As you’re standing in your lane a surge of nervousness washes over you. You look back at your friends who are ready to cheer you on in the bleachers. The easy to say words run though your head over and over ‘I can do this’.
“RUNNERS SET”
By now you have adrenalin rushing through your veins, you’re ready.
“BOOM”
And you’re off to the startling sound of the gunshot. With the baton in hand you can’t let your team down. When your sprinting it feels like nothing else in the world matters, every word that your coach screams at you seems as if it’s in slow motion. The only thing on your mind is winning.
…Yeah right! This is how it’s supposed to be. Home meets are supposed to be way easier then away meets but for me it’s the other way around. I get extremely nervous easily and having a bunch of people I knew in the stands put me over the top. I was scared out of my mind. As I was running I got a horrible start and the only thing going through my head was ‘EVERYONES WATCHING ME’ It ended up that when I was passing the baton it dropped and I almost fell on my face.. I felt like my life was over.
Lesson learned. You can’t let your nerves get to you. Your friends will still be your friends even if you mess up. Getting nervous is just one of those little things in life that we all just have to get over.
What a contrast between the first half and the second! Your serene, confident runner is a myth; the reality is the nerves, the fear, and the clumsiness. Definitely polish this a bit. This would be good for your portfolio.
ReplyDeleteI like your ending..Your right you have to get over the nervousness and just do it.
ReplyDeleteLauren I feel you! I get so nervous when people I know are watching and all I want is not to fail! Your story was really interesting and I like how you were very descriptive in your writing it really helped me understand even more how you were feeling. Great job! :)
ReplyDeleteI like how you wrote about the "perfect" track scene and what is supposed to go right. It showed in your second half that everyone makes mistakes, but we have to get over them and let things go. Good job :)
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