...When sports are all you have, giving up is not an option. Since elementary school, I have always participated in sports, and they have always been a big part of my life. Once I was in high school never did I think running would become my main sport; becoming my number one reason for going to school. When a former teammate told me I had the potential to go on and run in college, every day I would show up to practice, putting all my effort to perfect my times. Not once did it ever cross my mind that it was possible to have something wrong with my body, causing me to sit out from running for what felt like two eternal years. From then on, I realized this sport was all I had; it was the only thing that helped me feel better. I learned never to take my sport for granted because I had big things ahead when it came to running. The start of my first year I was new in the state of Oklahoma, and I was to start high school off with no friends. It was a bit nerve wrecking but I had decided I would join a sport to become involved at school. Since I had been on the Track team in elementary school, I decided to try out for the Cross-Country team since it was similar to Track. Soon enough came the day of my first race on the junior varsity team, the feeling of finishing a race was great and I was...
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...When I was little I loved running, I still do. The wind hitting your face, the whooshing sound in your ear, it’s amazing. I honestly thought I was blessed with super speed like the Flash for many years in my childhood. So, when my Tio Danny saw my passion for running, he began to go running with me on hiking trails and at his school. He would even sign me up for mini races at Lincoln High School when I was about 5 years old. Every time he would ask my mom to take me out, I would explode with joy. I would feel so happy and excited. Running was probably one reason I became so competitive. So, when my elementary school announced, “We will be beginning a Track and Field team, coached my Mr. Rivera and Ms. Lopez”, I was ecstatic. It was a dream...
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...Marathon Finisher jacket represents many things to a marathon runner. I think it is important to let people know about it. Running a marathon is a challenge and it can be very intimidating. After being part of those 25,000 participants for four years, I know the challenges that come along with running a marathon. C. Thesis: By learning more about my jacket, you will have a better understanding of the running culture. D. Preview of main points: First, I will discuss the Marathon Finisher jacket, and how it represents the running culture, Then, I will discuss how I identify with both this culture, and the jacket. II. Body (Approximately 3-4 minutes) A. The Marathon Finisher jacket is a symbol of the men and women who took on the challenge of running 26.2 miles and successfully finished. 1. Sub-point 1: The LA Marathon originated in 1986 after being inspired by the success of 1984 Summer Olympic Games, which was the first Olympic Games to include female runners, which were held in Los Angeles. It is a historic race that invites runners from around the world to take place to tour Los Angeles as they run through major landmarks of the city. The objective of this race is to encourage the vast amount of athletes that take part of this to accomplish a difficult challenge that not many people dare to do. Anyone who is at least 16 years of age can take part in running the marathon. Most of the participants are male runners but female runners also have an interest in taking part of this...
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...Steve Prefontaine the legend Introduction Many people have never heard of Steve Prefontaine. These people are not ignorant, they just have not followed Americas distance running. In distance running Prefontaine, better known as Pre, is truly a legend. The people that knew Pre could see the passion and desire in everything he did. Not many people have heard of Steve Prefontaine because of his short life-span. He was only 24 years old when he passed. The purpose of this paper is to inform you on who Steve Prefontaine really was, and what he achieved as a high schooler and in his college years. Methodology When I was first given this assignment, my mind started racing on who I thought was a leader and a catalyst for change. Everyone started calling out who they wanted to do and slowly but surely every famous person I knew was taken. I was really stumped and started researching “leaders” on google but everyone who came up didn’t seem interesting enough. My AVID teacher Mrs. Swain asked me what I enjoyed doing and I replied with running and she brought up Steve Prefontaine. She brought me up to speed about him and it got me interested how he for the longest time he held the record in every distance track race. As I began researching about him, most of the cites said the same thing: He held the record in every distance track meet and died at age 24. So for a while I couldn’t find out more information on him. In the article “The Legacy of Pre still lives on” gave me Pre’s...
