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I was born in Alexandria, Minnesota in 1995. My childhood was full of being outside and playing sports. My love of running came at the age of twelve when I would watch my brothers Cross Country races. When I would see him dominating races, it made me want to be just like him.
I started running the summer after sixth grade. I ran all summer to come into my first cross country season in good shape. I would always try to keep up with my brother even at the young age I was at. My first year I won a lot of the junior high races and improved a lot. The following year was much of the same thing. Winning junior high races and placing alright in Varsity races. I was still a long ways behind my brother though.
My freshmen year I didn't improve as much as I would have liked. I got lazy and didn't train as hard. It was my last year with my brother in high school and I wasted the season away. I didn't run very well all year, because I didn't put the work in. The same thing happened my sophomore year. I didn't run very much that summer and I came in out of shape and didn't put the work in I needed to. I wasn't even close to earning a trip to state.
That changed my junior year though. I put on a lot of miles running morning and night most days of the week. The problem with that though was I was putting on garbage miles. Not running long enough distances. I didn't realize that until after it was too late though. I still had a great season. Placing in the top twenty in most all of my varsity races. Except the one that mattered, at the sections meet I was fifteenth and top ten make it to state. I was very upset realizing I only had one more chance to make it to the legendary state cross country meet.
My senior year I came in meaning business and a goal in mind. I put on over four-hundred miles the summer coming into that season. I was running in between fifty to sixty miles a week that whole season. I was training and running faster than I ever had before. I won a couple of races and placed in the top five in most races. I came into the section meet ranked the twelfth fastest senior in class A. I was able to earn a trip to state that year running a great race at sections. My state meet was a great experience and I will always treasure the memories and fun I had while running in high school.
