Why Track Is Important To Me

Looking back at my past high school experiences, I’ve always asked myself “why did I do track?” “Why do I like it so much?” I still ask myself these questions till this day. I could have easily stopped playing basketball and studied much harder and slept much longer. I knew I had to do something with my life and I would have been so bored without something interesting. I guess you can say that I run from the darkness. I run from the things I can’t see in my life. Who knows what I would be doing at this age without track. What other hobbies I would take up, and what school I would be attending? I can’t answer these questions because they are dark and can’t see that far. I run from the darkness because I don’t know where my life would have been without track and I’m still scared to know the answer.

I am not trying to sound cocky in these next few paragraphs, but this is the only way I can word my experiences. Other

Track was a perfect sport to me because I never wanted to lose. It’s not like a team sport such as basketball or soccer where it takes a team to win the game. Winning a race all matters on yourself. Track is an individual sport and that is why I like it so much. You are basically competing against yourself. You’re competing against your best time since every race is a mission of getting better and beating that time. On the other hand, though, you still have a competition and you are competing against other runners. This competition of sense of victory is different than any other sport. When you win, it is an inner excitement knowing you pushed your body to full capacity. When you win a sport with a team, you had other people there to help and support you. It is comparing opposites when comparing track to any other sport. You really don’t know the difference unless you experience it yourself. I know I have many times, and that is one of the main reasons why I still do track