Running

In the presence of King’s rhetorical novel, The Running Man, he unravels the mystery of a middle-aged man who is destined to find a way to cure his young child from death as he says, “We’ll get a doctor. Try not to worry so much. Listen-’ She began to babble frantically to distract him; he had turned around and was watching the Free-Vee again. Half-time was over, and the game was on again. This wasn’t one of the big ones, of course,...” (2). The ideas and intentions in the story of a human being…

The experiences that running and coaching has provided me seem almost limitless and at times, unbelievable. Over the years, I’ve also been privileged enough to have met some of the biggest names in running and coaching. Besides attending the summer Olympics, the World Championships of Track & Field, multiple National Championship events in both cross country and track, I’ve also been fortunate enough to meet Four Boston Marathon winners, Gold Medalists in the 800 meters, 10,000 meters, and…

Running has been apart of my life ever since I can remember, my mom and my grandmother have inspired me so much with this sport. It all started when I won my first race in third grade, that was the moment when I really fell in love with running. My sophomore year of cross country is when my running career came to a stop because of my shin hurting, at first I thought it was just shin splints because I had been running hard for the two weeks prior. Then the pain lasted for three weeks and…

sprinter and a relay so I had to deal with passing off and getting the button while running. I also had to work with stilts I think that's what they are called well I had to put them so they felt comfortable and be easier to run out of. We did this about every practice.…

In literature, authors make use of literary devices in an effort to establish not only the intelligence of the characters being created, but their individual voice as an author. Throughout The Running Man by Stephen King, the author makes use of events, tone, mood, and sentence structure to separate the classes in a dystopian society. One main distinction between these classes however, is the language spoken within each class and is made apparent through varying sentence structures. Through this…

There I was, running through the abyss of the mossy Montana forest. All my dreams had come true. As I moved further into the forest, I reflected on my life. After years of intense studying and training, I managed to make it into Montana State University. Daily I’d find myself running 10 or so miles on the college’s varsity cross country team. I challenged my mind through the advanced programs, and had A’s in every single one of them. Every night and day for 6 years, I worked myself to extremes.…

force them back. We both mouth to each other at the same time. ‘I’m sorry’ I turn and ran to the door and quickly unlock it before running out of the house. I hear running behind me and force myself to go faster. After running for a little bit I duck into an alley and pull out my stele and drew a Heightened Speed rune on the inside of my arm before I took off running again. I ran all the way from my neighborhood to the New York Institute. When I got in front of the Institute I didn’t…

Knee pain from running is a common complaint among those who get their exercise from jogging or running. Those who do a lot of bending can experience runner's knee as well. It afflicts people who like to walk, bike or jump for recreation and exercise. Runner's knee isn't a specific ailment. It's a term used for the pain that occurs around the knee from activities that require bending and cause impact with the ground. It can come from overuse when the tendons attached to the bone become…

always been a big part of my daily life, but I never imagined that cross country would have such an immense impact on my way of living. I had never even thought about pursuing distance running until my friend, Jared, tried to convince me to join the cross country team in 7th grade. At that time, the thought of running for long periods of time did not seem appealing to me. At first, I did not even consider this notion, but with a couple days of persuasion, I decided that I would give it a try. My…

would be first or last. My aunt Trena, who had earlier that year lost her life to ovarian cancer, was my motivation for running this race. To be patient, to be resilient, and to trust myself, are small, yet important qualities of life I learned during my training for the Susan Komen race…