Perseverance. Perseverance is a word used by adults to get children to get over their I’m-to-lazy-and-don’t-think-I-can-do-it attitudes. Most don’t take the word seriously anymore, due to the overuse of the word. Others take it so seriously that they live by the word, use it to try and motivate others, and post it everywhere they can possibly think of. That was an exaggeration, but it gets the point across. Although perseverance is portrayed as an excellent thing to practice, there is the possibility of too much perseverance. Throughout my running career, I’ve had some run-ins with “too much perseverance”. There was a time when each and every run was a struggle due to the pain in my shins. As I began my run, the sun’s warmth creating a sticky feel on my skin, the dirty-socks-mixed-with-body-odor smell of my sweat was the last thing on my mind. Pain searing through my shins with each and every teeny-tiny step dominated all the thoughts in my brain. It felt as though my muscles were being torn off of my bone; my bone that was also breaking from the pressure. Tears welling up behind my eyes, I began to search for a distraction from my never-ending pain. I had to pull it together before my “running-buddies” noticed how much pain I was experiencing. I could hear the little giggles as …show more content…
I had to letter and I had to run until the end of the season. Since I knew I couldn’t leave yet, I did the only thing I could think of; I put my head in my knees and pretended to be tired. It worked until practice was over and we were dismissed; I couldn’t get up and walk because there was too much pain. I couldn’t just sit there without someone asking what was wrong; therefore, I sucked-it-up and walked as quickly as I could to the locker-room, picked up my stuff, and found a quiet corner to cry while I waited for my ride. No one, absolutely no one, could know that I was in