Personal Narrative: Comparing Running And Soccer

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My whole life I have been doing one or more sports. However, I never thought there would be a day that I had to choose between them. Choosing this sport was very important to me. As a little girl I did many sports like gymnastics, softball, swimming, and dance. But two sports that I did when I was younger became the two sports I wanted to stick with forever. Those two sports were running and soccer. As years went on I grew out gymnastics, softball, and etc. Nevertheless, running and soccer was something I did not grow out of. I absolutely adored each of them and thought I would continue doing both of them for the rest of my life. But that was not the case.
I started running when I was 3 years old. I wasn’t doing any type of training but I was running in races against kids my age. Ever since I was 3, I never have stopped racing. I guess I had that to thank from my parents who were crazy athletes, and to my dad who is a running coach for high school boys. As I got older I loved it more and more. It was just something that made me feel almost unstoppable. Running made me feel something no other sport could be make feel, not just unstoppable. It made me feel free, radiant, passionated, and so much more. When people asked me what sports I did the answer was always …show more content…

I miss soccer and I loved it so much. But running is my passion, something I could see myself doing in high school, college and maybe even after that. I wasn’t ready to give it up. My team splitting up was a sign that running was the right option. I then earned that everything happens for a reason. Maybe leaving soccer wasn’t the right choice or maybe it was. Right now I know running was the right choice but maybe the future holds something different. I’m not certain what the future holds, but I do know who holds it. That is me. I’m not sure what to expect ahead, in terms of running or any sport but I know that whatever it is it will be the right. Everything happens for a