My Perspective

From the perspective of a sprinter it is hard to explain what it feels like not to be running anymore. I ran for 10 years before I came to college. Track has really framed my life so to speak because I have been involved in it since I was younger. It has taught me lessons about how to juggle more than one thing at a time, such as 4 events each meet and having time to still eat. It taught me how to handle a job, school, run, and have a normal teenage life all at the same time. In a way I think I abused my privilege of being on a track team, I thought it could last forever. Having to met the people I did during track it showed that even in competition, people can still be civil at the end of race even if they didn't win. There's always one that thinks their better but you ignore them and get back to what's really important. It's hard to adapt to only having school to worry about rather being in shape for my next meet, or just about how many hours I get at work. Track had an emotional effect on my life, it was apart of who I was. I was known as the "short girl that's fast", I lived up to that label at every given chance I was given. My family can tell how not having track is effecting me, they say I look lost and look I need something to do with my extra time. I have never had time on my hands because of everything I was involved in. It's a chapter in my life I wish didn't have to end, but its apart of growing up things end and you have to continue without them.