Running is apart of me, I won't be able to bethink the youngest age I ran, but I can tell you my most enjoyable experience thus far. I was recruited into the sport of track & field by an old track & field coach my sophomore of high school. I wasn't the fastest nor were I slowest—I wanted to be deemed the fastest. Sadly, many discontinued coming to practice, leaving an handful of runners capable of out running me. Lightly disheartened, I still pursued to be the most nimble. It was uncertain to me at the time as to why I was made co-captain my sophomore year. It may have been of my determination or perhaps it was an form of encouragement from my coach....sophomore year I earned two medals—one in the 4X100 repay in which the team placed sixth in the freshman championship—another medal was won but I cannot remember in which event.
Once I was home after practice, I used a twenty pound weight to prefect my running form, baton hand off and receiving the baton. Over time I became conscious of my diet and that was the inception of me building up to become a vegetarian. Whenever I ate fast food at the Chinese eatery, I normally ordered General Tso's Bean Curd (tofu). That was junior year—senior year it all changed. I incorporated more fruits, and it was made possible because of New York City's Green cart vendors. Granny smith apples, mangoes and rarely lychees, were what I purchased.
Senior year I made the Chancellor's honor roll. At that time I did not and to this day I am trying to fully comprehend the award—I am grateful—even in my ignorance of its meaning. It was this year that I ran my high school personal best in fifty five meters dash, one hundred meters, two hundred meters and three hundred meters. But In the end, a regret I have now was remaining closed mouthed—not asking questions and not asking for assistance. The lesson to have been had is to have a childlike curiosity and to never cease questioning. An ideology in which I practice today.
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