Silent Running

I like running, not for its fitness purpose, but for the calmness it is given me. I like to run at my own pace, and this is a pretty wonderful thing. I used to run a mini marathon with my friends in China and this is the five things that running had taught me. First, I have to overcome some difficulties before reaches my destination. When I planning to run the marathon, the first mile is always the hardest for me. I cannot imagine myself successfully to run to the end. Every step is a challenge…

ran from place to place because I had a patience management problem. I did not like waiting or moving unwillingly slow, but I especially did not like getting somewhere late. Thus, my choice of transportation at the time, due to age limitations, was running. In elementary school, I ran just as much as most kids and just as fast. In sixth grade, I had the opportunity to go out for the track and field team, but I did not. At the time, none of my older siblings had participated in track. When I…

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…

taste the sweat pouring down my face. I continued to run through the pain, lifting what now felt like my incredibly heavy legs I sprinted for my life. My heart’s pounding echoed throughout my body as I breathed heavily. I didn’t know where I was running to but I continued to pump my legs, mindlessly placing one foot in front of the other. It didn’t seem to matter where I was heading as long as it was out of the reach of those white devils and that tracker. I couldn’t understand why they wanted…

commoners to professionals. Running must be one of the best ways to meet different people that can become great friends. It's amazing at how many people all willing to obtain better physique and a better health style and how they can achieve this just by running.The mental strength needed for running is wonderful the longer someone runs the harder it gets mentally to achieve their goals allowing them to gain a better mental strength while running and not. To me, running has been one of the best…

I live and breathe running. I dont go a day not thinking or talking about it. For the past 6 years I have been fully dedicated to this sport and now running has grown from a side activity to a passion. I got involved with running on accident. After moving to Texas my sixth grade year, I was under the impression that cross country was another word for soccer and that was the sport I was in in my former home. So that summer going into seventh grade year, I ran miles after miles thinking that…

country states. The top twenty girls qualify, and I have been dreaming of this day since freshman year. All I have to do is hold my position, and then I am golden. Suddenly, my legs begin to feel like jello. My running partner slowly fades ahead of me, and I cannot keep up. It feels like I am running backwards as the rest of my teammates pass me one by one. Fighting fatigue, I tell myself I am finishing this race, whether or not I have to crawl like a turtle to do so. I am crossing that…

these include swimming, steppers, elliptical, and cycling. Of these options, cycling is the most beneficial. Cycling is the only option that uses muscles complementary to running instead of identical. Training on an elliptical will work the same muscles as running and will slightly boost performance. Cycling works muscles that running does not and will significantly boost performance. These…

In the 1990s a game series started known as Silent Hill. This game series takes a main character into a town that’s warped by a nightmare landscape. The series itself has many common themes that fit in with Freud’s writing “The Uncanny”. Specifically, the second entry in the series aptly titled Silent Hill 2 is a prime example of the uncanny. Through the series’ regular themes, but also in terms of the double and Unheimlich James’ story unfolds and the player is left with a truly emotionally…

country team as much as I can. I have always been active and played sports but I did not take up running until 8th grade when I joined the track team. Since then, I have taken running seriously and have strived to be the best runner I can be. After thoroughly enjoying my first year of high school track, I knew I wanted to do cross country this year. I also knew that cross country would be a lot more running than track was, so I made it my goal during the summer to prepare for the cross country…