This is short, but it didn't take me long to write. I hope you like it. Please tell me what you thought.
I lined up with the other contestants. We were all determined to win, but
there would only be one winner. Me. When the gun went off, I raced ahead.
My arms and legs pumping, my breathing consistent and rhythmic. My eyes
were purely focused on the finish line. There was no one in sight. The wild
cheer of the crowd died down until I could only hear my thoughts.
‘Breath,’ I said to myself as I ran, ‘Push.’
I was 100 metres away from the finish line. I was still coming first, but I
could now hear the footsteps of a person behind me. I used all the energy
I had in my body left to propel myself forward.
‘Keep on Running,’ my thoughts screamed in my ear.
I glanced to the side. The was someone next to me.
‘No way are you beating me,’ I thought as I pushed myself even
further, ‘I’ve worked so hard for this day, and you’re not taking it away from
me.’
My runners continued hitting the hard ground in a pattern, my breathing
stayed in time and my arms swung rhythmically. I was gaining ground.
There was no way anybody could beat me now.
My thoughts reverted back to my childhood, when I was 14. I was running in
the 100 metre sprint, representing the state. It had been easy to win the
school championships, then district and finally zone. I was one of three girls
running for Victoria. We had so much support back home.
I was racing against 9 other girls. My number was 6. There was no way I
could stuff it up. The gun went off and we ran. I ran harder than I had ever
run before in my life. I was so close to winning when it happened. I went
falling down with a crash, and I watched as everyone ran past me.
I was left there in the dust as the girl from Canberra took all the glory. I
clutched my ankle as pain shot through it and cried. Everything I worked for
had been taken away from me. All because of one fall.
‘That will not happen this time,’ I said to myself. The finish line was just
metres away from me. Then, I came crashing down. I landed on the ground
with a thud. The other girls ran past me and finished.
My trainer and mum came to help me up, but I pushed them away and
limped into the change rooms. My ankle was killing me, but that was
nothing compared to the pain of losing. All because of one fall.
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