Personal Narrative: Jumping Away

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On Friday, August 18, 2017, I had a single day that will be remembered forever. Joe, his mom, and I went to an open gym for gymnastics and parkour to have some fun on friday. I enjoy jumping inside when it's cold outside.When it is warm outside, we jump at an outdoor park. The pizza near the entrance reminded me how hungry I was, so we ate before we jumped. Joe, can you please pass me the pizza? I looked above the door as we walked in the big factory with all the mats and trampolines, and it said, Youngstown Ohio, USA. I love jumping here, but I do not know many awesome tricks like the others. But finally, I was about to do a hard trick today. Besides today, I thought before, that I would not be able to ever complete it. But since I was here learning other stuff, I could not wait to learn an advanced trick. I woke up at 5:00 today, and I could not go back to sleep because I was so excited. The event all was in a single moment. It went by so fast; so the brain did not have the time to realize what your body was even doing. I was jumping on a trampoline at first while they were all nudging me to go to the rail above the drop. Joe, who is already jumping off the huge …show more content…

I had listened my friend who had accomplished this trick to my left say, “Just do what you already know how to do. It’ll work”. “If you fail, at least you tried, and you can correct yourself the next time.” I thought in my mind. At that moment they all started to count backwards from three to one but it seemed like it was 10,000 to 1. I turned around but didn’t walk away. I was getting ready to jump. While they were counting, it was almost like the time slowed down so I could concentrate on what I was doing. THREE! My legs were Jell-O and they started to wobble. I was thinking about all the science and technique in the flip. TWO! They all were hyped and moving around me. I snapped back into the real world and then all of a

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