Yesterday was a special day for me. I had my first cross country meet in my life.

We left for The Thatcher School for the meet. The whole team went there and most of us were going to run under the fervent sun for 3 miles.

My leg still hurt from last day’s practice and I didn’t really feel nervous until we stood on the starting line, with other girls talking by my side. They cheered, laughed. Five of us – me, Min Ju, Momoe, Emmy and Ally represented our school. I was in Line 6, the number stands for luck in Chinese.

“Take your mark, ready, GO! ” We flew out of the lines like birds finally gained freedom from the cages. “Three miles, just as what we usually run at school. ” I encouraged myself.

It was hard, I admitted. We need to run two times of the course. For the first one, Min Ju and I was running together and we sometimes talked to each other so that we would not feel tired.

I ran.

At the beginning of the second lap, we were exhausted. I kept running in slow pace. I thought about the days we ran together; I thought about how Mr.Alvarez encouraged us and pushed our back; I thought about home and wondered if my parents were having fun this holiday; I thought… I thought about everything, i thought about nothing.

I just ran and ran.

Min Ju was not next to me anymore so I was alone for the last mile. There was a girl in red from Dunn, and she was right in front of me which made me uncomfortable. “I gotta catch her and pass her.”

I did. I passed her. That was one of the most impressive moments in my life I swear. I felt content and energy suddenly came back to me again.

I ran with a satisfied smile.

Finally I saw the ending. It was not as terrible as I imagined. At least I tried my best, and I beat someone – the person in front of me and myself.

The enjoyment embraced me and I won.

So here we are, running towards the final destination.

And the light of victory is waving to us.

WE RUN.