This weekend, the EHS Cross Country team had meet in Robert.
It was a rather unusual meet, with far less teams competing than usual, and the
Junior Varsity teams were running three miles, just like the Varsity teams. The
only teams that weren’t running three miles were the Junior High teams. As much
as I wanted to run two miles, our coaches thought that 9th graders
were not allowed into the Junior High race.
So, as my friends an I were
relaxing in the EHS headquarters, watching as the Junior High boys lined up to
race, eating bananas and listening to music, when all the sudden, Coach Dupe
yelled from across the course, “9th graders can run! Get your
friends and come here quick guys!” We jumped into our uniforms and sprinted
over to the starting line, where Coach Dupe was waiting. He barely had time to
say, “Good luck,” before we began to run. We had no time to prepare or warm up
for the race, so our minds were still set on running three miles. Some people
didn’t run very quickly for the duration of the first mile because of this.
Others were very sore during the race because no one had warmed up or
stretched. We were all fairly exhausted by the end of the race. Some people got
very good times, and some people’s times were worse than from the last meet.
However, we paced fourth overall, which is pretty good under the circumstances.
Way to persevere through the situation that you did not want to be in. You could expand on some parts of this, like the race, in future posts.
ReplyDeleteI see you seem like a very athletic individual. Today I actually attempted to run down the end of my street and nearly passed out. I must say I was not made for this kind of thing. I was born to be a mountain man. It's always good to be enthusiastic about running unlike I am.
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