The Mile Run

The finish line was coming closer. I was completely out of breath, and the cramp in my side was getting as bad as if someone put a sword through me. Nevertheless, I knew I had to keep going. I would make the record. Now the finish line was just a quarter of a lap away. I gathered air, and let it out of me in a powerful, terrifying roar, at the same time propelling myself forward at speeds never before reached by me. This was the big day. This was the mile run.

I had started out preparing for the event long before it was actually supposed to happen. I knew that if I practiced, I would think up new strategies to finish faster. I spent about an hour a day running – and scootering, biking and rollerblading – around several blocks near my house. It was tiring, and I ended up with aching muscles when I woke up, but I knew that it would pay off. I have a friend, called Charlie, whom I once took out on one of these runs with me. Usually he would run faster than me, but this time I left him behind in the dust. I knew I would succeed in the running event.

The great day had come. I was hardly able to keep my mind focused on my other classes. I was repeating over and over again in my head all the strategies my teachers told me, and that I have thought up. I had eaten lots of food during breakfast and had a small fruit snack during brunch that was supposed to give me lots of energy quickly, like Mrs. Zacanti told us before. At brunch I ran around the school grounds to warm up, but I didn’t run too far, because I had do conserve energy before doing the actual run.

As I got into fifth period and ran the mile, I realized how much P.E. and Health had helped me. If I didn’t go to these classes, I would never have gotten my seven minutes and forty-five seconds! I learned that practice is not always fun, and sometimes can even be boring, or annoying. However, if you practice enough, and have faith in you when you do what you have been practicing for, you can do it very easily, easier than you have expected.

Both P.E. and Health have contributed to my learning about running to run the mile. In P.E., I found out about proper technique, how and when to practice at home. In Health, I have learned how to apply proper nutrition, how to get power fast, and many other super important things. If I keep applying these things for the rest of my life, I will definitely turn out more physically capable than I thought I would ever be. I will always be trying to find new strategies, but along them, I will remember this day when Health and Physical Education mix. This was the big day. This was the mile run.