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Personal Accomplishment: Track And Field Event

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Personal Accomplishment I remember it as if it was yesterday. The day I had been training weeks for, everything had come to this. The track and field district event, the most important event of the season. For a long time I had been training for long distance, the 1500 meter race. The training was hard, running for 2 hours, with only a few breaks for water and resting, everyday, for weeks. This race was important. I worked hard for this moment. The time had finally come. The track seemed grander today, the entire mood of the place was odd, it felt like I had never been there before. As I was called up to the track my stomach wrenched, my legs felt like jello and my head felt like a thunderstorm was going on inside of it. As I stood on the
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