Hurdle

feel more and more air brush against my face. All the anxiety from crouching back in the blocks is released at once. I focus on my steps. If I can’t approach first hurdle in eight steps, I will stumble and lose momentum. After four or five steps of acceleration, I stand up tall to prepare for the jump. My strides shorten as I approach my eighth step. Last short stride! Now right knee up. Lean forward. Leap! I am airborne. As I fly over my first hurdle I can’t help but look to the side. There is nobody next to me. I am winning. I just need to finish the race. My luck ends there, however. While my eyes drift to other lanes my body twists and stumbles to the…

Life can be compared to a hurdle runner. The whole point of life is to make it from the starting point until the finish is in sight. Through the whole race, there 's going to be obstacles but it 's either that person is going to jump to succeed if they fall are they going to get back on their feet to continue, or do nothing at all and let one obstacle stop their journey from achieving success. Now let 's switch that whole comparison of life to a hurdler around. What about life to a white hurdle…

Runners take your mark! Get set! GO! No one has ever truly seen themselves through their own eyes. Mirrors exist to reflect our physical appearance but nothing beyond that. Only our actions, words, and ideas could possibly serve to create our identity. The true worth of a person is revealed in those glimpses of light in the midst of adversity and darkness. Those traits that are highly admired are also learned and acquired in those dark moments. It’s in my blood. It has always been there since…

The third hurdle of causality is covariation. In my research there is not a clear proof of correlation between the two subjects. So, the third hurdle is not as easily cleared. However, this is no reason to completely throw out my hypothesis. There may have been some other variable that needs to be introduced in order to see a correlation between the two. This is where the fourth hurdle comes into play. In order to control for outside influences, I introduced two variables into my research. The…

Jumping the Hurdle Most people tend to think that they behave differently than the characters that are portrayed in books, magazines, and movies. However, most of them imitate the characters behavior, whether it is the way they overcome a challenge, or deal with an issue. In the short story “The Most Dangerous Game”, Richard Connell tells of Sanger Rainsford, a hunter, who must overcome an obstacle using his wits, logic, and hunting skills to outsmart General Zaroff at his own game; hunting.…

The Hurdles to get Educated Many of us have faced different challenges while pursuing education, and we have struggled with them for the longest time ever. Some of those problem and difficulties might have changed our way of approach after getting an experience to certain situation. The book “Learning to read” autobiography of Malcolm X, written in 1950s in Norfolk Prison discusses the issues he faced while getting himself educated. First year of college is an important step for students as it…

Lack of marketing policy and sales of services through lawyer can significantly influence on business activity of AL Hurdle Law LLC and be one of the weak side of it. Not the last place at creation and in work of the legal company should be occupied with the developed policy and standards in the field of marketing, sales and PR. It is necessary to understand how and through which sources AL Hurdle Law LLC can attract new clients, what resources, employee, and amount of money it can direct to its…

Title/Source/Evaluation: The article I chose for this assignment is New Regulations Don’t Clear All the Hurdles for Pot Dispensaries” (Dolan2015). This article was written by Maura Dolan and published in the Los Angeles Times. The Los Angeles Times has won more than 40 Pulitzer Prizes and has been in circulation for more than 100 years. The paper has been known to have a liberal slant, but that does not seem to be an issue in this story. Maura Dolan graduated from UC Berkley with degrees in…

Winning My First City Championship Even though winning at times is easy, it can also be challenging. Winning, is a possibility that requires determination, sacrifice, and strength. My journey to the championship was a long one, full of uncertainties, sacrifices, and most of all, hope. The journey began in 2011, I was in 7th grade and in my first year of track. We had just finished our last week of conditioning and were about a couple of weeks into practice. Everyone began to try events they…

every step and leap perfectly timed. My clear mind. All of it… perfect. I love my morning runs, it gives me time to think, to dream. I’m Maddi Claire. I run track. Well, specifically hurdles. I’ve enjoyed running my entire life. I love the feeling of exhilaration I get sprinting down the lane and leaping over each hurdle. The rush, the speed, the determination to win, makes me feel alive. Early every morning I have track practice before school and during athletics 1st period. After that, the…