Personal Narrative: Cross Country

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Cross Country makes me tackle grit everyday. With the towering hills, confusing courses, and the feeling that pings me when someone is on my back, and I run for my life. Not to mention, the excruciating pain that flows through my body with every twist and turn of the course. Every time I compete I get tingles because I know that my success in each race all depends on me. To finish at the top you have to be tenacious and not let anything drag you down. When I fly cross the finish line, thinking back to the horrible practices from when it’s skin boiling hot out, to the pouring rain. A wave of pride comes over me. All of my hard work pays off because I decided to use grit to conquer my goals.
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