ipl-logo

Personal Narrative: Cross Country Team

508 Words3 Pages

The ear splitting sound of my alarm clock breaks the silence that overpowers my room, and as I struggle to open my eyes, an immediate thought dawns: "What am I doing?"

It is 5:30 AM, all is dark and still. My body feels completely drained of energy and I am overcome with a feeling of lethargy. Phrases of “Perhaps I should call in sick” roam my mind, but despite all my musing, I manage to rise each morning at this ungodly hour to join the nationally ranked cross country team in rigorous training.

Cross country. a sport that requires the fusing of body and mind, strives to maximize one’s physical ability by testing one’s mental tenacity. Every day represents a new struggle to beat yesterday’s maximum output; an issue of mind over matter. Through pains and strains, and adverse weather and unfavorable conditions, I run because I made up my mind four years ago to succeed.

When I first joined the team the summer prior to my freshman year, I had no previous experience with running, unlike the majority of the team. Such an adversity only made my experience more challenging. In addition, constant injuries seemed to have an affinity towards me, to the point where I was forced to stop running …show more content…

A few weeks later, similar injuries impacted my body, so I immediately decided to go to physical therapy in order to get me back on my feet - literally. All in all, I was fascinated with the work physical therapists did: From treating injuries, to rehabilitation, and to providing individuals with the confidence to continue with their passions. As a result of this experience, I proceeded to taking a class within my school, known as Regional Occupational Program, that dealt with healthcare professions. Little did I know that I would discover a philanthropic side to me that would lead me to want to pursue a career in the healthcare

Show More
Related
1035 Words | 5 Pages

After months of little physical activity, caused by the accident and the events after, Tom’s body starts declining. He doesn’t eat as much and stops playing his sport, Rugby. But family and friends bring back Tom’s motivation and he begins running and becomes more invested in rugby, creating noticeable changes to his body. ‘Today I noticed my arms weren’t looking bad. I gave my muscles a flex and there was a bicep sticking up on its own.

Read More
568 Words | 3 Pages

Being over six feet tall, Author of Born To Run, Chris McDougall was constantly being told by his physicians to stop running. However he defied the odds when he overcame his injuries by using as minimal equipment as possible while running. McDougall describes his encounters with various runners, especially the Tarahumara indians, to show runners that attitude is more important than expensive equipment, in the interest of proving that all humans are born to run. McDougall does not possess the typical “runner 's body.” He describes a time when he visited his doctor, Joe Torg, to ask what he could do in order to minimize his injuries while running.

Read More
672 Words | 3 Pages

I magically picked up my sports shoes again, finally decided to continue my run. And when I finally went back to my team with Coach Chavez, I 'm even more determined that it 's indeed an unexpected luck for me to meet such an inspiring coach who led me to the eventual realization about myself, how I was encircled and almost suffocated by my narrow ego which I looked upon as wisdom. With her, I recognized that in the running towards one 's pursuit, only with the commitment and efforts to one 's utmost, victory could be achieved. And now, as I look up to those athletes, not only that I no longer detest their opinions, I too, join their camps, looking forward to run once again to my heart 's content, with the beginning

Read More
333 Words | 2 Pages

I ran in my middle school’s track team for two years. I ran the mile, one hundred meter dash and triple jump. Out of all the events I participated in I absolutely despised the mile, I hated the aftermath the most. The feeling of my lungs burning, legs aching from the long run and the heavy asthmatic breathes. Although the mile had several cons, I loved the challenge and I was too stubborn to quit.

Read More
1136 Words | 5 Pages

Summary “ At six feet four inches and two hundred thirty pounds, I’d been told many times that nature intended guys my size to post up under the hoop or take a bullet for the President, not pound our bulk down the pavement (p.8).” Having taken up marathons five years earlier, a forty year old McDougall recalled this thought in the office of renowned sports medicine physician Dr. Joe Torg. In those five years, he had accumulated a series of leg and foot injuries which left him searching for answers.

