The Running Man

I am again reading The Running Dream, by Wendelin Van Draanen. I like this book because it shows many struggles of many people with different situations. You have Jessica a BK amputee, Fiona the best friend of Jessica who is learning how to help Jessica, Rosa a girl in the school who is seen as different because of her cerebral palsy and is wheelchair bound, and so many more characters who all help Jessica back to recovery. In the book Jessica, a track star, loses the lower part of her leg in a…

faces glistening with sweat and a medal hugging their neck. Then you have the people who dress up as a Tyrannosaurus Rex and chase people around tent city. You also have fans that come from bigger schools. Girls walk around wearing nothing more than running shorts, a sports bra, and face paint. Boys paint their whole body in their school colors. Some make masks of their runners faces to wear. A few even take old torn uniforms and make them into makeshift flags. The parents are the best though.…

that my responsibilities are completed to the best of my ability, and that the commitments I undertake are maintained until they have been fulfilled. My junior year of high school, I joined the cross country and track teams in order to get in better running shape. I immediately found myself thrust into a leadership role, having the fastest times in the mile and the 800m runs – and anchoring the 4x800m relay team. We practiced…

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…

In this story, I was at my best when I was working with others towards a common goal. Last January, my Boy Scout Troop partook in the Hopewell Klondike Derby. Our troop constructed a sled for the competition and prepared everything we needed in a long black box. In this derby each team is challenged to pull their sled along a course to several stations in which our boy scout skills are tested. Our team did fairly well at quite a lot of the stations, while we struggled on others. Particularly…

boring race which consisted running 8 laps arounds the track over and over again seeing the same thing each time around. I was wearing my Ugg moccasins, but took them to warm up. I like to always walk around barefoot, but while still wearing socks. I usually warm up with my friend. She was calling me to go onto the field with her and warm up there. She told me to hurry up so I rushed my bag to grab my racing shoes. I grabbed them and I ran towards the field, but as I was running to the field, I…

subject, because when a great song you love comes on, when a person is jogging, they well become more amped or pumped, and start to jog better or even start to run when the song comes on. The main theory I have is this, “Why is it that one who is running or lifting, they will stop their run/set, just to change their song?” because many questions come into play. 1. When in the middle of a lifting set, why would a person not complete their set, and then proceed to change the song? 2. Mostly, why…

My friend also never gives up on her work, no matter how hard the assignment. Meadow can always be seen working on anything. Also, Meadow is determined to do anything she can, and even things she has no idea she can do. Not only can she be seen running far and working hard, Meadow is always the first person to try to solve friend problems, as she never gives up. She never stops trying to search for solutions for problems that lead to broken friendships, and Meadow never gives up on preventing…

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…

The track season was the hardest most adrenaline filled thing i’ve ever partook in. Everyday at practice we’d run probably two miles total, and that was just the sprinters. The long distance probably ran four or five. Track meets were always very intense, you could feel the electricity in the air. There was a dash of suspense also, it’s suspenseful because you can only do four events, and track meets were about six to seven hours long, and one sprint event only takes like literally a minute. You…