The Maze Runner

“What you must understand about me is that i’m a deeply unhappy person”.Throughout the amazing novel “Looking for Alaska” there are many important themes, Alaska’s unexpected death helps me to understand many of them. The impact of the death of a loved one is one of the main themes in this novel. It is used to help the reader understand the overall message, which making the most of life and the importance of moving on from the past and learning from it. John Green uses symbolism and motifs to…

James Altucher is an American best-selling author. He has written and published eleven books so far. Many of Altucher’s writing have appeared in publications such as the Financial times, Wall Street Journal, and the Forbes. James Altucher wrote a book in 2011 called I Was Blind but Now I see reached number one in Amazon.com’s motivational books section in 2011. USA Today also named Altucher’s Choose Yourself among the twelve best business books of all time. James Altucher is a very successful…

costume, I was a scarecrow he was a hunter. Earlier in the week I saw flyers about haunted houses and corn mazes throughout Greenville and I knew he would love that. That was our big scary date; however he had no clue what was in store for him. We drove into the night, he asked me a thousand of questions about where we were going. When we finally reached our destination he was so excited to see the maze that he gave me the biggest bear hug I have ever experienced. You see, James loves scary…

There are many other cases of barefoot runners in history who were not a part of the Tarahumara tribe who have been successful. One of these remarkable barefoot runners is Bruce Tulloh. Amby Burfoot tells of Bruce Tulloh in his article, “Should You Be Running Barefoot?”. Burfoot tells of Bruce Tulloh, a barefoot runner himself, setting record times in Europe. Tulloh, like McDougall, was extremely compelled by the Tarahumara Indians…

temperatures on winning times in the Boston Marathon. He and his three co-authors, Dr. Abe Miller Rushing, Dr. Nathan Phillips and Dr. Robert Kaufmann, examined the timing of the Boston Marathon runners from the years 1933 to 2004. They found that when warmer temperatures and headwinds occurred the day of the race, the runners were indeed slowed down. The reasoning for this research was to further their focus on climate change from birds and plants to including how the warming climate had an…

The Maze “Come on! come on! come on, Emma!” shouted Skylar. Skylar rushed Emma to sign up for the corn maze. Clickety clack, clickety clack. They heard the high schoolers high heels. As they slowly lifted their heads up, it was the bully in the whole school Julie Hoffman. She pranked three freshmen every year, and all cried most of the time. “Hey little babies!” shouted Julie. “Are you going to enter the maze contest?” Yes, mumbled Skylar and Emma at the same time. Fine, Julie said but just so…

everyone ran together down to the 50 meter mark and ran back. This was one of the best parts of the meet. The starters then lined all of the runners up on the line and off they went. Drew had us in a good position and was keeping up with the top pack. When he handed off to me I ran as fast as I could holding our position. Toward the end some of the runners started to catch me so I went all out and held my position. Next went Kobe who struggled due to his back and he ended up dropping some…

FINAL REFLECTION In 2015 I ran in an organized race .I had participated in the Madd Dash, also known as the Strides for Change run near Earl March Secondary School. I’ve recieved an approximate time of 28 minutes when finished running the 5km run. During the day of the run, it was very cold and in the middle of the run it started to hail. In 2016, I ran in the Kanata Race Day event at Richcraft Community center during May. The run was during good and well rounded weather conditions for the…

those who had already finished the marathon. All of a sudden, ahead and into the distance, I saw a runner collapse. As I ran closer and closer to the spot where he had fallen, the sound of sirens and the flashing of red and blue lights quickly drew closer. When they arrived on the scene, he was placed on a stretcher, and then was driven away to be taken care of. Although I felt sympathetic for the runner, my focus was towards the ambulance crew and drive. I really envied the driver and the…

April 3, 2013 – the big weekend had arrived. Kate had been nervous about this race since the moment she found out she was in it. The race was called the challenge of champions. High school champions from Alabama, Louisiana, Arkansas, Mississippi, and other states in the south came to run this race to determine who the best of the best it was. Kate was young and new to the sport of track and field. She only had one season under her belt. She was informed about how competitive this race was. “You…