Week 7 Memoir

By Anonymous -
Hello,
For the past 2 weeks we have been working on an end of year memoir. For me this year it has been a pretty good year for cross country and I can't wait for 2019. I hope you enjoy reading my memoir please leave a comment.
My Memoir
It all began when I first started school in march 2012, this means I had only had 1 month of school before the school cross country race. Bang, the gun went 25 five year olds ran around the backpaddick twice. I could hear my mum and dad cheering for me, then what do you know I was in front and I could see the finish line in front of me as my mouth got dry and my legs felt like jelly I had won the race. It gave me a feeling that I was good at something and a sense of victory.

Cross country running has been something I am really passionate about and good at. I have won my age group school cross country for the last 7 years. It is weird that Mum and Dad are not long distance runners but my great granddad was. So maybe I get distance running skills from him. I think that in the future they  should have a record book that records from previous years show students times for placings of 1st 2nd and 3rd this would encourage kids to bet they last years time.


One of my  favorite cross country memory was this year. That year my biggest rival was Ethan Beetar because instead of playing cricket he did triathlon. As I started warming up I had a quick look at what Ethan was doing and I started to feel really nervous and then Miss Hansan called year 7 boys to the starting line, my stomach dropped as I was feeling the pressure coming on. “Take your makes”, holy cow I was think bang!! Arrrrr Ethan lead off but I was on his tail as we came around to the finish line, for the first time, I could hear my mum and dad cheering and I then felt like a little kid again. One more lap to go I finally found my rhythm and started gaining on Ethan. In the last 100m I sprinted ahead and won the race I was so relieved and hugged my mum and dad. I felt alive, proud and excited I wanted to cheer on the rest of my friends so I grabbed my drink bottle and went to the finish line as I watched them come in I realised that this will be a memorable moment at St Francis for me. “The Harder The Battle The Sweeter The Victory”



Have you done an end of year memoir ? 

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