Personal Statement - Please read.
I have decided to switch topics for my project midway through the semester. This decision was very important and once I realized what I had to do my project on it was as clear as day. All semester we have been talking about healing and learning. And I kept trying to figure out how these terms resonated within me. I was intrigued by personal failure and coping strategies. I tried to get myself interested in this topic. But, my mind was drawing a blank. WHY!? And then it hit me. This whole semester I have already been immersed in something else. Running. Running and healing.
Running is my life. “When can I get in a run?” “How far can I go?” “How fast?”. I ask these questions to myself EVERY DAY. People who do not run do not understand. It is an obsession. But why? Because to me, running is healing. It is mental healing. When my mind can not sort itself out… I run. When I need inspiration… I run. Running is my answer. It is healing for my mind, body, and soul. The feeling of my feet pounding against the pavement as my heart pounds faster in my chest. Sweat dripping down my face as I dart across streets and through the park. Without this constant in my life, I do not know what I would do.
Two weeks ago, I did a 20 mile training run for the Marathon I am running in Boston on April 18. The week following, the pain set in. My calf rebelled with tightness and pain, that moved to my ankle. Panic arose within me about how I will carry-on. This event is what triggered me to realize that I had to change my project. I was dealing with physical healing, for an activity that gave me mental healing… so much healing going on! and right under my nose! I realized the need to examine this further, and thus began my new project. No longer about failure, but about something that I am deeply connected to: running.
Personal Statement - Please read.
I have decided to switch topics for my project midway through the semester. This decision was very important and once I realized what I had to do my project on it was as clear as day. All semester we have been talking about healing and learning. And I kept trying to figure out how these terms resonated within me. I was intrigued by personal failure and coping strategies. I tried to get myself interested in this topic. But, my mind was drawing a blank. WHY!? And then it hit me. This whole semester I have already been immersed in something else. Running. Running and healing.
Running is my life. “When can I get in a run?” “How far can I go?” “How fast?”. I ask these questions to myself EVERY DAY. People who do not run do not understand. It is an obsession. But why? Because to me, running is healing. It is mental healing. When my mind can not sort itself out… I run. When I need inspiration… I run. Running is my answer. It is healing for my mind, body, and soul. The feeling of my feet pounding against the pavement as my heart pounds faster in my chest. Sweat dripping down my face as I dart across streets and through the park. Without this constant in my life, I do not know what I would do.
Two weeks ago, I did a 20 mile training run for the Marathon I am running in Boston on April 18. The week following, the pain set in. My calf rebelled with tightness and pain, that moved to my ankle. Panic arose within me about how I will carry-on. This event is what triggered me to realize that I had to change my project. I was dealing with physical healing, for an activity that gave me mental healing… so much healing going on! and right under my nose! I realized the need to examine this further, and thus began my new project. No longer about failure, but about something that I am deeply connected to: running.
