order to complete the 10k and we had to run up some hills and run alongside with a lake. The first 10 minutes I felt like I was going to beat the course in an hour, but…

Coach, McCarthy was my track coach in high school. He was also my sophomore biology teacher. While I was there, he received his share of ridicule and at times was controversial in an unorthodox way, like the time he named a sophomore, Jimmy Euell, to be a co-captain of the track team. I remember shortly thereafter a Norwich Bulletin sports writer crucifying him for that decision and calling him the “Innovator” in a rather derogatory manner. It didn’t bother me or my teammates one bit as we all…

Ultimate is a great sport that requires a ton of skill as well as physical endurance. In middle school, I already knew how to run because I ran cross-country, so the endurance was not difficult too hard for me to master. All the other kids hated the running, but I loved it. I could also swat the disc down on defense like crazy, and I could catch anything in my general vicinity. I achieved the nickname of “The Tower” because I was tall and was strong on both great at defense and catching the…