Read More
101 Words | 1 Pages

And it meant that i needed to be running and working out at home not just the wrestling room.

Read More
68 Words | 1 Pages

I did cross country from seventh to tenth grade. During my freshman and sophomore year I was part of the JV cross country team and ended with a time of 22:43 which was only a few seconds off of varsity time. During my years of cross country my wont first place many times, wont TVC central every year and my last year of cross country we won states.

Read More
611 Words | 3 Pages

My passion for track and field began with a Nike advertisement. At age ten, I opened the newspaper to a two-page spread of the hometown distance running legend Steve Prefontaine overlaid by a paragraph of inspirational copy. It concluded asking, “Where is the Next Pre?” The story of his small town Oregon roots, gutsy racing style, and ambition to be the best resonated with me like nothing ever had before. I told myself I was the next Pre, and then tore off for my first run through the streets of Eugene, Oregon – “Tracktown USA”.

Read More
825 Words | 4 Pages

Becoming an occupational therapist is my passion and my long-term career goal. Since a young age I have been incredibly inspired and motivated to befriend and help disabled individuals. Having grown up with a disabled mother who benefited from the services of occupational therapy I had the opportunity to see first hand how the experience gave can give individuals like her fulfilling and productive lives. With both parents working as healthcare professionals, including my mother who is now an occupational therapist herself, I see every day how rewarding the field is. Through my life I have had unique personal, professional and educational experiences that have shaped me into a strong candidate for an advanced education in occupational therapy.

Read More
570 Words | 3 Pages

I am sprawled out on the grassy area encapsulating my school's track, my second home, under the shade of a sizeable tree. My team has just finished a grueling workout consisting of mile repeats. My eyes are closed so that the sweat does not trickle into them. This is my favorite feeling in the world. This is what I think of to calm myself before races.

Read More
881 Words | 4 Pages

This article explores emotional, cognitive, and behavioral responses they may have when going through rehab, as well as going into the 3 phases of rehabilitation, which are described as the acute injury phase, the repair phase, and the remodeling phase. There was only a total of 8 subjects in this qualitative study, the runners of this study interviewed every participant. The purpose of this study was to hopefully be able to give athletic trainers a better understanding of how they can provide care and support to their injured

Read More
1519 Words | 7 Pages

The impression that most people get about my running cross country is that I'm always doing it. This assertion is actually not true, but it certainly seems that way to outsiders (those that don't run), and even I start to believe it sometimes. My training happens like clockwork, a routine that is both dependable and comfortable. Six or seven days out of every week I put on running clothes and hit the streets, sometimes training twice in one day if I need to get a certain number of miles in. I have run on my birthday and on major holidays; I ran the morning before I graduated high school and in three different states during a summer road trip with my best friend.

Read More
1882 Words | 8 Pages

The fact that learning never stops, that you work and collaborate with some of the smartest minds around, and the uniqueness of each patient gets me very eager to enroll in a challenging DPT program with proven student success. I am very thankful for the experience I’ve had so far observing physical therapy and studying the sciences in my undergrad. I don’t think as many other careers are so open to allow students into their workspace and I look forward to one day being able to spark another young student’s interest in rehab therapy. Before my sophomore year in high school, there was little I knew about the physical therapy field but since then I have spent a great deal of time observing physical therapists and from all that I’ve learn I know that I want to become a physical

Read More
422 Words | 2 Pages

I have run cross country for four years. It has been one of the biggest obstacles I have had to face. Cross country is one of the most challenging sports. Runners must learn how to pace themselves and be able to keep that speed going for a little over three miles which is not easy. My first cross country season was extremely difficult.

Read More
640 Words | 3 Pages

There were a few tables of athletes whom I hadn 't seen the last few days.  I asked a group of guys if I could join them, and sat down with the unfamiliar faces. They asked me how I was doing and if my ankle was okay, after noticing the pink saran wrap around my swollen foot.   "Honestly, I am exhausted and my legs are killing me,”  I complained.

Read More

More about Personal Narrative: Cross Country Team

Related Topics

Open Document