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One afternoon my best friend went to cheerleading tryouts, so I went with her, and ended up making the squad.
I decided to do a fall sport to get in better shape for the surprising athleticism of cheerleading, and knowing I& #39;d never make the volleyball team, I did Cross Country.
I decided to do a fall sport to get in better shape for the surprising athleticism of cheerleading, and knowing I& #39;d never make the volleyball team, I did Cross Country.
(There might also have been a cute, redheaded boy on the CC team.)
I& #39;d never run outside gym class. I was not in shape. And suddenly I found myself on a country road and told the coach would be parked 2 miles down at our turnaround point.
And immediately I realized that if...
I& #39;d never run outside gym class. I was not in shape. And suddenly I found myself on a country road and told the coach would be parked 2 miles down at our turnaround point.
And immediately I realized that if...
...I tried to think about 4 miles, or even 2, I couldn& #39;t take a single step. I might as well turn around and go back in the school.
I didn& #39;t know if I could run 4 miles, but I spotted a big rock about 20 feet away on the side of the road, and I knew I could get to the rock.
I didn& #39;t know if I could run 4 miles, but I spotted a big rock about 20 feet away on the side of the road, and I knew I could get to the rock.
When I got to the rock I focused on a tree another 20 feet away, because I didn& #39;t know if I could run 4 miles, but I knew I could run to that tree.
Then the mailbox a bit further down.
And the wonky barbed wire fence post a bit further past that.
Now, I was so slow that...
Then the mailbox a bit further down.
And the wonky barbed wire fence post a bit further past that.
Now, I was so slow that...
...on that first day, the coach actually drove to me a half mile or so before I got there and told me to turn around then. But we did long distance runs every single Monday, and he only sent me back early a couple of times.
I was quickly able to space out my markers.
I was quickly able to space out my markers.