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...Jessica is a junior and a track star at her local high school. She is a part of a family of four, her mom, dad and her sister. Jessica's best friend is named Fiona, they do almost everything together! Fiona and Jessica are both run on the track team together. Jessica has loved running all her life and it wouldn't be the same without it. Every morning at 5:45 she wakes up and runs with her dog Sherlock around her block and after school she practices with her Varsity track team. Kyro is Jessica's track coach and they are very close, he has supported her and has helped her to achieve her running goals throughout her high school career. The conflict in the book The Running Dream is when Jessica gets her leg amputated and has to learn how to live life with only one leg. When Jessica gets home, the things that she used to be able to do without even thinking, are now extremely hard. She realizes that she has taken thing for granted....
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...I began running cross country in the summer between my freshman and sophomore year of high school. I started running as a way to stay active and as a stress relieving mechanism from the pressures of school. However, to my surprise, I quickly developed a love for the sport and enjoyed being part of something larger than myself. Running soon became the highlight of my high school experience. Being on the team taught me a significant amount about sportsmanship and the fundamentals of training. As a result I became a better runner and person. This all came to an end once I broke my foot my senior year of high school. The meet I had been looking forward to the most throughout my senior year was an annual race my school hosted called Jungle Run....
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...for success. Track, Football, and high school are all things, that I had to work hard to succeed in. My passion and the thing that motivates me in track is Olympic sprinters. My goal is to become an Olympic sprinter and being recognized with the greatest sprinters of all time. one thing I learned through life with my experiences is that to get where you want to be, hard work and determination is the key. The toughest thing in Track is running when you are fatigue, I would get close to passing out on many occasions. However, I pushed through the pain and kept running, until I felt satisfied. The feeling of running is one that I can’t explain, but it feels so good to run fast and just zoom across the track. Track season in the past, has had shaky moments with injuries and bad coaches. My junior year, I had this coach named Mr. Henson and he was ok, but he had no idea what he was doing; he ended up getting lot of people injured with his workouts. Football has been a very good thing for my life and especially when I needed a sport to take my mind off things in my life. The feeling of catching a pass after burning the secondary is an amazing...
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...is what makes his writing so much different for all the other I have read. For a long time I never knew that one person could change your life in such a way that it shapes your future. I never knew such a passion for running could be ignited by something that you never thought or saw yourself doing and by someone you could only know for a year. It was not until I was twelve and in junior high school that I found a peculiar joy with running track. Running hurdles was the most difficult of all the runs. Having to accurately time your jump and leg swing in order to clear the hurdle and make sure you did not lose any speed or hit the person next you presented a great degree difficulty. The size of the lanes always felt insufficient to the size of the hurdle, which made you feel that you were going to plummet. The most invigorating feeling was when you heard the popping of the starting gun, and then your heart would race as the sound ignites your senses and adrenaline running through your veins. Although hurdles were one of the hardest events to master when, acing it became one of the quickest short-lived moments of victory when you won that ribbon. Another devoted event that caught my interest was that of the long jump. Even though long jump was not a running event but more or less a one-on-one event, the outcome makes me feel on top of the world. As the skill was more about timing and technique, getting...
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...personally I believe it is too dangerous to play in high school. Football players sustain more than half a million injuries nationally. Injuries such as concussions, fractures and worse of all chronic traumatic encephalopathy or more commonly know as CTE. CTE was first discovered by Dr. Bennet Omalu a forensic pathologist and neuropathologist Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The NFL and NCAA are implementing and regulating rules to make the game safer for players. Football is the leading sport in sport related injuries. In a research conducted by the Center for Injury and Research and Policy at Columbus Children's Hospital...
