Cross Country Personal

Sports have always been a passion of mine ever since I was two and I was learning how to ski. Ever since then I have loved being outdoors and playing sports with my friends and family. Exercising for me has always been a way for me to relive stress, forget about my worries, and have fun with my family and friends. I have participated in any and every sport I had the opportunity to throughout grade school and my high school career, and I have been a varsity athlete for the last three years of high school. No matter the time of year I will always be playing a sport whether it is beach volleyball in the summer, running cross country in the fall, or playing ice hockey in the winter, I am always competing. I want to take this into my career
I do not remember my first season that well, but I do remember thinking that I did not plan on running cross country ever again. When next year came around I decided to play soccer, and I played soccer until my sophomore year when I started to lose interest in the sport. When my junior year came around I thought I might as well try cross country again. I did not have that many friends who ran cross country, but I did get one of my friends to try it with me. Ever since that decision I have loved running cross country, and I wish I never gave it up in fifth grade. I have made many new friends, and accomplished goals I did not believe I was capable of accomplishing. For instance, I never thought I would be able to run a three mile race in under 19:30, however this past season I beat my goal and ran my best three mile ever in 19:26. This experience taught me that if I list my goals out and put in the effort with no excuses, I will be able to achieve my goals. I will use this lesson all throughout my studies and use it to help achieve my goals in my
This has helped me become even more competitive and active during the winter months. Every night my brother and I played one on one in ice hockey, and since he is five years older than me I lost more often than I won. However, I never liked losing to him, so I did my best to practice until eventually I started to win as well. Now, when we play during the winter the outcome is more fifty fifty, and whoever loses the game gets extremely upset and disappointed. My brother and I have always been competitive, but since we are family it is unacceptable to lose to one another. This experience helped me become more athletic and taught me that you cannot just wish for something to happen you need to have the determination and the heart to get the make a difference in the outcome. The ice rink in our backyard has also helped me become more active during the winter months. Winter is a time where most people just stay inside because it is too cold and it is hard to exercise. This has never been a problem for my family. Although we always have a week long ski trip to the mountains in Colorado, if we did not build the ice rink the rest of our winter would be just sitting around and waiting for spring. However, since we built an ice rink every year, as a family we were constantly outside exercising while bonding as a family. This has always been an awesome part of my childhood and