Creative Writing: The Boston Marathon
MY NATURAL HIGH: RUNNING
My natural high is running. Running is my natural high because I spend most of my free running whether it’s long, short distance or marathons. When running, your body releases a hormone called endorphins. Endorphins interact with the receptors in your brain that reduce your perception of pain. Endorphins make your body undergo a positive disposition, like morphine.
Running plays a big part of my life. If I did drugs I wouldn’t be able to focus on my running as much as I do. The biggest part of running is having healthy, functioning lungs. When taking part in a marathon there’s 2 things to on when running; your pace and your breathing. Most runner set up a breathing pattern of 2:1 steps-per-breath or a 2:2 steps-per-breath. It’s important for you to keep your breathing pattern all throughout to decrease the risk of injury.
If I keep pursuing my dream of running, I will want to take part in the Boston Marathon. The Boston Marathon named one of the hardest marathons in the United States. Preparing for the Marathon take an immense amount of training, comprising a 22 week training plan that requires you to run 32-58 miles. You must clear your mindset from all setbacks and having the correct mindset. Drugs and alcohol …show more content…
The person who did drugs was my 24-year-old uncle. When he started to use drugs everything changed. He left home at an early age and hung out with the wrong crowd. He drank alcohol and used heroin. He went from an outgoing person to a skinny, almost corpse like. Not being able to see him took a heavy toll on me. I wouldn’t talk as much, I didn’t want to eat and you see tell that I became frustrated that he chose to drugs. Him doing drugs changed almost everything in my life and still does. He’s a recovering addict, but there’s always that chance he could get hooked again. He should have thought of the consequences before deciding to do something that could affect his whole
My natural high is running. Running is my natural high because I spend most of my free running whether it’s long, short distance or marathons. When running, your body releases a hormone called endorphins. Endorphins interact with the receptors in your brain that reduce your perception of pain. Endorphins make your body undergo a positive disposition, like morphine.
Running plays a big part of my life. If I did drugs I wouldn’t be able to focus on my running as much as I do. The biggest part of running is having healthy, functioning lungs. When taking part in a marathon there’s 2 things to on when running; your pace and your breathing. Most runner set up a breathing pattern of 2:1 steps-per-breath or a 2:2 steps-per-breath. It’s important for you to keep your breathing pattern all throughout to decrease the risk of injury.
If I keep pursuing my dream of running, I will want to take part in the Boston Marathon. The Boston Marathon named one of the hardest marathons in the United States. Preparing for the Marathon take an immense amount of training, comprising a 22 week training plan that requires you to run 32-58 miles. You must clear your mindset from all setbacks and having the correct mindset. Drugs and alcohol …show more content…
The person who did drugs was my 24-year-old uncle. When he started to use drugs everything changed. He left home at an early age and hung out with the wrong crowd. He drank alcohol and used heroin. He went from an outgoing person to a skinny, almost corpse like. Not being able to see him took a heavy toll on me. I wouldn’t talk as much, I didn’t want to eat and you see tell that I became frustrated that he chose to drugs. Him doing drugs changed almost everything in my life and still does. He’s a recovering addict, but there’s always that chance he could get hooked again. He should have thought of the consequences before deciding to do something that could affect his whole