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I have always been fast at running. In middle school, I would always be the first to finish the mile long run for my Physical Education class. At that time, I often ran the mile in seven minutes flat, always being at least thirty seconds ahead of every other student. It was the same outcome in high school as a freshman; however, that was not the case later on. As a sophomore, I ran the mile in seven minutes, but another sophomore, George, would run it in six minutes and fifty seconds. I wondered…

How far is pushing yourself over the physical limit? Is there a limit for how hard you should push yourself in competition? Having experienced what happens after pushing myself further than I should, I can describe the state of being physically exhausted. I have only experienced this feeling once: one year ago during my first cross-country meet in Charles City. No matter the situation, I try to achieve as high of result as I can. Whether it be in cross-country, school, or anything else in life,…

The example of the “The William James Technique for Competitive Running” and how it reduces running injuries and is also the number one version is similar to the example of the cow path because the cow path is useful and can be helpful to people. The cow path is supposed to be the main road that cows would follow. The path is useful to cows just like the training video is helpful to competitive runners. William James’ theory of development is set in three stages. The first stage is rejected,…

Have you heard of the amazing Usain Bolt? Well, in the past few years, he has won a couple of gold medals while also setting some records at the same time. Why is this you ask? Well, some may say he is just a dominant runner, but others say that he has an advantage over the other runners because he is 6 foot 5, which is very tall. Read more to see both sides of the claim. So why would being taller have an advantage over running you ask? Well according to quora.com, they say that usually the…

Disregard for a minute about the tranquil quietness of a keep running in the forested areas. About the peace, isolation, and flexibility. About the spotless air and tender breeze. Also, about the nonattendance of autos, group, exhaust cloud, movement lights, and black-top. On the other hand, simply ahead and consider those things—each is reason enough to set out toward the slopes. Also, here's another: You'll get fitter quicker by pounding so as to hit the trail than the asphalt. "Trail…

another new tool base name Angular2. It means this course not only teach us how to make a web application, but it also educates me how to do a group project, so we can gain during the lecture and self-study. In the first week, which was before the sprint 1 started, we started with some random people because I didn’t know anyone in this class, and as I know some people in this class had taken CMPS115 before this class, but I am not in this case. I was lucky that I found our current team and this…

a race car driver. He ran his first Nascar race on May 25th, 1975 in the World 600 in Charlotte N.C. From that moment until his death on February 18, 2001 he amassed 76 wins, 7 Championships, ran 676 races and drove over 202,000 laps in the Nascar Sprint Cup series. Also Dale was inducted into the Nascar Hall of fame in the first year of the halls existence. The moniker he earned during those years of racing was “The Intimidator”. The aggressive driving style exhibited made competitors either…

freely. He was not wearing a helmet or neck brace. NASCAR could no longer hold off on the safety issue. NASCAR had a huge downfall after Dales death. Viewership numbers dropped dramatically after the death. Tv ratings dropped a little over 10% for sprint cup races and fell 20% during NASCAR playoff run since last season…

Let’s drive fast, make a left turn and repeat this process. Now, continue to do this for hours sounds exciting, right? Many people would be hesitant to consider driving a car around a dirt track for several hours on a hot Saturday afternoon as an actual sport. But then some find it interesting and this is where the story begins. So here we are at our home town race track Oklahoma Sports Park on another Saturday night like usually spend Saturday nights. Getting the cars ready and warmed up…

Reason why dirt track racing exciting “You may win some, you may lose some, you may wreck some” – Dale Earnhardt. He was one of the greatest race car drivers and was responsible for making the sport popular. He won many championships on asphalt tracks and was killed at Daytona Speedway February 21, 2001. Racing on asphalt and dirt tracks can be dangerous but also very fun to watch. Dirt track racing is very competitive and is more exciting to watch compared to all the types of auto racing.…