Personal Narrative: Cross-Country

Cross-Country was coming up and I knew that I had to get back in shape of running, about three-five miles a day. I wanted to be ready for my coaches to be “woah” , in the first race in Cross-Country.I also wanted to set my P.R. - Personal Record- high up on the scale because I want to stand out and become the best I can be. With my confidence, Coach Klenke and Coach Puls saying running through my head.”RUN, RUN, RUN, even if you feel your feet hurting and legs killing you push through it, and keep going, feel more confident, you know you are doing it right when your brain wants you to stop, BUT DON'T!!!!” I began to set up where, and when, and how far I would be running.
I started getting up at the break of dawn, to start with my stretches. My Stretches include the following: Right leg, Left leg, Center, Pulling back the left leg, Pulling back the right leg,Butterfly, Push ups, Sit-ups. Planks, Planks on the left arm, Planks on the right arm, Alkalis on both of the legs.Jogging and walking a small path, butt kicks,tin
I look at how much my heart rate should be at and what would happen if I passed the max heart rate for thirthteen to fourteen year olds,for example: heart attack, stroke, seizures. This was a very dramatic and life killing moment for me. I couldn’t run without going over my max limit and I didn’t want to stop Cross-Country because of my condition. I later figured out I have a irradiated heart rate, meaning that my heart beats faster than regular teens doing the same exercises. Since, my heart rate goes between 95-136 beats per minute, while sitting down, I needed to learn that I can’t over do anything and control my breathing because in racing your breathing starts getting heavy and faster, this will increase your heart rate even more.The more i control it, the better I was at