...Running cross country was one of the most memorable activities that I had during high school. I chose this sport because I needed an activity for me to stay in shape. For this reason, I picked this picture of my cross country team to represent my memory about it. Although there isn’t anything special about this picture, it has a lot of more meaning than you think. On the day of the race, I woke up with excitement as I couldn’t wait for the race to start. Still, I had to go to school on that day. Knowing that it was an important, I had to keep my body hydrated by drinking water throughout the whole day. During my last class, I was tingling excitement; meanwhile, every single minute felt like forever. When the bell rang, I immediately left the...
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...life in running cross-country. The morning practices every weekday during the summer, the speed workouts on the track, the distance runs that never seem to end, all these have become part of my life. Without cross-country, I would have never been able to find out how much potential I have. Cross-country has allowed me to break down barriers and achieve goals I never dreamed possible. Because of cross-country, I have learned time management, leadership, and how to have a positive mentality. Cross-country has allowed me to meet people who I would have never even known. As an older member of the team, I am a role model for the younger members. As a result, I make sure to include younger girls on the team, whether it be by inviting them out to breakfast after a summer practice or including them in the conversation during warm-ups. I also give pep talks to my teammates before races to help calm their nerves. I have become a better leader due to my involvement in cross-country, which will benefit me as a nurse. Cross-country requires dedication in order to be successful. I have had to stay in on Friday nights instead of going to football games because the bus leaves at 4:30 the next morning for a meet. Because I had to wake up at 6:15 the next morning for practice, I could not stay out late on summer nights....
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...My senior year of cross country, I was hit with the realization that this year would be my last chance to earn a spot on our varsity team. With a team reaching near one hundred runners, the competitive nature of the program is not like many others, there is always another person challenging you to take your spot. This development pushed me to train every day through the summer, regardless of the Texas heat, which often reached the mid-eighties or nineties in the mornings in order to reach my aspiration of participating in varsity athletics. Every morning, I struggled with rolling out of bed at the crack of dawn to exhaust my body in these extreme temperatures of summer to further tax my body through training. I constantly had to tell myself what was at stake, I had gone my entire high school cross country career without the experience of competing with the top runners, and this year was my final shot to exceed past boundaries in order to earn this chance. Surprise filled many of my teammates as I gained speed out of what appeared to be...
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...Case Study: The Cross Country Group Introduction Sidney Wolk is the founder of The Cross-Country Group which, over the years, he has turned from a small enterprise into one of the largest privately held service companies of its kind in North America. The company mainly operates in the field of roadside and housing services a provider a private label services. As a deeply involved manager, he leaned towards individuals instead of a formal compensation scheme for many years. When his two sons, Howard and Jeffrey joined the business, they saw the necessity to turn their father’s rather spontaneous and unpredictable compensation style into a more professionalized and transparent approach. This gave rise to the LEAP plan which will be discussed in detail during the course of this case study. While certainly being more sophisticated than the earlier compensation practices, two executive employees, Bruce Henderson and Martin Wong, did not fully agree with the overall concept of the LEAP plan. As part of the “Before You Move” subsidiary, they are in charge to manage a rather dynamic and unpredictable business which requires a high degree of entrepreneurial spirit and creative leadership. To better align the compensation plan to the specific circumstances of this particular business, they bring forward a counter proposal which is would result in a partial ownership of equity after having achieved the set goals, which differs from the initial LEAP plan where the compensation...
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...however I didn’t like the actual sport. I wasn’t great, but I wasn’t horrible. Soccer just wasn’t as pleasant for me compared to the other girls. On the other hand, I had participated in some 5K’s throughout my life, and they were actually enjoyable. So, that is where cross country came in. I had to make a decision about what sport to do in middle school. Cross country, or soccer. My parents told me that I should give cross country a shot,...
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...I describe a leader as a person who is honest, commited, and approached. I have showed leadership in Track&Field and Cross Country. When im a leader the first thing that i personally think is that being honest is important because not a lot of people honest with eachother now at days. Another thing that i think is important is commitment. self commitment is important because you have to commit to something when you want to go far places with your life. not alot of people like to commit but when you do it god sees it and he will help you through it, even when you think that 'commitment' is hard, you just have to think postive and actually do it. One more thing is communication, because you can communicate with your friends and tell them whats...
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...Welcome to the amiable town of West Dover, Vermont, home of Mount Snow, the purveyor to the ski and snowboard addict for his fix. It's winter and I am in this placid place to enjoy a favorite pastime of mine. I am not here for conventional skiing, but for the "alternative" version known as cross-country skiing. My sport takes place not on Mount Snow, but across from it, in a comfortable community called Timber Creek. When I cross-country ski at Timber Creek, I experience an inundating sense of euphoria, which makes cross-country my favorite sport. . As I step outside I am amazed at God's creation - everything covered in snow is sparkling with radiance and the sky is as majestic and blue as the oceans of the Seychelles' islands(Don't get excited-I haven't been...
