Personal Narrative: Leading The Hilliard Heritage Running Club

“We all have dreams. But in order to make dreams come into reality, it takes an awful lot of detrimination, dedication, self-discipline, and effort (Jesse Owens, Olympic Trackstar),” I do not fear the unknown; I fear the day I stop trying to be the best. I cannot change that currently, people are faster than me, but that shouldn’t stop me from taking lead and becoming the best. Each time I race, I think of the pride I will feel afterwards if I give it my all, to take home a win, but also I think of the shame and humiliation I will feel if I don’t. Even if I am not currently the best, I know one day my hard work and mental toughness will pay off in some way, because it’s how badly I want to be the champion, and that is what I work for everyday of
We started small. After talking to some teachers and some friends from cross country and the previous year at track, we found a place to put our stuff and met every other day. I lead our group in many hard workouts to improve our muscles and lung capacity, as well as researched the best stretches and core exersices. We’d even set meetings on weekends. Although, soon I realized that I would need a coach or two to guide us further. I contacted Mrs. Tremayne and set up meeting times where we could go over some permission slips, and dates/times. I got to announce our club on the announcements, as well and got to get T-shirts. Eventually, We met every Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday with two great coaches named Coach Tremayne and Coach Erin Luzader who helped us with our workouts and get insight into the next season of track and High School cross country. From circuits to warmups we used to prevent injuries, Running Club made a difference in my, and hopefully other’s lifes. The soul purpose behind creating a club was to make our running become better and to keep ourseleves in shape for the next track season, so we could achieve