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During August of 2019, I was at my peak of my running career. This day was the first time I ran 7 miles. Our coaches took us on a field trip down town to run along the beach. It was such a wonderful experience!
Social, community and change

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During our cross country season we had a big important race. The race was held in Peoria, Il. There was so many amazing athletes running. The race was co-Ed so both of our school teams went.
Social, community and change

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In October I was surprised by my friends. They just went to college and I hadn't seen them all summer. I had really missed them!
Social, community and change

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The night before our last race of our cross country season we had a get together. We had a lots of carbs. (They are good for running). We watched movies and played some video games. Had a really amazing time. Some of these people were celebrating their last high school cross country season.
Social, change and community

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For my birthday we went to New York City. 3 of uncles live there. We stayed with them from Dec.26 until January 7. We saw the ball drop from Queens.
Social community and change

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For my birthday I also wanted a party with my friends. I had an amazing time with my friends celebrating my birthday.
Social, community and change

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I hadn’t seen my beautiful friend in months (seemed like years). I finally saw her at my cousins birthday party and we talked all night!
Social, community and change

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Wow, who would have known. We took this picture before right be we raced. Who would have known that that was going to be our last race. Who would have known that was going to be the last time I saw most of my teammates :(
Social, turning point

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One month in quarantine was driving me insane. My parents would not let outside to run. I couldn’t do much. This was my first attempt to make chocolate covered strawberries. All of them don’t looked their best but they sure tasted great!
Political, community and change

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During May, quarantine restrictions went down. You could now go places only if you wore a mask, stayed 6 feet apart and where ever you were at there was a limited amount of people. I had finally convinced my parents to let me go outside and run. After all I was going to run by myself (since our season was canceled). In May I decided to focus more on my mileage. It was my first time doing 10 miles!!!!
Political, point of view

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After the second month of being in quarantine I was really missing my cousins. We would FaceTime but it just wasn’t the same. I finally got to see them at a small graduation party. (Very few people went)
Political, community and change

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Being in quarantine for 3 months was starting to have an negative effect on my mental health. I started feeling very insecure about my appearance. I started not liking myself. One day I decided to do my makeup, do my hair, get my nails done and put on a beautiful outfit just for me. This really helped me. I wasn’t going to go out but it just helped me feel better about myself.
Intellectual, community and change

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In August I had been working at a company. I hadn’t seen my friends in a long time. I decided to take my friends out to eat and to explore the woods. I saw a frog 🐸!
Things started to feel a little more normal. The whole felt like a dream. A year ago I was running with more that 300 people in a same room and now I couldn’t be in a room if there is 6 people. Everything felt so unreal, how everything quickly change. How the virus spread so fast. But at last everything started to “calm down”.
Social and narrative