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...participants, and finding volunteers are the many steps involved to running a successful camp. That is why running a basketball camp for middle school girls is a hard job to do because of all the people and equipment that is involved. The very first step to running a basketball camp is to have the appropriate facilities. If the participants are going to enjoy the camp, having a clean and nice facility will increase the chances of it. In order to practice somewhere, permission is needed first. The location of the camp is important. If most of the girls are participants from the same school, holding the camp at the school gym is a great idea. In order to reserve the gym for the camp, dates and times must be set. The players are unable to participate in the camp if they do not have permission from their parents. These permission forms should ask the parent(s) permission if their child is allowed to be active in the camp. These permission forms should be turned in at least a couple of weeks before the actual date of the camp to know exactly how many girls are attending. Showers and bathrooms also should be accessible during the camp. In order for the girls to use the bathrooms and showers during and after camp, the facilities must be kept clean after being used. If not, then there will be consequences. Without having the right amount of participants, running a basketball will not be successful. Middle school athletes are the perfect age group to participate in a...
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...• Topic sentence: People need good personal ethics because; good personal ethics are needed for a healthy and successful workplace for example like running a business or educational setting like college or high school . The good ethics that are in a work place will help with the personal ethics with your personal life and with friends and family. • Informal outline: • Introduction Paragraph • People need good personal ethics because; good personal ethics are needed for a healthy and successful workplace for example like running a business or educational setting like college or high school .The good ethics that are conducted in a work place will help with the personal ethics with your friends and personal life with friends and family. • Body Paragraph 1 good personal ethics people can follow. • Body Paragraph 2 good ethics that are in a work place will help with the personal ethics with your personal life with friends, family and people in general. • Body Paragraph 3 People need good personal ethics in order to advance their career and to help them gain respect • In conclusion, People need good personal ethics because; good personal ethics are needed for a healthy and successful workplace for example like running a business or educational setting like college or high school. The good ethics that are conducted in a work place will help with the personal ethics with your friends and personal life with friends and...
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...Athletics Athletics is an exclusive collection of sporting events that involve competitive running, jumping, throwing, and walking. The most common types of athletics competitions are track and field, road running, cross country running, and race walking. The simplicity of the competitions, and the lack of a need for expensive equipment, makes athletics one of the most commonly competed sports in the world. Athletics is mostly an individual sport, with the exception of relay races and competitions which combine athletes' performances for a team score, such as cross country. History Athletics is often used synonymously with any sporting activity, but in most cases, athletics refers primarily to track-and-field events that involve running, jumping or throwing. Those athletic events are most closely associated with the Olympics, but competition in these sports is held at the youth level, high school, college, and professional ranks all year round throughout the world. The Ancient Greeks The first Olympics in ancient Greece go back at least as far as the eighth or ninth century B.C. While such sports as boxing and equestrian events were included, most of the events were those now classified under athletics or track and field. They included running, jumping, discus and the javelin. Those four, plus wrestling, made up the pentathlon. The running events included "stades," which were essentially sprints from one end of the stadium to the other, a distances of about 190 meters;...
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...Every year, tens of thousands of concussions happen due to high school sports. 2.5 million students play sports and could get hurt. Isaiah, a 13 year old boy, had a dream to play football in high school. At football camp, a year before his dream was going to come true, he was running with a ball and was tackled. He smacked his head hard on the turf. He was rushed to the hospital where he was told he had a concussion. Isaiah had to sit in a dark room for two weeks so his brain could heal. After he healed, Isaiah decided to quit football. Injuries in sports are causing players to give up on their dreams (Belson). Unsurprisingly, football is the number one injury causing sport in high school. Two dozen high school football players died in recent...
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...author tells his stories of a struggle growing up in a place where only a few of his friends got to see adulthood. Always Running by Luis J. Rodriguez is a biographical book about his life growing up in the ghetto side of Los Angeles. He talks about his experiences in gang violence and watching his close friends being taken away from him. Despite the school boards most recent sentiments regarding the lack of value that fiction provides, fiction should leave the school’s curriculum because a majority of minorities already partakes in gang violence, police brutality, and drug use they do not need more reason....
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