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...toward running. This includes the privilege of being brought up on a farm, a basketball injury, and an exceptional cross country coach. Discovering a passion for running unveiled the bedrock of my personality. Growing up on a farm developed my work ethic. I have baled hay, rescued and nursed frostbitten calves, and yes, shoveled manure on Christmas Eve. Being raised in such a home, with parents who juggle the demanding responsibilities of medical practices with the farm, has taught me the importance of respect, lending a helping hand, accepting the natural course of life through birth and death, and working hard to put the needs of the farm before my own. Working hard has not only allowed me to push myself in academics but in athletics, as...
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...Physiology of Exercise of Competitive Cross-Country Skiing Name Institution Physiology of exercise of Competitive cross-country skiing Recovery mechanism Competitive cross-country skiing is a strenuous endurance sport in which efficiency and energy delivery are deemed very important to achieve a high performance. Recently, shorter sprint competitions have been adopted; skiers are subjected to time-trial qualification race with three knockout heats. The heats take approximately 3-4 minutes and 20 minutes between the heats. Therefore, the ability of the skiers to reproduce subsequent technique, high efficiency, and energy is very imperative in the sport. Sessions of intense competition produce anabolic mechanism and chronic stress,...
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...Every race is very different from one another, The conditions and courses in cross country differentiate from the length of the course to the type of terrain that we run in. One race can be very flat with no hills while the next race can be filled with hills. For track and field the starts of each race can be different depending on the number of people that are entered into the race. Coming into running I believed every race was about speed, endurance, and I thought whoever had both would win. But as I continued running I had learned many tactics that helped win races. Running was not only a physical challenge but also a mental challenge of strength. It was always mind over matter for me. No matter how much speed and endurance one person had if they did not possess mental strength they were not going to perform well. My mental...
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...“I missed it by a blink of an eye. In less than half a second, I lost what I had fought so hard to gain for nearly five months,” explains Rachel Strons as she opens up about her arduous journey to becoming a varsity cross country and track star. In the fall of 2010, Rachel began her journey as a long-distance runner. Walking into her first practice, she didn’t even know what cross country had in store for her, or even how good she would be. Encouraged by her friends to join the team, Rachel was about to meet the true runner that she was. “My grade school coach had us all line up in a straight line across the 10-yard-line and told us that we were to run as fast as our legs could take us to the other side of the field. Let me told you, I was incredibly nervous.” The very first run of Rachel Strons’s career was a race to see who was the fastest on the team, and she believed that she was not going to be that person. Runners ranging from fifth to eighth grade took their positions as the coach began to shout, “Ready. Set.” Before he could shout “go”, Rachel’s heart began to pound in her chest and her legs froze where she stood. She lost all hope of leaving the 10-yard-line....
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...whose previous occupant has left a Virgin of Guadalupe mural on an interior wall (Kenneth Turan LA Times). The Whites' neighbor at their new home offers them a housewarming gift—a chicken. White quickly clashes with the head football coach and loses his assistant coaching slot. During a gym class, his students (all Latino, seemingly all of Mexican heritage) are less than motivated. But when White gets them to finally run some laps, he notices that a few of the boys are pretty speedy. California's high school sports governing body has just created the state's first cross-country championship. White thinks McFarland could form a team. All it takes is a minimum of seven runners, some shoes, and some cheap uniforms. "Cross country—that's a private school sport," the principal says. "They breathe different air than we do."(Johnny Dodd, People.com) White forms the team, but now he faces the difficulty of explaining the cross country's tangled team scoring system, where the low score prevails. Just like golf, the coach tells his team. "Do we...
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...What does determination mean to you? Well I myself would not even be able to answer that question if it were not for the hardships that I faced during cross country. Let me paint a picture for you, I was just a freshman coming out of a middle school my only friends all went to different school and I was the most hated bullied kid in my class I was alone and stuck with nobody being there for me so I decided to join the cross-country team. Throughout my journey on the team I was constantly told that I was slow and that I will never be good enough to make a varsity team even my very own coach would not put me in any races. I was so bad that he told me that I would just be an embarrassment to the team and the school. So, you ask me what determination...
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...“ And 7th grade girls second place goes to… Lincoln Junior High school.” Yelled the announcer. We all jumped up and started cheering. It was almost at this moment when we started to notice that the only way we would win was if we worked together. From that point on we stuck together as a team and nothing could tear us apart. After my experience of cross country I started to notice how I had not only grown as a runner but also as a person. I had learned a lot of important life skills such as being able to work with others during both practice and meets, and also to be a leader. We all huddled together and got ready for practice. It was the first day of 8th grade cross country and we were all super excited. All though I was slightly...
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...Tidewater Cross Country Camp Camp mission and vision: The primary mission of the camp is to prepare rising and current high school cross country runners for successes in the upcoming season by introducing different aspect of physical training, presenting lectures related to important topics of the sport, and finally we will also introduce racing tactics. Secondly are mission is to strive to have a camp that is a fun and safe environment that participants will enjoy and parents will feel safe sending their teenage runners too. Our vision for the future is simple and that is, we want to strive to have the only ACA accredited running camp in the mid-Atlantic region. Location: The camp will be based out of the beautiful campus of Old...
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