the perfect form

Running over a hurdle is an aggressive opened stride that most people confuse with jumping. My coach would constantly tell me when your fast you run over hurdles when your regular you are jumping them. I was taught to lift my lead knee, attack the hurdle, and follow through with my trail leg as soon as my front leg comes up. Also, it was branded into my brain to move my arms aggressive and don’t stop any movement. You run with your arms, so if they pause you pause. I never abandoned the perfect recipe to this day.

                My coach told me to remember three words commitment, courage, and concentration. These three words helped guide me through track and my life. No matter what I set my mind to with hard work and determination I can get to any point I desire.   

                When track started my senior year of high school I never had worked so hard for something until then. My goal was to win the state championships in the hurdle events. For the entire season I went to practice at school that lasted two and a half hours and then went to another practice three times out the week to hurdle for another  two hours. My life revolved around running because I didn’t want my parents to pay for me to attend college. I knew with hard work and dedication I would accomplish my goal.         

                As the season progressed my times began to decrease at every meet and the margin of victory did as well. I wasn’t beat all year and had one of the top times in the country. All I could do was smile because I knew my work paid off. I won states and also earned a scholarship. The best feeling was doing all of this in front of all my peers and being an example of what goals and hard work can do.