Personal Narrative: Exercising Challenges

The challenge I took was exercising twenty minutes every day but it was more like forty minutes. When I learned about the list of challenges we could do I thought the best would be exercising so I could get more healthy and I also thought that a good way to do that would be cross country because then I would be exercising and meeting new people. My first run in cross country was at Niles West and then straight down the street. I was not alone though. The rest of the freshman cross country team was there ready to practice. One of my friends who is doing cross country, Matt, said, “You’re gonna regret joining.” I thought that he was just acting lazy or just making a joke but I knew what he meant later on. When we started the run outside of Niles

I wasn’t doing that much better though because I was still barely standing after every practice but it became normal so my conflict with exercising was all the work put into it. After a week I became more serious and saw cross country as not just exercise but a sport so I wanted to do good. I tried to run longer distances and realized I was getting a bit better everyday. I tried to run more faster while keeping the same distance and felt like it was a lot more difficult. I became much more competitive and was always trying to beat my running rival, Chris. Chris and I ran together a lot and we both were always talking about how hard running was but we always tried our best. My new conflict was keeping up with my teammates like Chris but try to come closer towards the best of our team. I tried much more during practice and thought a little about cross country after school too. It became regular for me to run some miles and I became more dedicated. Overall, I thought exercising over twenty minutes was a cool experience because I met new people, became more healthy, and found a sport that I like to do. I’m going to continue to do cross country and exercise when summer comes back so I’ll be ready to do cross country next year because so far I’m really enjoying cross country. I believe other people should exercise for 20 minutes or more because you