After a long day of work, what do you do after wards to relax the nerves and everything around you. Everybody has that one hobby or thing that they do to relax all their nerves and be who they are. Luckily, I have two things that I do that get me away from the real world to get rid of all my stresses during the time being. Both of them are something that I love and probably could never get rid of no matter what happens to me in life.
Running wasn't always a big part of my life especially growing up. Growing up I was one of those really uncoordinated kids who couldn't run more then a hundred feet without tripping over myself, but by my freshmen year in high school that all changed. Coach Shutler took me under his wing after getting cut from the baseball team to run for him and that is where is all began.
If he would of never took me under his wing to run track for him, I know for a fact that I wouldn't be where I am today for a few reasons. One reason would be that I probably wouldn't of even looked at the schools that I did and would of went south for college. Another reason is that running shaped me to who I am today, so without that who knows where I would honestly be.
Another way that I can relax my nerves and always know that it will be there for me is the game of basketball. There are nights after a rough day of classes where I will just go to the gym and shoot for two hours straight just to do what I love. Ever since I was little this was one of my ways to escape the real world. It is pretty nice to thing about how I learned to play basketball cause I had to teach myself. Living out in the country was rough on me, having to learn everything by myself because I didn't have that person around to teach me these kind of things.
I think I grew such a passion for the game though because I had to teach myself how to play. If someone else taught me I think I wouldn't care as much how things are, but it ended up helping me in the long run with playing basketball in high school. It gave me memories that I will never forget and will always have. Maybe, depending on what happens in life the next couple years, it might be time to lace of the sneakers again and give it another round.
Saturday, December 4, 2010
Thursday, December 2, 2010
Choosing what was best for me...
Leaving high school for me wasn't too hard for a thing to do especially for me because I was ready to move on with life. Don't get me wrong I like high school, but just got bored with it really fast. So, the next decision that I had coming in life was where I was going to be attending in the Fall 2009 school year. This began the process of searching and visiting many schools trying to find the best fit for me academically and both athletically.
During my senior year, I went on many visits around Ohio. Anywhere from Lake Erie down to Marietta, I was looking at a variety of schools to get the best feeling. During these visits, the coaches usually showed me around the campus, talking about all the pros of the schools never the cons. Finding the cons was my part of the whole visit because this is where I was going to be for the next four years of my life I better enjoy the experience.
Eventually my decision came down to three schools; Muskingum, Capital, and Defiance. I liked where Capital was and the classes I loved, but I just couldn't picture myself being there at all. Capital is one of those rich schools it seems like and that isn't me at all. Defiance was a decision based on my dad because he had a lot of friends up there that would watch over me. Personally, I didn't like the school at all really, the coach didn't care about the sport, the classes didn't seem to great to me, and it was way to flat. I hated being able to see for miles and miles ahead of me, that would of gotten old fast running on everyday.
Then came Muskingum, which I loved many things about it. The class sizes were just right, the coach had a passion for running and wanted to do something great, and the campus setting was just amazing. People always said they hate the hills, but its not a bad thing at least you get a workout everyday. Muskingum is where I ended up attending and don't regret it at all, but if I could do things over again I did decide that I would of went south.... Far south!!!
During my senior year, I went on many visits around Ohio. Anywhere from Lake Erie down to Marietta, I was looking at a variety of schools to get the best feeling. During these visits, the coaches usually showed me around the campus, talking about all the pros of the schools never the cons. Finding the cons was my part of the whole visit because this is where I was going to be for the next four years of my life I better enjoy the experience.
Eventually my decision came down to three schools; Muskingum, Capital, and Defiance. I liked where Capital was and the classes I loved, but I just couldn't picture myself being there at all. Capital is one of those rich schools it seems like and that isn't me at all. Defiance was a decision based on my dad because he had a lot of friends up there that would watch over me. Personally, I didn't like the school at all really, the coach didn't care about the sport, the classes didn't seem to great to me, and it was way to flat. I hated being able to see for miles and miles ahead of me, that would of gotten old fast running on everyday.
Then came Muskingum, which I loved many things about it. The class sizes were just right, the coach had a passion for running and wanted to do something great, and the campus setting was just amazing. People always said they hate the hills, but its not a bad thing at least you get a workout everyday. Muskingum is where I ended up attending and don't regret it at all, but if I could do things over again I did decide that I would of went south.... Far south!!!
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